Iconic Canadian media companies and their employees continue to seek ways to survive the effects of a digital world that is sweeping their traditional platforms like janitors with their last subway to catch. On Thursday, Bell Media, which owns the… »
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.
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
New rules will slow Cuban visits to Canada
Cubans seeking to come to Canada to visit, work, study or permanently join a Canadian spouse have suffered a disheartening setback as they attempt to clear the procedural hurdles and bureaucratic hoops required to get here. Canada announced Wednesday it… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
GM throws Oshawa auto workers a thin lifeline
The automobile plant once celebrated as one of the crown jewels of the Canadian auto industry will live on, albeit breathing very softly. General Motors Canada tossed a lifeline to the struggling plant in Oshawa, Ontario on Wednesday, It announced… »
Ottawa announces funding to combat prison drone deliveries
Over the past year, more than a few stories have surfaced about a new approach to getting illicit goods to inmates in Canadian prisons–delivery by drones. The deliveries are becoming a problem and Ottawa has now announced a counter-strategy, earmarking… »
Health, International, Politics, Society
Sport leaders meet to seek solutions to abuse of athletes
Sports figures from across Canada are meeting in Ottawa to seek solutions to a growing problem: sexual abuse and other mistreatment of Canadian athletes. In attendance are are athletes, coaches and leaders from some 170 sports federations. The meeting follows… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Politics, Society
Montrealers face another hurdle in bid for sanity
As the psychologically dark shadow of the city’s perennial moving day (July 1st) cozies up to hints of the summer sun, Montreal’s stout-hearted residents–many of them surrounded on three sides (as I am) by streets closed for road repairs (as… »
Caster Semenya controversy felt in Canada
Debate–mostly passionate, often heated and sometimes vitrolic–continues in both Canada and around the world over a ruling last week at the Court of Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland that rejected two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya’s appeal against the… »
Economy, Health, International, Politics, Society
Despite warnings, alcohol consumption not going down
A new study by Canadian and German scientists says the world is not on track to meet targets set in 190 countries, including Canada, to reduce alcohol consumption and its resulting ill-effects. The study, in Tuesday’s issue of The Lancet,… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
New app may be the solution for drivers who dither
Take a look at Canada on a world map and what do you see? The second largest country (after Russia) on the planet, right? Now, here’s something you probably didn’t know. As much as 90 per cent of Canada’s population… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Fears mount for migrating West Coast grey whales
There are growing fears about the fate of grey whales making their annual migration along North America’s West Coast. An unusually high number are washing up dead on shorelines south of British Columbia, their next destination, as they make their… »
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