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
2301
Reservations overtake walk-ins in Canada - why ...
12 min
2302
How Russian propaganda has changed during the w...
15 min
2303
The legacy of former Japan PM Shinzo Abe and wh...
17 min
2304
Ukraine’s president blasts Canada over the deci...
16 min
2305
Why the Rogers outage is an opportunity to chan...
16 min
2306
What caused the massive Rogers network outage a...
13 min
2307
Rogers outage shows need for more telecom infra...
65 min
2308
A Calgary son carries on his father’s quest to ...
15 min
2309
New subvariants see Canada heading towards a su...
14 min
2310
Japan’s reaction to the assassination of former...
17 min
2311
Rogers outage shows need for more telecom infra...
16 min
2312
Cancelled Air Canada flights strand B.C. woman ...
55 min
2313
The world’s largest cricket-processing facility...
13 min
2314
It’s Stampede time in Calgary
17 min
2315
Patrick Brown to appeal his CPC leadership race...
7 min
2316
Why did UK PM Boris Johnson finally succumb to ...
8 min
2317
Tornado hits Alberta
5 min
2318
Why Canada is throwing out more than half of it...
10 min
2319
Cancelled Air Canada flights strand B.C. woman ...
15 min
2320
The fallout from Patrick Brown’s disqualificati...
48 min
2321
How protofeathers helped dinosaurs adapt and th...
13 min
2322
A coroner’s inquest into the murders of three w...
17 min
2323
Journo corner: Patrick Brown disqualified, Albe...
17 min
2324
What’s next for the Assembly of First Nations
8 min
2325
Can Boris Johnson survive yet another crisis in...
9 min