Ing Wong-Ward, a CBC journalist and tireless fighter for the rights of disabled Canadians, died Saturday from complications of colon cancer. Her husband, Tim, who was at her side, said Wong-Ward, who was 46, died peacefully. “She was an exceptional… »
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.
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
UNESCO sets deadline for Wood Buffalo National Park fix
The warnings and fears about the future of Canada’s biggest and–many would argue–most beautiful national park have continued for several years now. They began to get noticed when members of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, who for generations have depended… »
Quebec announces major boost in funds for youth protection services
Quebec is injecting $47 million in child protection services to boost the number of social workers and reduce waiting times. The announcement that 400 new social workers will be hired comes a day after the government received action plans from… »
Ottawa and Blood Tribe formalize historic agreement
The Blood Tribe, residents of Canada’s largest reserve, will receive $150 million by the end of the summer to settle an historic claim that the federal government destroyed the tribe’s cattle industry over a century ago. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn… »
Cartoonist says he won’t replace de Adder in New Brunswick controvery
Things are getting just a bit crazy in the world of newspaper editorial cartoonists. As we told you Tuesday, there was much controversy after a New Brunswick-based newspaper chain told a long-time contributor Michael de Adder to look elsewhere for… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
Philippines garbage shipment adds to Canada’s abundant waste problems
Last Saturday morning a freighter sailed into the Port of Vancouver carrying 69 containers of non-recyclable garbage that has been festering in the Philippines for six years Thre shipment made much news: the final resolution of the so-called Canada-Philippines Garbage War,… »
Margo Kidder is quietly remembered in Yellowknife
Margo Kidder was quietly honoured and remembered Wednesday in her native Northwest Territories. John Kidder, her brother, quietly spread her ashes in Frame Lake, near Yellowknife. “In her will, she asked me if I would bring some of her ashes… »
More problems reported for Veterans assistance phone line
New figures obtained by Canadian Press show that nearly one in five veterans hangs up the phone before their call is answered by Veterans Affairs Canada’s toll-free information and assistance line. CP, which obtained the figures through the access-to-information law,… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
A beach house that’s way more than just a house by the beach
It doesn’t take a genius to know that plastic is a commodity that has–to understate–seen better days. Everybody’s trying to do something about its ill-effects, or at least say they are. It appears a pair of Nova Scotia residents may… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
A young fox makes record trip from Norway to Canada
Norwegian researchers say a young Arctic Fox fashioned what they say was an extraordinary journey last year, completing a 3,506-kilometre trip from Norway’s Svalbard archipelago to Canada’s Ellesmere Island via Greenland in record time. How much longer similar trips can… »
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