Medical advances mean babies born between 22 and 25 weeks gestation may survive in Canada, but between 14 and 31 per cent of them will have severe developmental problems by school age, according to a recent study. Researchers in Ottawa… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Arts: The Governor-General’s Pierre Berton award for promoting history in the media
Welcome to this weeks presentation. Prolific author of historical works, the award is named after Pierre Berton, shown here in 1994 © Chuck Stoody- CP Today’s show is a mix of literature, and culture, that is culture in the… »
Economy, International, Politics
Politics Today – September 8, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda focuses on Canada’s participation at the G20 Economic Summit in Russia. Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he was hopeful about the future of the global economy, but continued to raise… »
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The LINK Online
This week the team of Lynn Wojtek and Marc are back with you to present some of the many interesting stories covered UNICEF ministers to Syrian refugees streaming into Iraq and other neighbouring countries. © UNICEF/Iraq 2013/Marshall Tuck We start with… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Eye on the Arctic – Cleaning up Canada’s radar sites
Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from across the North The Distant Early Warning Line system, known as the DEW Line, was a radar site that operated across northern Canada from 1958 to 1992. Since then,… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada’s PM Stephen Harper – G20, global economy, Syria
The G20 Summit in Russia may have had the goal of dealing with economic issues, but the issue of Syria dominated many discussions. In a press conference at the end of the summit, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper focused on… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics
Think-tank fights to speak at oil sands review
The Pembina Institute took the government of the province of Alberta to court Thursday for not letting it participate in a regulatory review of a proposed oilsands project. The proposed Southern Pacific Resource Corp project is an in situ project,… »
TV’s Canadian debut, September 1952
The new technology of television had been amazing visitors to the annual Canadian Nation Exhibition in Toronto since before the Second World War. From 1947, residents in the populous area around Toronto Ontario, could receive TV signals from the US.… »
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Huge meth and lab bust nets five suspects
It was impressive, but only a small portion of a $40-million haul of methamphetamines made by several police forces was put on display in the province of Ontario yesterday. Police say it was one of the province’s largest ever meth… »
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Iconic sailboat finally re-launched
After a 16-million-dollar, three-year restoration, the Bluenose II was finally back in Atlantic waters off the coast of the province of Nova Scotia. The sailboat is a replica of one launched in 1921. The original schooner was famous for winning… »
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