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
2026
Vancouver author’s new book is a love letter to...
16 min
2027
Why are Chinese police operating in Canada, whi...
15 min
2028
Poilievre denounces Diagolon 'losers' over thre...
15 min
2029
New poll shows Conservatives and Pierre Poiliev...
7 min
2030
Adding up the insurance costs of Fiona
9 min
2031
Prime Minister tours storm destruction in PEI a...
14 min
2032
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona, NA...
63 min
2033
NASA’s DART mission to crash a spacecraft into ...
12 min
2034
Canadians take drastic steps to save on groceri...
15 min
2035
Italy elects its first far-right government in...
17 min
2036
Ottawa drops remaining COVID travel and border ...
15 min
2037
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Ex...
9 min
2038
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Re...
13 min
2039
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Po...
10 min
2040
Bracing for Fiona, Protests in Iran over death ...
87 min
2041
Aaron Judge quietly chases home run history in ...
17 min
2042
How the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman...
17 min
2043
Is Vladimir Putin starting to lose his iron gri...
18 min
2044
Can Canada be part of the solution to Europe’s ...
15 min
2045
Bracing for Fiona: Prince Edward Island
5 min
2046
Bracing for Fiona: Cape Breton
12 min
2047
Bracing for Fiona: Emergency Preparedness in Ha...
4 min
2048
Bracing for Fiona: The latest from Nova Scotia
10 min
2049
Preparing for Fiona, why are whales stranded on...
63 min
2050
The oldest recorded mammal is much older than p...
10 min