In 2011 UNESCO declared February 13th to be World Radio Day, which was adopted by the U.N General Assembly as an ‘international day’ the following year. This year the theme is diversity. Radio Canada International joined with four other broadcasters… »
Highlights / Year: 2020
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
University of British Columbia researchers working on marijuana breathalyzer
Law enforcement might soon be able to have a better way for testing drivers who may be high. Dr. Mina Hoorfar, an engineering professor, who runs the Advanced Thermo Fluidic Lab, at the University of British Columbia, and her research… »
Quebec to update recycling system
To better recycle, and reduce the use of plastic, the Quebec government will make manufacturers responsible for the life cycle of the products they make. From plastic containers and packaging, to newspapers, manufacturers in Quebec will have to deal with… »
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 8
Harriet Tubman Today we bring you the story of Harriet Tubman. She was a courageous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, who led hundreds of American slaves to freedom in Canada. Duration 2:59
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Climate change, human activities, and increasing disease exposure
Its seems that as climate changes, particularly warming in the northern hemisphere, new diseases are also appearing to infect humans. But climate change is not the only reason Dr Courtney Howard (MD, CCFP-EM) is president of the Canadian Association of… »
Canadians support using force to protect allies, maintain world order: report
A recent survey of attitudes towards NATO among member states and some non-members of the alliance should give Western policy-makers a serious pause, says a Canadian defence and security expert. While NATO is generally seen in a positive light across… »
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A prehistoric ‘reaper of death’ discovered in Alberta
A new species of fearsome dinosaur has been discovered in Canada, the first in 50 years. Some 79 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period, a fearsome apex predator roamed what is now Alberta. At the time it would… »
Health, International, Society
More cases of coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship in Japan
Japan’s health ministry has confirmed another 39 new cases of the coronavirus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. The latest update means that there have been 174 confirmed cases of the virus, at least seven of which are Canadian. The… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous
Natural gas pipeline protest: potential for violence
Although the elected band councils have approved, the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwets’en in northern British Columbia are against a gas pipeline across their traditional territory Other protests in sympathy continue to take place across the country. In northern B.C.… »
Canadian virtuoso Angela Hewitt’s grand piano destroyed by movers
Canadian virtuoso Angela Hewitt’s grand piano is no more. Movers dropped the $194,000 US concert piano while taking it out of a recording studio, Hewitt revealed in a Facebook post. “At the end of my most recent CD recording sessions… »
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