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

Grandparents, older and healthier in Canada

Grandparents in Canada, are a growing segment of the population, and they’re living longer, and more importantly, healthier. These are some of the findings Professor Rachel Margolis reveals in her paper for the Vanier Institute for the Family. Canadians (aged »

Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Society

Migrante protests backlog of 27,000 Permanent Residence applications for Live-in caregivers

Migrante held the first in a series of rallies today in Toronto, in front of an Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship office, to demand action on the backlog of Permanent Residence applications. Migrante will hold rallies such as this one in »

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British Columbia’s fire babies

British Columbia wildfires, several still burning, made this summer history-making with the worst wildfire season since records were kept. Parents of babies born during the 2017 B.C. wildfire season are staying in touch via Facebook and meet-ups. © Facebook And it »

Arts & Entertainment, Society

Guelph offering local artists a major commission

Guelph, Ontario, home to the University of Guelph, is offering local artists an amazing opportunity. “It’s hard to think of anything more visible than a water tower for your artwork” Students walk on campus at the University of Guelph on »

Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Internet, Science & Technology

Seismic upgrades for British Columbia infrastructure

Seismic upgrades are necessary in several areas of the west-coast province of British Columbia. Vancouver Island, which is particularly vulnerable to severe damage in the event of a major earthquake, is getting upgrades on two bridges. Janelle Erwin, regional deputy director »

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

Hydro workers from Canada helping in southern United States

Hydro workers from several eastern Canadian provinces are now in Florida and Georgia helping to restore power.  “They’ve been devastated down there.” An electrical worker repairs stop lights the morning after Hurricane Irma swept through the area on Sept. 11, »

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

Theresa May coming to Ottawa

Theresa May the British Prime Minister, will be in Ottawa on Monday September 18th to talk with Prime Minister Trudeau about the trade challenges facing Bombardier. May is joining forces with Canada to confront a major trade dispute brought about by U.S. »

Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Society

Cooper’s Farm, Maze and tax reform

Cooper’s Farm is a small family farm about 60 kilometres north-west of the Greater Toronto Area in the province of Ontario. It has a little bit of everything happening, with cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens, and at this time of »

Politics, Society

Solitary confinement being challenged in court

Solitary confinement is the practice of putting a prisoner in a small cell, alone, for days and nights, with only an hour or two of time outside the cell, daily. It has been condemned internationally, and the United Nations has »

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Corn mazes amaze this year in matching themes

Corn mazes are growing, if you’ll pardon the pun. A popular sign with necessary directions in many parts of southern Canada at this time of year. © CBC/AndyMcLemore via VisualHunt.com / CC BY-SA There are so many of them now across »