The popular pan-Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons has stopped blocking a gay and lesbian news website from its free in-store Wi-Fi networks. The decision came last week after an online backlash Friday after it was reported that the chain restricted customers from… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
International calls to preserve Canadian boreal forest
The boreal forest in Canada stretches from the Yukon, across the northern sections of the provinces right across to Newfoundland in the Atlantic. The boreal zone stretches all across Canada © IBCSP website This week, a group of international scientists is… »
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CBC rejects ad about government influence on it
The public broadcaster, CBC refuses to run an advertisement which says the government is encroaching on its independence. The lobby group, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting created the ad. CBC said it would not air it because that might imply the… »
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Remote cameras capture rare wildlife shots
Rare pictures of grizzly bears, grey wolverines and caribou are just some of the shots captured by remote cameras in Canada’s northern Ivvavik National Park. The park covers 10,000 square kilometres and is located in Canada’s Yukon territory. Since it… »
The Maple Leaf Forever, gone
The violent storm that swept across Toronto, as well as most of central and eastern Canada, has destroyed what is arguably the most famous tree in Canada. Only a large stump is left of the historic tree which is shown… »
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Historic hotel up for sale
An iconic building that houses the Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel, just steps from Canada’s Parliament in Ottawa is going on the block. The landmark hotel was first opened in 1912 by Canada’s seventh prime minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier. It was… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Bargain price booze for federal government, foreign diplomats
Favoured group charged less than half While ordinary Canadians pay a hefty price for their alchoholic beverages, wine, spirits, and beer, from the provincially-controlled outlets, not everyone does. It seems that federal departments and agencies, as well as foreign high… »
Politics Today – July 21, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today, RCI’s Gilda Salomone focused on a petition by a citizens advocacy group on the fate of the Senate. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) wants Prime Minister Stephen Harper and all Parliamentarians to hold a… »
Canadian Arts, Culture, Lifestyle 55
This week on the show, some poetry. Where once the poet was a prized member of society and honoured, poetry no longer has the high profile it once had, and that’s a shame. Poems can capture and bring our attention… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Mt. Megantic Park continues to feature the night skies
Mt. Megantic Park shares the name with Lac Megantic, the town that made headlines around the world following the horrific accident that occurred in the early morning hours of July 6th. A runaway train took 72 cars filled with crude… »
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