Pennies, the Canadian copper-coloured one cent pieces, were discontinued a year-and-a-half ago. In that time over four billion have been recovered, worth about $40 million, according to the Royal Canadian Mint‘s 2013 annual report. The end of the coin came… »
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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Toronto condo-craze invades neighbourhoods
Toronto’s red-hot housing market has led to a flurry of condominium development, in an effort to provide housing and capitalize on the big returns available to developers. High-rise condominiums in the foreground and the green woods of High Park in… »
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Lionsgate signs deal with China’s Alibaba
Lionsgate, the Vancouver-based film studio, has signed a deal with Alibaba, China’s largest e-commerce firm, making the studio’s catalogue available in an on-line streaming service. Lionsgate owns the rights to recent hit movies and series such as the ‘The Hunger… »
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Manitoba’s mosasaur largest in the world
Morden, Manitoba is home to the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre. It was recently discovered that Bruce, their huge mosasaur, is the largest on display in the world. Peter Cantelon, Executive Director of the CFDC said, they made the discovery after… »
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Neil Young cancels concert in Tel Aviv
Neil Young and his band, Crazy Horse, have cancelled Thursday’s concert in Tel Aviv. “It is with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we must cancel our one and only Israeli concert due to tensions which have rendered the event… »
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Accessibility conference in Ottawa
The International Summit on Accessibility wraps up tomorrow in Ottawa, but as the first global conference to “promote access and inclusion for people with disabilities in all aspects of life”, it is making waves. Canadian philanthropist, Rick Hansen is one of… »
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Forest fires growing in British Columbia heat wave
British Columbia is in in the grip of a heat wave that is breaking records these days. One of the many concerns this weather brings is the spread of wildfires. Temperatures were averaging around 30 C across the province over… »
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Tax cheats in Canada beware: people are informing on you
Tax cheats in Canada get ready! Revenue Canada, the government agency that oversees the collection of taxes, is busy noting the information received on their snitch line. Now, as a result of the hundreds of calls they have received, 80… »
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Elephants from Calgary, Alberta settling in new home in Washington
Elephants from the Calgary Zoo, are settling well into their new home at the Smithsonian National Zoo, in Washington, D.C. A convoy of flatbed trucks, with the elephants in huge crates, crossed the country to Quebec and then travelled south to… »
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Milos Raonic ends his Wimbledon run in the semi-final against Federer
Milos Raonic‘s Wimbledon dream ended with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 loss to Roger Federer on today. The 6 foot 5 Canadian from Thornhill, in the Toronto area, was not able to join Eugenie Bouchard, from Montreal, and move on to… »
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