Canada’s Minister of the Environment and for Parks Canada was in the Arctic this week to officially open Ukkuksiksalik National Park. The park surrounds Wager Bay, an inlet extending about 100 kilometers inland from Hudson Bay. Map showing location of… »
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, Environment & Animal Life, Society
The animal tragedy of “moving day” in Quebec
It happens every year in the mostly French-speaking province of Quebec. July 1st, Canada Day is the day when most of the provinces rental leases expire. Tens of thousands of Quebeckers change apartments every Juiy 1st, but in many cases… »
Missing and murdered aboriginal women, 2015 RCMP report
For years all across Canada there have been many cries for a national inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women, and for years the federal government has said it is a police matter. In 2014, Canada’s federal… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Canada initiates action to revoke citizenship
The Federal government announced this week that it has begun the first case of revoking citizenship under a new law. The new law, first introduced last June, went into effect this May and would enable the government to revoke citizenship… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
Canadian farmers and international campaign against G7 “New Alliance”
It was an initiative created by the then G8 countries in 2008 called the “New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.” However, dozens of advocacy and civil society groups around the world including the United Church of Canada, (UCC position) … »
Move over Canada, Chinese buyers waiting.
Canadians, mostly seeking relief from cold winters, used to be the number foreign buyers of American properties, and that since 2008. The low Canadian dollar has meant not only that fewer Canadians are buying US properties, but that some Canadian… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Canadians: clichés and historical knowledge
A number of surveys of Canadians in recent months has some surprising and not so surprising results. It seems some Canadian clichés are valid but on the other hand, yet again that Canadians generally have a slim grasp of their own… »
Arts & Entertainment, Politics, Society
History: The long road to Canada’s national anthem
It’s Canada’s birthday, the 148th. On this day in 1980, O Canada was performed for the first time as Canada’s official national anthem. CBC-coverage of official ceremony (begins after commercial) For most of those 148 years however, Canada didn’t really… »
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Illegal nanny scheme; Canadian woman convicted.
A British Columbia woman who ran a nanny placement agency has been sentenced this month to a 15-month conditional sentence order, including five months of house arrest, as well as 100 hours of community service and a $15,000 fine. Operating… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Politics, Society
Open letter to politicians from Canadian health professionals
Recently several major medical organizations in Canada joined together under the auspices of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada to create an open letter to Canadian politicians. It offers 15 recommendations for politicians to guide health policy decisions… »
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Canada in pictures
