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