Officially opened as a provincial art gallery/museum in the summer of 1965, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection is dedicated to Canadian artists. A recent donation of several important works by artists in the province of Quebec has added new depths… »
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Politics Today – December 7, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on opposition calls for the Minister of Veterans Affairs Julian Fantino to resign, and his response. He also reports on a court challenge in the province of Ontario, and the… »
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The LINK online Sta Dec. 6, 2014
The full team is back this week with Lynn Wojtek and Marc A homeless man watches people walk past as he sits along the sidewalk on East Hastings Street in downtown Vancouver. © Jonathan Hayward/CP A provincial court of appeal in… »
Arts & Entertainment, Politics
CBC’s comedy-news TV program ’22 Minutes’ celebrates 22nd season
Before Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and John Oliver, Canada’s national public broadcaster was featuring the comedy-news program “This Hour Has 22 Minutes”. On Tuesday (December 9) the cast will be celebrating the show’s 22nd season with a special hour-long retrospective… »
Radio-Canada’s giant costume department closes, union holds funeral procession
The giant costume department of Canada’s French-language public broadcaster, Radio-Canada, officially closed on Friday (December 5). Reportedly the biggest in North America with some 90,000 costumes, it includes some worn by iconic figures through decades of television productions. According to… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 12/05/14
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week: –Greenlanders and Alaskans went to the polls… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Canada must take more Syrian refugees: Amnesty
Canada should admit up to 10,000 Syrian refugees says Amnesty International Canada and the Syrian Canadian Council. Canada promised to resettle 1,300, most of whom were to be privately sponsored. So far only 457 have arrived. Around 3.8 million people… »
Lawyers describe famous criminal cases in book
Some of Canada’s most riveting criminal cases are described by the lawyers who defended or prosecuted them in a book called Tough Crimes: True Cases by Top Canadian Criminal Lawyers. In Tough Crimes, lawyers describe the difficulties they faced… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
Stop stalling on climate change, urges UN leader
Canada needs to stop stalling on setting climate change goals, and instead become “ambitious and visionary,” said Ban Ki-moon in an exclusive interview with the domestic broadcaster, CBC. Ban Ki-moon says Canada should take a leadership role in fighting climate… »
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Montreal comedian receives threat
A bilingual Quebec comedian, Samir Khullar whose professional name is Sugar Sammy, is a successful stand-up comedian based in Quebec. Just prior to a performance in the city of Sherbrooke Quebec, last night ,someone phoned in a threat to the… »
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