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

Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Society

Celine Dion returns to the stage

Celine Dion will be back on-stage in Los Vegas, August 27th with the first of 40 shows until January 2016. Dion took a year off to care for her ailing husband, Rene Angelil, to spend time with her three children, »

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RCMP recruiting 30 officers for Parliament Hill security

The RCMP is hiring 30 officers from its regular members to staff the new Parliamentary Protective Service, a division that will assume control in June 2015. Interested candidates must commit to a minimum of three to five years.  They will »

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Pan Am Games welcome Women’s Baseball

The Pan Am Games in the Greater Toronto Area will include women’s baseball for the first time at a major multi-sport Games. Canada selected 18 women for its baseball team to play at the 2015 Pan American Games taking place from »

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Deep Ground Repository for nuclear waste has local support and regional opposition

The Deep Ground Repository (DGR) proposed for Kincardine in Southwestern Ontario, will be the topic of many conversations over this annual Victoria Day holiday weekend. As the unofficial beginning of summer, in much of southern Canada, this is the time »

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Canadians taking shorter summer vacations, and fewer in Canada

Canadians are taking shorter summer vacations and not going as far as they once did.  It appears the family road trip to visit Prince Edward Island or ‘do the Cabot Trail’ in Nova Scotia, is a rare event these days. »

Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Society

Concordia’s Centre for the Evaluation of Immigration Policies, a first

Immigrating to Canada has evolved profoundly over the last 20 years.  And in the last 10 years, almost all the provinces and regions have realized the importance of immigration to their future, both economically and socially. Several initiatives have been »

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Aboriginal candidate facing racism in first campaign decides to run again

Katherine Swampy, an Aboriginal woman from Maskwacis, Alberta, ran as the New Democratic Party candidate in the recent provincial election. The election rendered a historic result, toppling a 44-year dynasty held by the Conservative party and sweeping NDP leader, Rachel »

Society

Single-mother’s lives are improving in Canada

This Mother’s Day in Canada, brings the good news that single-mother’s lives appear to be improving according to a recent study released by the Ottawa-based Vanier Institue of the Family. The title says it all: Lone Mothers and Their Families »

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Kayakers going from Montreal to Mexico

Kayaking has been a passion for three friends from Ile Perrot in the Montreal region.  Now what began as a a joke is about to become a reality, as they set out to kayak from Montreal to Mexico. Nuka De »

Economy, International, Politics, Society

Bombardier job cuts in Montreal, Toronto and Belfast

Bombardier is cutting 1750 jobs, the majority in Montreal.  Declining demand for business jets is the reason 1,000 positions will be cut in Montreal, 480 in Toronto, and up to 280 in Belfast, the company says. “We have seen an »