The UNICEF-Pier1-Owlkids winning greeting card design for the 2016 Christmas/holiday season was created by 1o-year-old Giorgio from Ontario, and was influenced by his Algonquin aboriginal heritage © UNICEF There’s no substitute for planning ahead, and UNICEF Canada, is already set for the… »
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.
Anger escalates over a painting at Canadian University
A Canadian media-mogul has pulled his financial support from one of Canada’s biggest universities. It’s all about a paiinting Paul Bronfman, chairman of Pinewood Studios Toronto, and William White International (supplier of film production equipment) has long been a major… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Arctic Frontiers- Day 3- satellites
While not the subject of any particular speaker, panel, or general discussion, our journalist on site at the tenth annual Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromso Norway, has found that the topic of satellites is often in the background of many… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Air India bomb-maker released on parole
It remains Canada’s worst case of terrorist mass murder, and indeed still one of the worst in the world. Now, of the many alleged conspirators, the only one convicted, is being released on parole. On June 23, 1985, a bomb… »
Toronto policeman convicted of attempted murder
It has been an extremely controversial case ever since a young man was shot and killed by police around midnight on July 27, 2013. Sammy Yatim was an average 18-year-old when for no apparent reason he exposed his genitals on… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International
ARCTIC FRONTIERS- Day 2- Canada’s initiative “Arctic Economic Council”
Today at the Arctic Frontiers international conference, another forum was the topic of an afternoon’s discussion. Eilis Quinn, RCI journalist and editor of Eye on the Arctic joined us for a look at day two of the conference Journalist and… »
Health, Indigenous, International, Society
Cancer rates skyrocketing in Arctic, especially Canada
Cancer was once a very rare occurrence among indigenous people in the far north. Now almost everyone has experienced a death of a loved one from the disease. A new international study shows that in the circumpolar region, rates of… »
Canadian War Museum muddles Canada’s history
“It’s a very glaring mistake” T Hunter Terry Hunter knows his history. He served as a peacekeeper with the Canadian Forces, and in addition to current military knowledge, he is also very knowledgeable about Second World War history, and especially Canada’s… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
“Arctic Frontiers” international conference-Norway: day one
Delegates, stakeholders and observers gathered on day one of the international Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromso Norway today. RCI’s Eilis Quinn was there and spoke to us. For this tenth annual edition, foreign ministers from several Arctic and near Arctic… »
Canadian Parliament resumes with new government
Although Canada’s new government was elected in October and did sit briefly before the Christmas/New Year break, today, January 25th, marks the first full sitting of Parliament. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the interval has been touring several countries and… »
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