Even before one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded tore across the Philippines Friday, killing an estimated 10,000 people in Leyte province alone and flattening cities and villages across its central islands, Canadian relief workers were preparing for the storm… »
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How will Newfoundland rejuvenate its population?
Right now, the government of Canada’s easternmost province is hard at work trying to answer that question. Problems associated with an aging population are causing headaches for policymakers around the world, including in this country. Nowhere are the demographic challenges… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada’s PM Harper says EU-style deal not possible with China
A Canadian trade deal with China, similar to the tentative agreement it has with the European Union, is not possible according to Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper. “I think the fact of the matter is no one country in the… »
Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) features 135 films from 40 countries
Founded in 1998, the Montreal International Documentary Festival (Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal – RIDM) is back with its 16th annual edition from November 13 to 24. This year the festival presents 135 films from more than 40 countries. “At… »
Royal Canadian Legion concerned by treatment of Canada’s war veterans
“The government needs to step to the plate” and deal with the problems facing veterans, says Gordon Moore, the Dominion President of the Royal Canadian Legion, in a pragmatic voice hoping for a change. In general, the Legion is concerned… »
International, Politics, Society
November 11, Remembrance Day in Canada
November 11th is the day when Canadians pause and reflect on the sacrifices of its men and women who gave their lives in wars and peacekeeping to defend the ideas of freedom against oppressors. Services of 2006 at the National… »
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Arts- Veterans Week: author David O’Keefe on Dieppe
Marc Montgomery speaking to author and historian David O’Keefe This week on our arts, culture, and lifestyle show, we stay with our theme of Veterans Week, the officially designated week leading up to Canada’s Remembrance Day of November 11, when… »
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Dogs meet university students to ease stress
Dogs are available to students who are feeling stressed or otherwise in need of creature comfort as part of a new pet therapy program at the University of Ottawa in Canada’s capital. “There was a professor…who loved dogs and had… »
Politics Today – November 10, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the almost anti-climactic suspension of three senators from the Canadian Parliament’s upper chamber the Senate. As well, he deals with the political stories involving Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto,… »
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The LINK Online (Sat Nov 09, 2013)
Taken from film footage of the first waves soldiers to land on the beaches on D-Day. It shows either Canada’s North Shore Regt. or the Queen’s Own Rifles © Canadian Photo and Film Unit This week military history, political scandal, and… »
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