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
2101
Not one, but two asteroids might have slain the...
11 min
2102
Back to school: What kind of teacher shortage d...
17 min
2103
Code Blue: what’s behind the surge in ER closur...
18 min
2104
Ukraine Independence Day: where are those who f...
16 min
2105
Ukraine Independence Day: What does Ukraine nee...
17 min
2106
Ukraine Independence Day: Reflecting on six mon...
15 min
2107
New survey shows more than half of Canadians ca...
66 min
2108
BC’s Harbour Air reaches milestone in its quest...
14 min
2109
Back to school: Tips on beating inflation
16 min
2110
The first Indigenous person nominated to the Su...
13 min
2111
The daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist...
16 min
2112
Canada’s largest private sector union has a new...
17 min
2113
New survey shows more than half of Canadians ca...
16 min
2114
Federal transport minister blames COVID-19 for ...
82 min
2115
Looking into the LEGO Group as it celebrates it...
16 min
2116
3D models show the massive shark called megalod...
15 min
2117
The Colorado River crisis leads to more water r...
17 min
2118
Can an Apple security flaw allow hackers to ful...
15 min
2119
Energy tops the agenda as the German chancellor...
17 min
2120
No soft landing for the federal transport minis...
14 min
2121
A Nationwide Shortage of children’s cold and fl...
48 min
2122
How scientists plan to resurrect the Tasmanian ...
9 min
2123
The view from Dieppe as Canada marks 80 years s...
15 min
2124
Do all variants of the COVID virus have a commo...
15 min
2125
The pope rejects a church investigation into Ca...
13 min