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
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UB40 on 45 years of music and a new tour announ...
18 min
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Canada's Iconic K-Tel is still going strong
18 min
178
Why threats against Mitch Marner should be a wa...
8 min
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The True Story of 200 Forgotten Murder Victims ...
18 min
180
Toward a disease-sniffing device that rivals a ...
8 min
181
Sprinter in her 90s has muscle cells of someone...
10 min
182
Canada axes U.S. counter-tariffs - Defending yo...
26 min
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The Tesla whistleblower and the cost of taking ...
17 min
184
Harassment, hardship and hope in wildland firef...
17 min
185
Trump tariffs illegal? - De minmis crunch - Sec...
38 min
186
Why Veteran investigative journalist Linden Mac...
17 min
187
The class of 2025 inductees into the Canadian S...
16 min
188
Fit for TV Reveals the Complicated History of T...
17 min
189
Ice Cube steps off the big screen and picks up ...
10 min
190
Animal Farm turns 80: Why Orwell’s novella is a...
17 min
191
Trump tariffs or not, Canada’s BeaverTails is r...
17 min
192
Ghislaine Maxwell's interview on the Epstein ca...
9 min
193
What are Canada’s five major cities? A summer o...
36 min
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Canada removes retaliatory tariffs on U.S, Apri...
45 min
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Rick Mercer Interview
15 min
196
Canada gave its citizens the right to die, now ...
18 min
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8-year-old boy is killed by stray bullet while ...
8 min
198
Sleep Country co-founder reveals crack addictio...
21 min
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Air Canada strike, Canola seed tariffs take eff...
47 min
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Vancouver band Mother Mother celebrates 20 year...
17 min