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
1
 Grammy-award winning Alex Cuba returns with hi...
16 min
2
The Guess Who's Randy Bachman and Burton Cummin...
17 min
3
Ottawa science chief urges creation of national...
8 min
4
How the Haida found hoops and made basketball t...
8 min
5
Most stolen vehicles in Canada - EV mandate sta...
45 min
6
Melting point: What a reporter learned during m...
16 min
7
The Biggest Failure in a Century of Sneakers: H...
16 min
8
Trump ‘declassifies’ thousands of Amelia Earhar...
18 min
9
Cummings on Guess Who Reunion - Olympian turned...
43 min
10
Another major sports gambling scandal - Can Lib...
40 min
11
Why is Canada opening a consulate in Greenland?
9 min
12
Feared lost forever, how one of Europe’s most f...
17 min
13
How did Canada go backwards on Measles preventi...
17 min
14
Liberal MP Arielle Kayabaga's 'shocking' $173K ...
6 min
15
The Strumbellas settle into a new groove with a...
17 min
16
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 50yrs later: w...
17 min
17
A reporter’s tale of Afghanistan’s tumultuous...
32 min
18
Liberal MP's blunt budget assessment - Canadia...
37 min
19
Alan Doyle takes you on a journey through his f...
18 min
20
Defense spending - Budget reaction - Mamdani Ma...
47 min
21
Canadian classic rockers Coney Hatch on 40 year...
17 min
22
How the FBI solved the biggest stolen artifacts...
18 min
23
MP Floor crossing - Budget breakdown - Shower b...
47 min
24
One of Canada’s premier investigative journalis...
24 min
25
A timely warning about the past as Canada look...
17 min