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
2001
How a Vancouver concert helped launch Loretta L...
12 min
2002
How to Make, and Keep, Friends in Adulthood
16 min
2003
A Manitoba man is trying to help end the cycle ...
17 min
2004
Journo Corner: Looking ahead to the results of...
16 min
2005
Why protests in Iran are giving hope to those i...
9 min
2006
Canadian businesses can charge credit card fees...
8 min
2007
OPEC+ announces big supply cuts in oil producti...
14 min
2008
Cold water immersion is a hot health trend, doe...
12 min
2009
Hockey Canada’s board chairs face questions on ...
55 min
2010
Canadian kids and youth see their grades slip i...
12 min
2011
How Joanna Griffiths followed her own path to b...
16 min
2012
Employers increasing salaries as talent shortag...
15 min
2013
Russia’s very bad month in Ukraine and what’s next
9 min
2014
Elon Musk reverses course and offers to buy Twi...
9 min
2015
Hockey Canada’s board chairs face questions abo...
14 min
2016
Canada imposes new sanctions on Iran and Russia...
65 min
2017
Daring rescue: Florida man swims 800 meters to ...
14 min
2018
Prisoners of the Castle: Author Ben MacIntyre’s...
15 min
2019
Incumbent premier Francois Legault and Coalitio...
17 min
2020
More than 125 people are killed in Indonesia so...
16 min
2021
Brazil’s presidential vote heads to a second ro...
16 min
2022
Canada imposes new sanctions on Iran and Russia...
15 min
2023
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
88 min
2024
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation aroun...
8 min
2025
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation aroun...
10 min