Carmel Kilkenny
Carmel Kilkenny
Carmel Kilkenny grew up in Toronto as it was in the early stages of becoming the "most multi-cultural city" in the world. A year living in Paris, France provided the time and opportunity to study the language, and experience the culture. It also provided a base to visit other European destinations. Now Carmel makes her home in Montreal, Quebec. Following a degree in Communication Studies and Journalism, Carmel anchored Quebec’s late-night TV newscast, worked in radio, locally and on RCI’s short-waves, and spent some time sharing daily forecasts on a network of radio stations across Canada as a weather specialist. These days, as a freelance writer-broadcaster, she is lending her voice and writing skills to a number of projects and continuing to share great Canadian stories on Radio Canada International’s website. RCI journalist Carmel Kilkenny dies after short illness

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Reuniting with senior ‘roomates’ at McMaster

Graduate student Tafadzwa Machipisa, is back with her “roommate” from last year, 73-year-old Constance Jain. The pair are part of a co-housing program at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario that brings students together with seniors to share a living space, and »

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Hurricane Florence diverts cruise ship to Nova Scotia

Hurricane Florence is developing in the Caribbean as the first big hurricane of the season. It was declared a Category 4, by forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida earlier this afternoon. Potentially catastrophic, the storm got more »

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Aviation a passion best shared in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec

Aviation has been a passion for Gilles Pepin ever since high school when he read everything he could lay his hands on about World War II. It continued through his life and through his hands, when he began creating model »

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Shania Twain hosts the CCMA’s

Shania Twain is hosting the Canadian Country Music Awards Sunday night in Hamilton, Ontario. The Queen of Country Music, Twain is still the top-selling female country artist of all time. It’s now 25 years since the release of her debut, self-titled album, »

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RCMP’s new woman at the top, Brenda Lucki

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, (RCMP) have a new commissioner, and for the first time a woman is in the top position. Brenda Lucki was sworn in yesterday during a ceremony at Regina’s F Division, in Saskatchewan. Lucki has been with »

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Christopher Walken in Winnipeg shooting GMO drama

Christopher Walken and Christina Ricci are in Winnipeg shooting the movie based on the Percy Schmeiser story. Schmeiser is the Saskatchewan canola farmer who was sued by the American biotech giant Monsanto. The drama began in the summer of 1998 when »

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TIFF opens 43rd season with ‘Fall of the American Empire’

TIFF, the Toronto International Film Festival, opened today with Michael Moore’s much anticipated documentary, Farenheit 11/9, among other offerings premiering this evening. For the next 10 days, downtown Toronto will be detoured and diverted to accommodate movie-goers and line-ups at »

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NAFTA talks resume in Washington

NAFTA, the North American Trade Agreement, between Canada, the United States and Mexico, is being renewed and renegotiated in Washington. The three parties resumed talks today after being unable to reach the deadline imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump last »

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Mary Pratt remembered in St. John’s

Mary Pratt died on August 14th, at the age of 83. She was in her home in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, where she’d been receiving palliative care. “I wouldn’t do it if I hadn’t loved the subject” The CBC’s John »

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Bryan Adams: the words and music for Pretty Woman

Bryan Adams, and writing partner Jim Vallance, have ventured into new territory on Broadway. The writing team is behind the words and music for the new Broadway show, Pretty Woman: The Musical, now on at the Nederlander Theatre in New »