Eugenie Bouchard, Canada’s female tennis sensation, captured another title from the WTA. Earlier this week she was named the most improved player of the year. From Westmount, a city within Montreal, Quebec, ‘Bouchard’s Special Season’ is featured on the WTA’s… »
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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P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association sign $17 million deal with China
The P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association is one of the big winners on the recent trade mission to China, in the company of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The newly formed fair trade lobster brand, signed a C$17 million, three-year deal to sell… »
Remembrance Day in Canada
Remembrance Day was different this year. People came out in much larger numbers to attend the many memorial services across the country. In Ottawa, the National War Memorial was encircled by a crowd of 50,000 This morning on the CBC… »
International, Politics, Society
Princess Royal in Canada
Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne arrived in Canada yesterday. Accompanied by her husband, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence, the couple is staying at Government House in Ottawa, the residence of the Canada’s Governor General. The Princess Royal attended the Remembrance Day… »
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Mother Canada, controversial war memorial, receives Major-General’s support
Mother Canada, the 18-metre-high statue facing the ocean off the Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia, is the source of strong reactions in support, and in opposition. Many of the people living in the area object to the location in picturesque… »
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World War 1 poster exhibit opening in Montreal November 11th
Montreal’s Musee des Beaux Arts is the scene of a moving exhibit called, Patriotism of Death, featuring posters from World War One, that will open tomorrow evening. Hilliard Goldfarb, Associate Chief Curator, describes it as a “small show, but heartfelt”. Of… »
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Fogo Island Inn finalist for National Geographic Award
The Fogo Island Inn is on the shortlist for the National Geographic World Legacy Awards in the ‘sense of place category’. Fogo Island is off the north coast of Newfoundland and is home to one of Canada’s oldest communities. The inn… »
Manitoba: revolt in the provincial legislature
Manitobans began the week with an upheaval in their Provincial Legislative Assembly when five key cabinet ministers in Premier Greg Selinger‘s caucus resigned Monday morning. Unprecedented in Manitoba history Professor Emeritus Paul Thomas of the Political Studies department at the… »
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China-Canada trade under a new framework with FIPA ratified
Prime Minister Stephen Harper spent Friday promoting Canadian business in China with some major players. And with a new trade agreement, known as the Canada-China FIPA, it’s a new beginning. In Hangzhou, China’s billionaire citizen, Jack Ma, the man behind… »
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El Mocambo rescue
The El Mocambo, the storied tavern and club in downtown Toronto, was on the verge of shutting down Thursday night. The iconic neon palm tree above the door had almost been sold. But white knight, Michael Wekerle, also known in Canada now… »
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