Your hosts this week, Lynn, Terry Haig, and Marc RCI’s Eilis Quinn in Baker Lake Nunavut 2016 © supplied Eillis Quinn is the journalist and editor of RCI’s website “Eye on the Arctic”. It is RCI’s site dedicated to news and… »
Highlights / Year: 2016
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Pregnancy sickness linked to iodine
New research suggests that the nausea suffered by pregnant women may be caused by the fetus and its need for iodine. Iodine is critical to brain development and it is important that there not be too much and not too little.… »
A truly wild ride with folk music. The book about the Stan Rogers Band.
When you’re looking for a last minute book to give as a gift this Christmas to a fan of folk music, try this one. It’s a non-fiction book of life on the road for a struggling folk group. It has… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadian expert says giraffe warning not surprising
Biologists are warning that giraffes are at risk of extinction. Their numbers have dropped 40 per cent since 1985. There are only 97,562 left. Anne Innis Daag overcame stubborn obstacles to become the first person to study giraffes and other… »
Teenager Penny Oleksiak wins coveted best-athlete trophy Copy
The 16-year-swimmer who stole the hearts of Canadians at last summer’s Rio Olympics is the winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year. Penny Oleksiak, who won four medals–including gold in the 100-metre freestyle–at the Games,… »
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Canadians rally to senior citizen bilked in scam
A 66-year-old Toronto woman who was forced to move to a homeless shelter after a real estate agent borrowed her life savings and stiffed her is receiving support–both financial and spiritual–from Canadians across the country. “I feel better than I… »
New Brunswick city police to buy armoured vehicle
Many citizens and others have raised questions about an expensive armoured vehicle to be acquired by police in the city of Fredericton, New Brunswick. The city council recently approved police requests to spend almost $350,000 on an armoured truck for… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Arctic report card 2016; warm and getting warmer
The American National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued its “Arctic Report Card 2016”. For most, the findings of the NOAA Arctic Programme will come as little surprise. Ocean temperatures across the Arctic from October 2015-September 2016 compared to the… »
The scourge and ill effects of PTSD just won’t go away
Any doubts about the lasting scars–mental, physical and psychological–that members of the military carry with them as they prepare to face an ofttimes bleak and unpredictable future might well be dispelled by newly published internal Defence Department statistics. Canadian troops… »
Canadians plan less holiday spending this year, but…
Christmas is a time when Canadians exchange gifts and this year they are planning to spend eight per cent less than they did last year. A survey by the major Canadian bank, CIBC, found people plan to spend an average… »
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