A radicalization prevention centre is set to open some time next month in Montreal according to Jocelyn Belanger, a professor in the pyschology department at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal. Belanger is part of the centre’s implementation committee. “A… »
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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Bilingual Brain Symposium: Montreal Neurological Institute
The Montreal Neurological Institute is hosting a two-day international symposium this week, gathering `Multiple Perspectives on Bilingualism and the Brain`. The questions around language acquisition and retention are gaining value as research into the scourge of Alzheimer`s and dementia, increase… »
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Margaret Atwood first to contribute to the Future Library
Margaret Atwood, the award-winning, much-loved Canadian author is the first writer to contribute a story to the Future Library. The 75-year old`s latest work, which she would say nothing about, is now held in trust in a special room of… »
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Vancouver boring, according to The Economist magazine!
Vancouver, the city between the water and the mountains, one of the most “livable” in the world” is boring“ in fact `mind numbingly`so, according to The Economist magazine, Or more accurately, according to its business travel columnist, who works under… »
Economy, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Words from the Heart: The book for pre-natal loss
‘Words from the Heart’ began with two women, working together, both expecting babies. These women were nurses, working in the Intensive Care Unit of LaSalle Hospital, in a suburb of Montreal. Both of them expecting boys, Sarah expecting twins. They… »
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Supreme Court ruling a ‘serious setback’ for fair aboriginal representation on juries
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in the case of an Ontario Aboriginal man, who was pleading his conviction in a case of manslaughter, on the basis of the lack of representation of aboriginal people, on the jury that convicted… »
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Phoenix Sun Saga; the Quebec City chapter
The Phoenix Sun, finally left Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Saturday, after being stranded for two-and-a-half years in the down town port on the St. Lawrence River, north-east of Montreal. It was thought to be the final chapter in a tale that began… »
Economy, Indigenous, Politics, Society
New Democratic Party sworn-in in Alberta
Rachel Notley, the 17th premier of the province of Alberta, demonstrated how new and different her government will be, by taking the “swearing-in” ceremony outside to the steps of the Legislature in Edmonton, and invited Albertans to attend. And they… »
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Palmyra a tragic loss to the world: ROM Archaeologist
Professor Clemens Reichel is an Assistant Professor in the department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto, and Associate Curator at the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) in Toronto. Like many in the global archaeological community, he… »
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Montreal opens tourist areas 24/7
Montreal’s most popular tourist areas will have the option of remaining open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, beginning this Monday. The provincial government partnered with the City of Montreal to create a tourist designation for particular neighbourhoods… »
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