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
Anti-government protests in Iran continue to gr...
16 min
1977
What precedent does the conviction and sentence...
7 min
1978
How did the prosecution succeed in putting Aman...
10 min
1979
A mother’s quest for justice: Dutch man sentenc...
16 min
1980
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
59 min
1981
Rambo Tourism
13 min
1982
Why is Canada Post starting to offer loans?
15 min
1983
What a recession in 2023 means for you - and ho...
14 min
1984
An immigration backlog is forcing qualified wor...
15 min
1985
Why Canada and Canadian businesses needs to ada...
17 min
1986
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
14 min
1987
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
67 min
1988
How to win a heaviest pumpkin contest? One of ...
14 min
1989
Europe braces for energy shortages this fall a...
14 min
1990
Journo Corner: former Ukrainian journalist and ...
18 min
1991
Alberta premier makes controversial comments on...
15 min
1992
Two officers are shot and killed north of Toron...
17 min
1993
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
15 min
1994
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, The scienc...
74 min
1995
The science behind why people have different so...
11 min
1996
Previewing a new season of HGTV’s Making It Hom...
15 min
1997
Has Populism Won? The War On Liberal Democracy
13 min
1998
Hockey Canada CEO and board of directors resign...
16 min
1999
Tech company shows ArriveCan could have been bu...
15 min
2000
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, is it time...
13 min