Marc Montgomery, Lynn Desjardins and Wojtek Gwiazda are off this week, but Caroline Arbour is at the helm. On the show: advice for avoiding injuries while making the best of winter, the beautiful story of how a menorah was passed… »
Caroline Arbour
Caroline got her start in journalism at RCI, filing items in French and English from its Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver bureaus. Bitten by the radio bug, she also nevertheless subsequently tried her hand at reporting for television, print and the Web, freelancing for Radio-Canada, CBC, Voice of America, L’actualité magazine and The Atlantic’s business site Quartz. Her favourite stories to cover are ones that show resilience in its many forms and also ones that highlight no issue is ever black and white. In Caroline’s wildest and weirdest dreams, she imagines spending her days roaming the Andalusian countryside on a vintage motorcycle, photographing its diverse and stunning beauty.
The wonderful story of Zoe’s plush toys
What started out last year as a campaign to make one Quebec girl’s last wish come true turned into a wave of comfort for suffering children in other countries. As if her first few years on this earth had not… »
Oxygen masks donated to save pets lives
There are no recent, nationally compiled statistics on house fires in Canada and no data on resulting pet fatalities. However, there were 10,733 fires resulting in injury, death or dollar losses in Ontario alone, in 2013. Considering that almost half of Canadians… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Expectant mothers, exercise is good for baby’s brain
Rebroadcast Mothers-to-be who engage in moderate-intensity physical activity during pregnancy help their baby’s brain develop faster in the womb, according to a Université de Montréal study. And researchers in the university’s kinesiology department believe this early edge may have positive,… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
The Bay takes heat, pulls t-shirt
A Toronto woman tweeted a picture Monday of a t-shirt seen in a Hudson’s Bay department store showing a quote from British model Kate Moss — “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” — inside a mock nutrition label. Below… »
95-year old track and field phenom Olga Kotelko passes away
Just this past March, West Vancouver’s Olga Kotelko set eight world records at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. This, at 95 years young. The star athlete was still nimble and in remarkable physical shape, but Kotelko suffered a… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Aggressive bears prompt warnings, force closures near Banff
While one woman fell victim to the wrath of an angry bird in Ontario, Parks Canada is warning residents and visitors in and around Banff, Alberta, about possible attacks from much more imposing and dangerous creatures: bears. Snow is still… »
Operation Red Nose concludes
Operation Red Nose volunteers have hung up their trademark red vests until next year. Operation Red Nose is a service that drives impaired party-goers and their passengers home during the holidays. It was available this year between November 29 and… »
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Baby, it’s (very, very) cold outside
Canadians are forced to bundle up on this New Year’s day. Extreme wind chill warnings are still in effect for northern Manitoba, parts of Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and much of Quebec. Hundreds rang in the New Year… »
Violent fatal attack in Surrey highlights city’s problems
A mother of three who was savagely beaten Sunday night in Surrey, British Columbia, has died. Julie Paskall, 53, was Surrey’s 25th homicide victim of 2013. Julie Paskall, 53, was waiting for her teenage son in the parking lot of… »
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