A three-day hearing into a proposed settlement for survivors of Indian Day Schools was scheduled to wrap up Wednesday in Winnipeg. Federal Court Justice Michael Phelan is deciding whether to approve the settlement for a nation-wide class action lawsuit to… »
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.
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Trudeau in Paris for ‘Christchurch Appeal’ meeting
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Paris to join other world leaders and tech executives at a meeting aimed at finding a way to eliminate acts of violent extremism from being shown online. The meeting is being led by French… »
Study finds growth of temporary jobs not a mirage
New figures from Statistics Canada confirm what most in the labour force have known–at least ancedotally–for a while now. The number of workers filling temporary jobs is rising faster than those taking permanent positions.. StatsCan says that over the past… »
Welcome to Canada…er…maybe not…hold your horses, please!
Several years ago, when Canada invited thousands of Syrian refugees to move here to escape the insanity gripping their native country, a lot of us were proud of what appeared to be our collective ability to deliver compassion and help… »
Ontario court fines Islamophobe zealot $2.5M
Like a lot of other places, Canada is no stranger to anti-Muslim crusaders who fancy themselves ready to lead their fellow citizens into political battle. One of them is a self-styled media personality and former candidate for mayor in the… »
Economy, International, Society
Women on corporate boards: pace remains slow
How’s Canada doing with issues of gender equality in the business world? Depends on who you ask. And when. Almost a year ago, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development delivered a report praising Canada for making “significant progress” on… »
Freed Canadian women safely home
Two Canadians are home after spending two months in a prison in Somaliland, where they say they were subjected to extreme abuse that they described as “bordering on torture.” Maymona Abdi, 28, and Karima Watt, 24, arrived at Toronto’s Pearson… »
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Business people fret as U.S. border guards head south
It appears that the much-ballyhooed activity (feel free to choose your noun) at the U.S.-Mexico border will finally have its effects felt at the border that separates the U.S. and Canada. Over 700 U.S. border agents stationed in the north… »
Finding ways to help seniors help themselves and the rest of us
So what’s going on with Canada’s older folks these days? They don’t have a lot of political clout and some are not aging all that well. If they’re only collecting government pensions, they don’t have a lot of buying power.… »
Economy, International, Society
Canada set a one-month job surge record in April
Canada’s economy set a record in April, adding 106,500 net jobs. Statistics Canada says that’s the biggest one-month employment surge since 1976 when the government began charting the numbers. Canada has struggled with low oil prices and trade uncertainty, but… »
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