A teenager who was recently pulled out of school in the U.S. says he was teased by two of his teachers for being Canadian. Noah Kilpatrick, 15, was born in Ottawa, but moved to Watertown, N.Y. with his family nine… »
Gilda Salomone
Gilda Salomone is a multilingual broadcast journalist and web journalist born in Brazil. She has extensive experience as host, producer, columnist and researcher, in radio and television.Gilda joined Radio Canada International in 2006 and hosted and produced information programmes on a wide variety of topics, in the English, French and Brazilian Sections.
She is a regular contributor to domestic French radio service Radio-Canada and can be heard on the flagship show Medium Large.
On television, Gilda has worked for CJNT-Metro 14, a multicultural TV broadcaster, Radio-Canada and TV5.
Gilda speaks English, French, Portuguese and Spanish fluently.
New iPad app highlights work of animation pioneer Norman McLaren
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has just released a free iPad app based on the work of Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director Norman McLaren. The app McLaren’s Workshop features 51 films by McLaren, 11 short documentaries and an illustrated biography of… »
Canadian talk-show host George Stroumboulopoulos debuts on CNN
George Stroumboulopoulos, a long-time TV personality in Canada, is CNN’s newest talk-show host. “Stroumboulopoulos”, his hour-long interview show premiered on Sunday evening on the U.S. cable news channel. As of next week and for the rest of the summer, it will… »
A thing of wonder: rare blue lobster caught off Antigonish, Nova Scotia
At first, Sheldon Trenholm of South River, Nova Scotia didn’t know what it was. Then he realized the bright blue thing thrashing in his trap with seven or eight lobsters, was indeed another lobster. Trenholm caught the rare crustacean in… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Building design influences recycling behaviour, UBC study
A recent study conducted in two very different cafeterias at the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus shows that people are more likely to be environmentally responsible in a “green building”. A group of UBC psychology researchers examined the recycling… »
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True fame comes and doesn’t go after fifteen minutes, study
People who achieve real celebrity don’t fade away after their “fifteen minutes of fame” are over, a new study shows. Even if they are not as famous as Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie, their names will keep turning… »
UN regrets Canada’s withdrawal from drought convention
The United Nations has reacted to the decision by the Harper government to pull out of the Convention to Combat Desertification by calling it “regrettable.” On Thursday, foreign Affairs Minister John Baird called the entire process a “talkfest” that does… »
Canadian hospitals ‘parking fees, a penalty for having a disease’
Some ailing Canadians prefer to miss hospital appointments to paying high parking fees, Marketplace, CBC’s investigative consumer program found. “It’s bad enough that you’re having to seek treatment, and that you have an illness, and sometimes a chronic illness, but… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada withdraws quietly from UN-convention that fights droughts in Africa
As of last week, Canada is the only country not to take part of a United Nations convention that fights droughts in Africa and elsewhere. The withdrawal was made discreetly on the recommendation of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, ahead… »
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The LINK ONLINE
This week Marc Montgomery is joined in studio by Gilda Salomone and Terry Haig as we take a look at some of the interesting stories making news across Canada. We hear about a Canadian scientist whose father wrote the science… »