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

Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society

Microsoft opening new centres in Toronto and Quebec City

Mircrosoft is opening new data centres in Toronto and Quebec City to increase cloud capacity in Canada. Kevin Turner, worldwide chief operating officer of Microsoft, made the announcement in Toronto today, in the company of the city’s mayor, John Tory. »

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BlackBerry settles case against Typo

Blackberry settled a legal dispute with Typo Products LLC, coming out the winner against the American company. Typo, co-founded by American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, makes add-on keyboards for the Apple iPhone. BlackBerry, based in Waterloo, Ontario, alleged that Typo »

Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Immigration & Refugees, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society

Sold Down the Yangtze: the story of Canada’s FIPA with China

Sold Down the Yangtze: Canada’s Lopsided Investment Deal with China, a new book by Gus Van Harten, could be described as a labour of love and duty. Van Harten is an investment law specialist who teaches at Osgoode Hall Law »

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Montreal International Music Competition – Voice

The Montreal International Music Competition is currently under way in Montreal.  It began on May 25th, when hundreds of singers joined together to celebrate the opening.  Local choirs, singers and musicians took part in the occasion, which included some of »

Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society

Amnesty International hosts Mexican torture survivor, Angel Colon

Amnesty International is holding its annual general meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia today, and the key-note speaker is a man they worked hard to free. His story is one of inspiration Angel Amilcar Colon Quevedo was a challenging case for »

Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society

NARCY, formerly known as The Narcycist, releases new album

NARCY, which is now the acronym for “Neo Arab Rebel Called Yassin” released his latest musical work earler this week, and it’s called “World. War. Free.” The work, and the name change is the latest in the ongoing evolution of »

Economy, Health, International, Society

‘Tampon Tax’ ends July 1st, Canada Day

The so-called ‘Tampon Tax’ ends as a gift to Canadian women on the national holiday, Canada Day, July 1st, 2015. The tax applies to most feminine hygiene products including sanitary napkins, sanitary belts and menstrual cups. This is the end »

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Denis Coderre getting baseball… back to Montreal

Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montreal, is on a mission to bring baseball back to the city.  The Montreal Expo‘s were a fixture in the city from 1969 until 2004, when they were sold to Washington, D. C. But the love »

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Emily Carr painting sells well above estimates

`Forest Light`, a painting by Emily Carr, sold Wednesday night in Vancouver, for C$1.53 million dollars.  Pre-sale estimates were in the C$400,000 to C$600,000 range. From her mature period, Forest Light was one of six Carr paintings that garnered C$2.3 million at the Heffel »

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Teachers and students back in class after Ontario strike halted

Teachers were back in the classroom today after a moratorium on their strikes, in three regions of Ontario left more than 70,000 high school students out of school for three weeks. The main issue in the Toronto areas of Peel »