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
Prime Minister tours storm destruction in PEI, ...
64 min
2002
Vancouver author’s new book is a love letter to...
16 min
2003
Why are Chinese police operating in Canada, whi...
15 min
2004
Poilievre denounces Diagolon 'losers' over thre...
15 min
2005
New poll shows Conservatives and Pierre Poiliev...
7 min
2006
Adding up the insurance costs of Fiona
9 min
2007
Prime Minister tours storm destruction in PEI a...
14 min
2008
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona, NA...
63 min
2009
NASA’s DART mission to crash a spacecraft into ...
12 min
2010
Canadians take drastic steps to save on groceri...
15 min
2011
Italy elects its first far-right government in...
17 min
2012
Ottawa drops remaining COVID travel and border ...
15 min
2013
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Ex...
9 min
2014
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Re...
13 min
2015
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Po...
10 min
2016
Bracing for Fiona, Protests in Iran over death ...
87 min
2017
Aaron Judge quietly chases home run history in ...
17 min
2018
How the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman...
17 min
2019
Is Vladimir Putin starting to lose his iron gri...
18 min
2020
Can Canada be part of the solution to Europe’s ...
15 min
2021
Bracing for Fiona: Prince Edward Island
5 min
2022
Bracing for Fiona: Cape Breton
12 min
2023
Bracing for Fiona: Emergency Preparedness in Ha...
4 min
2024
Bracing for Fiona: The latest from Nova Scotia
10 min
2025
Preparing for Fiona, why are whales stranded on...
63 min