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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Norval Morrisseau fake art; case in court next week

Norval Morrisseau’s work has been seen and displayed across Canada, This is a segment of one of his works. Norval Morrisseau‘s style was characterized by thick black outlines and bright colours. One prominent Canadian, Kevin Hearn, of the Canadian band, »

Arts & Entertainment, International

MosaiCanada 150, perhaps a more permanent installation

MosaicCanada 150, is the gift to Canadians from three levels of government, 600 volunteers, and the visionary behind the team that created the exhibit. The federal government, the provincial government of the French-speaking province of Quebec, and the city of »

Immigration & Refugees, International, Society

Black Nova Scotians to get land titles generations later

Black families, that have lived in Nova Scotia for generations, will finally be getting titles to their land. “Freedom and a Farm” Tony Ince, the Atlantic province’s Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs, addressed a press conference this morning with »

Arts & Entertainment, International

Shania Twain’s new album available Friday

Shania Twain, the Canadian country-pop superstar, is releasing her latest studio album, called “NOW” on Friday September 29th. “I’m definitely more revealing in this album than ever before” Twain is set to headline the halftime show at the 105th Grey »

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MosaiCanada 150 a big hit in Gatineau, Quebec

MosaiCanada 150 in Gatineau, Quebec, has been a constant draw this summer to residents and visitors alike to the National Capital Region. MosaiCanada 150 was built using mosaiculture, which uses different horticultural techniques to form living sculptures and displays. © CP/Sean »

International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society

Asteroid that’s also a comet: a new mystery

Asteroid 300163 also has the cometary designation of 288P, since 2011. Astronomers at the Max Planck Intstitute for Solar System Research, in Gernany, looked at this asteroid-comet last year and found instead of a single entity, there were actually two. »

International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society

Artificial Intelligence symposium in Montreal

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the booming field of computing research that is taking off in many academic and urban centres across Canada. Raquel Urtasun, of the University of Toronto and Uber. © U of T Today Montreal, which is becoming a »

International, Society, Sports

Charline Labonte retires from hockey

Charline Labonte, the goaltender for Team Canada with four Olympic gold medals, has retired from the team. The native of Boisbriand, Quebec, just north of Montreal, first played for Canada in 2001 against Sweden, the first of 61 games on an »

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Alibaba comes to Canada with AliPay

Alibaba, the Chinese online powerhouse, made a high profile debut of its mobile payment service in Toronto today. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tours the market place with Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma at the Gateway Conference in Toronto today. © CP/Christopher »

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

Monarch butterflies and Painted Ladies: fragile recovery continues

Monarch butterflies have been the subject of grave concern over the last several years due to their radically declining numbers. But this year, scientists noticed some improvement. By now, ninety-nine per cent of the monarchs have left Canada on their »