Russian President Vladimir Putin has imposed retaliatory sanctions on 13 Canadian officials including five members of the Conservative government, three opposition party members, and the president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, banning them from entering Russia. A statement on the sanctions… »
Highlights / Month: March 2014
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
More meteors sightings not strange
Unusually bright meteors described a looking like fireballs have been reported in different parts of Canada in recent weeks, but scientists don’t think that anything unusual is going on. NASA reports that the nightly rate of fireballs increases 10 to… »
The Great Escape:March 24 1944
Seventy years ago, during the night of 24-25 March 1944, one of the most daring escapes in history took place. Commonwealth flight crew in Stalag Luft III, a Luftwaffe prisoner of war camp near Sagan in the German province of… »
Landowner confronts snowmobilers
Two people riding on snowmobiles say they mistakenly traveled on to private property and were confronted by a man with a shotgun. The incident occurred near the western city of Saskatoon last month. Snowmobiling is a popular pastime in Canada,… »
Arts: Canada’s national music awards- the JUNOS
Musicians from across Canada are starting to gather in the western Canadian city of Winnipeg Manitoba today. They’re getting ready for the greatest musical awards show in Canada and a week of events from March 24-30 It’s called the JUNO… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Swaddling babies poses risk, but no proven benefit
Babies are not often swaddled in Canada and other western countries, unless it is in done by parents who come from places where the practice is traditional. Some parents say babies sleep better and longer when they are wrapped tightly,… »
Politics Today – March 23, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the surprise resignation of Canada’s Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, a Supreme Court decision involving the appointment of a new justice by Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the resignation of… »
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The LINK Online (Sat Mar 22, 2014)
The full team is back together to host this week’s show. Lynn Desjardins, Wojtek Gwiazda, and Marc Montgomery It’s something we definitely don’t want to experience, but it’s also something we just have no control over. A researcher at the… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics
Will Russia’s actions in Ukraine affect relations in the Arctic Council?
A meeting of the Arctic Council’s senior arctic officials takes place in Canada’s Northwest Territories from March 25-March27. The agenda includes discussions on climate and sustainable development. Canada is the current chair of the council, an international forum that includes… »
Two Canadians among dead at Kabul hotel attack
Two Canadians, were among the nine people killed in an attack at the Serena Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday night (March 20). At the time of the attack, the hotel restaurant was packed with Afghans celebrating the eve of Nowruz,… »
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