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
1976
Ottawa city manager, police officers among witn...
14 min
1977
A mother’s quest for justice, Looking back at w...
68 min
1978
China’s Xi tightens his grip on power and gets ...
17 min
1979
Looking back at when Mr. Peanut ran for mayor o...
18 min
1980
Three Canadian schools make the World’s Top 50 ...
15 min
1981
Anti-government protests in Iran continue to gr...
16 min
1982
What precedent does the conviction and sentence...
7 min
1983
How did the prosecution succeed in putting Aman...
10 min
1984
A mother’s quest for justice: Dutch man sentenc...
16 min
1985
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
59 min
1986
Rambo Tourism
13 min
1987
Why is Canada Post starting to offer loans?
15 min
1988
What a recession in 2023 means for you - and ho...
14 min
1989
An immigration backlog is forcing qualified wor...
15 min
1990
Why Canada and Canadian businesses needs to ada...
17 min
1991
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
14 min
1992
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
67 min
1993
How to win a heaviest pumpkin contest? One of ...
14 min
1994
Europe braces for energy shortages this fall a...
14 min
1995
Journo Corner: former Ukrainian journalist and ...
18 min
1996
Alberta premier makes controversial comments on...
15 min
1997
Two officers are shot and killed north of Toron...
17 min
1998
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
15 min
1999
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, The scienc...
74 min
2000
The science behind why people have different so...
11 min