The jury has announced the five finalists for Canada’s Giller Prize for fiction. The $100,000 Scotiabank Giller prize was established by Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his wife Doris Giller. The runners-up will each receive a C$10,000 prize. In a… »
Marc Montgomery
With a passion for anything antique with an engine, and for Canadian and world history, Marc comes with a wealth of media experience. After DJ work at private radio in southern Ontario, and with experience in Canadian Forces radio and tv in Europe, the state broadcaster in Austria (Radio 3), and the CBC in Ottawa and Montreal, he was the host of the immensely popular CBC and RCI show, "The Link". He is now part of the new RCI online team producing stories from and about Canada from coast to coast.
Economy, International, Society
Super rare huge Canadian diamond sells for record online price
A ‘flawless’ white diamond, the size of a small egg, was sold yesterday at a Hong Kong auction for an online record for the equivalent of C$ 20.9 million (USD $15.7). The 103.9 carat diamond was cut from a large… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Researchers tag ‘Queen of the Ocean’ huge great white shark off Nova Scotia
A research vessel conducting tagging and tracking of great white sharks, has caught a huge shark off the coast of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The huge specimen, a female, is estimated to be about 50 years old and measures some 5… »
Asbestos: town to try again for new name to distance itself from its past
The Quebec town was once one of the world’s largest exporters of the mineral asbestos. Unfortunately the mineral became known as a health hazard and its use if not banned outright is strictly controlled. The giant mines in and around… »
Huge iconic remnant of retail in Canada closing
One of the last great vestiges of retail in Canada is set to close. The giant ‘Bay’ store in Winnipeg, already hurting from changing shopping habits, has now succumbed to COVID. Hudson’s Bay announced it will close the operation in… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canadian grain farmers say U.S. farm subsidies threaten their survival
Eastern Canada grain farmers demand action from Trudeau “Farmers need to be able to cover the cost of production or many of them will not be able to survive much longer.”reads a public statement from farm organisations in eastern Canada.… »
Covid vaccine may be the answer but many Canadians say they’d wait
Canadians concerned about possible side-effects of a new vaccine A vaccine against the SARS-CoV2 virus is seen by authorities as the desperately needed solution to the current pandemic. However as the world rushes toward development of a such a vaccine… »
Canadian navy in huge international exercise in Scotland
Canadian warships are now in northern waters near Scotland as they join a huge international naval exercise called “Joint Warrior”. It is one of the largest military exercises in Europe by allied nations involving not only naval, but air and… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
After years of complaints Google to pay for some news content
Media publishers around the world have been long complaining about massive loss of revenue siphoned off by Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook. They say the huge multinationals take their content and pay nothing. They’ve also siphoned off much of the… »
Amazing Canadian woman who helped win the war, to be honoured yet again.
In the course of her life, Vancouver-born Elsie MacGill was a true leader. Recipient of multiple awards, she will now be featured in one of Canada’s ‘Heritage Minutes’. (video below) These are brief videos produced by Historica Canada highlighting important… »
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