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

Arts & Entertainment

Skip Prokop, co-founder of band ‘Lighthouse’ died

Skip Prokop, the drummer, vocalist and co-founder of Canadian rock band ‘Lighthouse‘, died yesterday at the age of 73. Skip Prokop behind the drums in recent years. He became a familiar voice on Toronto radio hosting various programs, and continued »

Immigration & Refugees, International, Society

Liloo Alim is leaving the building: Four Seasons Concierge departs

Liloo Alim is leaving the Four Seasons Hotel. This is big news in Toronto where Alim was annointed “the most powerful woman” in the city. according to the National Post newspaper back in 2002. But the top concierge at the »

Economy, International

Airbnb comes to “landmark” agreement with Quebec

Airbnb and the government of Quebec came to an agreement that will allow the home-rental website to collect and remit the provincial tax on behalf of its hosts. On October 1st, 2017, Airbnb will begin automatically including the 3.5 per »

International, Politics

Hilary Clinton book tour coming to Canada

Hilary Clinton will be visiting Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver according to her publisher Simon and Schuster with her latest book, which they describe as, Clinton’s “most personal memoir yet”. Hilary and Bill Clinton, enjoying the town of North Hatley, Quebec on Aug. »

Arts & Entertainment, International, Politics, Society

‘I Am Not Your Negro’ screens in Montreal under the stars

‘I Am Not Your Negro’ is one of the films programmed in the Cinema sous les Etoiles, (Cinema under the Stars) festival in the Montreal region this summer. “I think there’s an appetite for documentary films’ ‘I Am Not Your »

Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics

Eastern Premiers and U.S. Governors meet in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

The Council of Atlantic Premiers met with their counter-parts from the United States today in Prince Edward Island. Premiers from the eastern provinces of Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, the bilingual province of New Brunswick, P.E.I. and the French-speaking province »

International, Society

Brooke Henderson gets the love not the glory

Brooke Henderson, the darling of Canadian Women’s Golf, was the star of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, despite a disappointing finish in 12th place yesterday. The crowds at the event at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club gave the soon-to-be »

Immigration & Refugees, International, Internet, Science & Technology

The LINK Online, Sun. August 20, 2017

The LINK this week features Lynn Desjardins, Carmel Kilkenny and Levon Sevunts (video of show at bottom) Today on The LINK, Refugee Detention Ruling Refugee detention centre in Laval, Quebec © PC/Graham Hughes/The Canadian Presss/file In Canada’s immigration system, decisions are made »

Indigenous, Society

Canadian food classics and some indigenous connections

Canadian food is as wide and varied as the many people who now make this country home. But for Elizabeth Baird, who has been writing about food and working on cookbooks for over 40 years now, the roots of several »

Uncategorized

Mohawk language offered at U of Waterloo this year

The the Mohawk language, Kanien’keha, will be a course offered this fall at the University of Waterloo. But prospective students need to know it’s not like any language course they’ve ever been in before.” “The Mohawk language is so different »