Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

Weekends with Ben O’Hara Byrne will showcase Ben’s signature curiosity, good humour, and love for great Canadian stories - whenever you're listening. Learn new things, hear surprising perspectives, and head into your day with fresh stories to talk about.

Ben O’Hara Byrne brings decades of experience in journalism, broadcast, and connecting with people to the microphone. Throughout his career, he’s held reporting & anchor roles across Canada, from Quebec City to Ottawa to Victoria. He’s been a network bureau chief in Beijing and London, U.K. And, he’s reported on stories around the world, including Afghanistan, North Korea, Libya, Ukraine and Russia.

News
Politics
1951
Hurricane Ian latest from Florida
14 min
1952
Prime Minister tours storm destruction in PEI, ...
64 min
1953
Vancouver author’s new book is a love letter to...
16 min
1954
Why are Chinese police operating in Canada, whi...
15 min
1955
Poilievre denounces Diagolon 'losers' over thre...
15 min
1956
New poll shows Conservatives and Pierre Poiliev...
7 min
1957
Adding up the insurance costs of Fiona
9 min
1958
Prime Minister tours storm destruction in PEI a...
14 min
1959
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona, NA...
63 min
1960
NASA’s DART mission to crash a spacecraft into ...
12 min
1961
Canadians take drastic steps to save on groceri...
15 min
1962
Italy elects its first far-right government in...
17 min
1963
Ottawa drops remaining COVID travel and border ...
15 min
1964
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Ex...
9 min
1965
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Re...
13 min
1966
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Po...
10 min
1967
Bracing for Fiona, Protests in Iran over death ...
87 min
1968
Aaron Judge quietly chases home run history in ...
17 min
1969
How the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman...
17 min
1970
Is Vladimir Putin starting to lose his iron gri...
18 min
1971
Can Canada be part of the solution to Europe’s ...
15 min
1972
Bracing for Fiona: Prince Edward Island
5 min
1973
Bracing for Fiona: Cape Breton
12 min
1974
Bracing for Fiona: Emergency Preparedness in Ha...
4 min
1975
Bracing for Fiona: The latest from Nova Scotia
10 min