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
Death threats in the media
17 min
2102
Salman Rushdie attack
16 min
2103
Is inflation ending, One year since the fall of...
61 min
2104
The Mar-a-Lago raid brings the United States a ...
17 min
2105
Is the federal government on track to meet its ...
14 min
2106
One year since the fall of Kabul: Afghan milita...
17 min
2107
One year since the fall of Kabul: Life under Ta...
16 min
2108
Is the Canadian Transportation Agency failing ...
17 min
2109
Is inflation ending? Also - the BoC tweets a th...
12 min
2110
Cabinet documents reveal Trudeau government was...
68 min
2111
New poll shows how teens are spending their tim...
13 min
2112
The legacy of Serena Williams with her final el...
16 min
2113
Researcher hopes trove of rare residential scho...
17 min
2114
Canada’s housing crisis is getting worse. Taxin...
17 min
2115
Witness demands answers, calls for better menta...
19 min
2116
Cabinet documents reveal Trudeau government was...
15 min
2117
Nurses doing more OT than ever, Hootsuite layof...
65 min
2118
Remembering Oilers superfan Ben Stelter and the...
14 min
2119
Employees don’t want to come back to the office...
15 min
2120
An Edmonton mother helps fight the opioid and o...
18 min
2121
Hootsuite layoffs and what lies ahead for Canad...
15 min
2122
Journos Corner: ArriveCan, Trudeau’s Travels a...
17 min
2123
Nurses doing more OT than ever - is it driving ...
15 min
2124
The state of emergency rooms in Canada, a new d...
68 min
2125
Did Humans arrive on North America much earlier...
13 min