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, Society

Come By Chance lottery winners celebrate $60 million

Come By Chance, Newfoundland is home to the refinery where 31 workers pooled their money to buy a winning lottery ticket. $60,000,000 (Cdn) is the biggest jackpot ever won in Atlantic Lottery Corporation history. It works out to $1.9 million each. »

Environment & Animal Life, Society

National Parks now free for kids under 18

National parks across Canada will remain free for children and teenagers up to the age of 18. The announcement was another of the details in the Liberal government’s federal budget presented on Tuesday, February 27. During 2017, the 150th anniversary »

Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology

Bitcoin mining boom underway in Canada

Bitcoin mining operations are opening across Canada despite the recent collapse in the soaring crypto currency. Bitcoin was in the global spotlight as the value went from under $1000 last June to nearly $20,000 by mid-December. After plummeting in this »

Economy, Society

$1,000 bill no more

The $1,000 bill, nicknamed a “pinkie” for its reddish-purple hue, will no longer be accepted as legal tender in Canada. The announcement was a detail in the 367-page budget document released yesterday. The Bank of Canada stopped printing the bill »

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Gord Downie to be honored at the Junos

Gord Downie will be remembered in a musical tribute by Canadian musicians Sarah Harmer and Dallas Green at the upcoming Juno Awards on Sunday March 25. Downie, the much-loved singer-songwriter and frontman of the Tragically Hip, died of brain cancer last »

Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology

Bitcoin wanted for condo near Toronto

Bitcoin is the currency a condo owner is looking for in the sale of his residence in Mississauga, just west of Toronto. Derryn Shrosbree listed his two-bedroom unit at 35 bitcoin, which according to yesterday’s values, would value the home »

Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International

Maple syrup season off to earliest start in Maritimes

Maple syrup is the annual spring harvest from the iconic maple trees in eastern Canada, and for the third year in a row, it is an early season. The mild winter in the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia this year »

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

Space junk increasing exponentially

Space junk has been accumulating since the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite, over 60 years ago. With more than 5,000 rockets launched since, there’s a lot of debris now orbiting the earth. 60,000 pieces of space junk Andrew Fazekas, »

Arts & Entertainment, Immigration & Refugees, International, Society

Cross-country ski lessons for new Canadians

Cross-county skiing is one of the winter sports that can make this challenging season in the northern hemisphere, so much more enjoyable. In the maritime province of New Brunswick, the Wostawea Ski Club in the city of Fredericton, reached out »

Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Society

Sonja Bata’s legacy honoured in the Bata Shoe Museum

Bata Shoe Museum founder, Sonja Bata, died Tuesday February 20th in Toronto, at the age of 91. The visionary behind what’s described as the world’s “most comprehensive collection of historic footwear”, Sonja Bata leaves an amazing legacy to the city »