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, Health, Immigration & Refugees, Indigenous, International, Society

Roots of Empathy in more classrooms internationally

Roots of Empathy programs are getting ready to welcome tiny visitors into classrooms around the world.  And by the end of this new school year, hundreds of thousands of students will understand themselves, and others, a little better. The program »

Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society

dot.quebec begins tomorrow

.quebec is one of the new identities that will soon be appearing on the world wide web. The only officially French-speaking province in Canada has for many years claimed distinct status within the country, an ongoing source of debate and »

Economy, Society

Concordia University’s new residence – former convent of the Grey Nuns

Concordia University is ready to welcome 600 residents into one of its newest acquisitions, but oldest buildings.  The Grey Nuns’ Convent has been transformed into a place where students will live, study, and play. One of the rooms a Concordia »

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The LINK Online – August 23, 2014

The Link Online this week features stories from Lynn Desjardins, Terry Haig and Carmel Kilkenny. Marc Montgomery and Wojtek Gwiazda were on vacation. World Humanitarian Day © Oxfam Canada An estimated 6.8 million Syrians have left their homes as have half »

Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Society

British Columbia ghost-town for sale

Bradian, British Columbia, and the 22 boarded up houses within it, could be yours for under a million dollars.  That’s about the same price as many houses in Vancouver and Toronto these days. Bradian is in one of the most »

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Turkish sailors stranded in Sorel, Quebec

Twelve Turkish sailors are in desperate need, on a ship stranded in the port at Sorel, Quebec. The crew arrived in April to get the Panamanian-flagged, Phoenix Sun ready to be moved overseas to be taken apart.  They haven’t been »

Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Society

Alex Colville exhibit at the AGO opens Saturday

The Alex Colville Exhibit will open Saturday in Toronto at the AGO, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and if the member’s visits this week are anything to go by, this will be a crowded run, from August 23 until January »

Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society

Moose-mating project expands in Maritimes

The Nature Conservancy of Canada says 198 hectares of land has been added to the land already put aside, for the so-called ‘Moose-sex project’, bringing the total to 1,012 hectares. Moose number as many as 30,000 in New Brunswick, but »

Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Society

Buddy MacMaster, Cape Breton fiddler, died last night

Buddy MacMaster, described as the ‘Dean of Cape Breton Fiddling’ died last night at home in western Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.  He was 89. Born in Timmins, Ontario where his father had worked in the gold mines, the Gaelic-speaking family »

Economy, International, Politics, Society

No One is Illegal protesting Toronto deportations

Last week, on August 14th, an early morning traffic check of vehicles, became the end of the road for several undocumented workers in Toronto. Canada Border Services Agency officers took part in the vehicle inspections, and dealt with the people »