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

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The LINK Online, June 29, 30, and Canada Day!

The LINK Online 29, 30, and Canada Day! July 1st With Carmel Kilkenny, Levon Sevunts, Lynn Desjardins and Marie-Claude Simard (Video of show at bottom) IT’S ON!  RETALIATORY TARIFFS In response to tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium that Donald »

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Doug Ford now Premier of Ontario

Doug Ford was sworn in as the 26th Premier of Ontario today. It’s the power house province of Canada with the most people, and the often-touted most ethnically diverse capital city, of Toronto. The right-leaning Progressive Conservative premier, named 20 ministers »

Arts & Entertainment, International, Society

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts adding a cinema

Montreal’s Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is adding a state-of-the-art cinema to feature “the seventh art” in their growing complex. Nathalie Bondil, the General Director and Chief Curator made the announcement yesterday, in the company of Mario Fortin, who will »

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Heatwave in eastern Canada

Heatwave warnings have been issued in much of Ontario and Quebec as “a warm air mass settles in” for the next four or five days, according to Environment Canada. The cities of Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal are bracing for record »

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Eugenie Bouchard secures a spot at Wimbledon

Eugenie Bouchard made it today, qualifying for the main draw at Wimbledon next week, The Canadian, from Westmount in Montreal, beat Mariana Duque-Marino of Colombia, the No. 2 qualifying seed,  6-3, 6-2 in the final round of qualifying today. Bouchard, now »

Arts & Entertainment, International, Society, Sports

Willie O’Ree in the Hockey Hall of Fame

Willie O’Ree is having some well-deserved time in the spotlight, with yesterday’s announcement that he is among this year’s inductees into the Hockey Hall of Fame “I am so happy and feel so fantastic” O’Ree, now 82, was the first »

Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society

Confederation Bridge visible from the Space Station

Confederation Bridge, the fixed link to Canada’s tiny island province of Prince Edward Island, is really the only human-made creation that astronauts can see from the International Space Station (ISS). This is what Canada’s Governor General, Julie Payette told a »

Environment & Animal Life

Moose and deer collisions: 5 within 5 hours

Moose and deer populations are more active when the day begins and when it ends, and now the Ontario Provincial Police force is reminding drivers In North Bay, police reported five crashes with deer or moose within five hours. One »

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Marineland founder, John Holer, dead at 83

Marineland was the big success story for Slovenian immigrant John Holer, who died on Saturday, June 23rd, at the age of 83. “On behalf of Marineland, I can confirm that Mr. Holer passed away Saturday morning at his home, peacefully, »

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

Florida magnolia thriving in Ottawa backyard

Florida magnolias, particularly the ashei variety, are not usually found as far north as Ottawa. But magnolia lover, Jim Marshall, who has been cultivating magnolias for years, has had a rare success with the magnolia ashei. It grows as a shrub »