Pollution is linked to an estimated nine million premature deaths each year, according to a report from the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. Health and environmental authors used data from the Global Burden of Disease study to produce the… »
Highlights / Year: 2017
Alan Doyle- A Newfoundland performer with tales to tell
Musician and author Alan Doyle in an RCI studio. © Marie Claude Simard- RCI Alan Doyle was born and grew up in a small village in Newfoundland called Petty Harbour. Musically talented he joined a band which eventually became one of… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Shooting stars in October, the Orionids
Shooting stars are getting more familiar by their official, or scientific names. An astronomer observes the Orionids at a Bulgaria observatory in 2009. Sunday night to dawn on Monday will be the peak of this year’s Orionid meteor shower. © AP/Petar… »
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics
NAFTA from the Mexican view of negotiations
NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, between Canada, the United States and Mexico is undergoing some tough renegotiations these days. Donald Trump is talking tough and repeatedly has said the agreement has been a bad deal for the United States.… »
Health, Highlights, Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Canadian airports relax attitude on medical marijuana
Marijuana is still illegal in Canada, except if you have a prescription to possess small amounts for medical reasons. Previously, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority agents (CATSA) would call the police when a passenger was found in possession of marijuana.… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous
Passing of celebrated Inuit carver Barnabus Arnasungaaq marks end of era
Art collectors and lovers in Canada and around the world are quietly mourning the death of a celebrated Inuit carver and sculptor whose passing marks the end of an era in Inuit art. Barnabus Arnasungaaq died in Baker Lake, a… »
Lyle the singing pig seeks a home
Lyle is a two-year old pig who was picked up along with several other animals last year as part of a cruelty investigation by the SPCA in the western province of British Columbia. There are Societies for the Prevention of… »
Police must stop posing as journalists, says professor
Intelligence agents and police sometimes pose as journalists in order to trap or capture suspects but that practice puts journalists at risk, says Peter Klein, an associate professor at the University of British Columbia. He is also the founder and… »
Economy, Highlights, International, Society
Scots Canadians rejoice, Haggis is back!
After 46 years, Scottish haggis is back in Canada Scots have had enormous influence in Canada’s development. Indeed our first Prime Minister, and the man credited with creating Canada was a Scot. In fact, Sir John A Macdonald’s first language… »
‘Please offer me a seat’ campaign in Toronto
‘Please offer me a seat’ is the great idea one woman in Toronto developed to help herself, and many other transit users in Canada’s largest city. Kate Welsh came up with ‘Equity Buttons’. An artist, educator and self-described activist, Welsh… »
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