A Calgary-based initiative that wants to help create more opportunities for Indigenous post-secondary students to enter the job market has received the financial lift it needed to get off the ground. The Influence Mentoring Society announced Tuesday that actors Blake… »
Terry Haig
Terry Haig has been a journalist for over 40 years and a radio host for over 20. He was been with RCI since 1972, playing the role of writer, producer, newsreader and and on-air personality. Mr. Haig is also an actor, having performed in over 60 films as well as on the stage in Canada, the UK and the United States. He is perhaps best known for his work with the Montreal Expos baseball team when he was a beat writer, a columnist and the analyst for Expos games.
Canada updates its Divorce Act to provide more protection for children
The first major changes in over 20 years to Canada’s Divorce Act are now law. Among other things, the changes include a list of factors that courts must take into consideration when weighing the best interests of children. “Children who… »
Returning to its roots, the Stratford Festival looks to reopen in June
It began under a tent back in 1953 and what is now called the Stratford Festival grew from there–into an enormously successful and world-famous destination for all those who love theatre. But like so many other people and events and… »
Canada’s 2020 economy was its worst performance on record
The COVID-19 pandemic drove Canada’s economy to its worst showing on record, according to data released today by Statistics Canada. Figures from the federal data agency show real gross domestic product shrank 5.4 per cent in 2020–the steepest annual decline… »
Framework to combat economic security threats on the way: Public Safety Canada
Public Safety Canada says it will lead a government-wide effort to develop a comprehensive framework to deal with a wide range of economic-based threats to national security–such as theft of valuable intellectual property and damage to critical energy and information… »
Canada’s diplomats in Myanmar ‘appalled’ by latest round of violence
Protesters were back on the streets in Myanmar today where they were met with volleys of tear gas and were chased as they tried to gather at their usual meeting spot at the Hledan Center intersection in Yangon. The renewed… »
Canadian TV series Schitt’s Creek scores two wins at Golden Globes
The Canadian television series Schitt’s Creek, about a once wealthy family gone to seed, has won more honours–though it did not match its record run when it won nine Emmys last September–breaking the Emmys’ standard for most wins in a… »
Skiing history is made in Georgia, please feel free to watch
Heads Up, you all! Got a sec? Please think of the following as a public service announcement directed to people (like me) who may have spent way too many hours sitting on our sofas in this time of COVID. Think… »
Justin Clark, a man of extraordinary perseverance and courage, dies at 58
Justin Clark, a man who never learned to take no for an answer, died Thursday at the age of 58. Born in 1962 with cerebral palsy, unable to walk or talk, he leaves a legacy few Canadians will ever match.… »
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Canada Post is making an offer that’ll be pretty hard to refuse (it hopes)
For Canadians feeling blue-or maybe seeing red–about so many of the ugly consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada Post wants to–hopefully–make things a little better in an old-fashioned way. Canada’s mail service is prepping for a massive influx of postcards–about… »
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