The horses have been there since the 18th century, surviving tough Canadian winters on Sable Island, essentially a sandbar that sits 300 kilometres off the coast of Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Ocean. Despite living on an island that has… »
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, Society
Spring arrives, can more rain and snow be far behind? (Take a wild guess!)
Spring arrives today. Known officially as the spring equinox, it will mean many things to many Canadians, depending, of course, on where they happen to be living. And try this one out: a lot of people living in the Far… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Ottawa to spend more on border security and processing claimants
The federal government plans to spend $1.18 billion over the next five years to tighten border security and speed up the processing of asylum claims. The plan, announced Tuesday in the 2019 federal budget, seeks to stem the flow of… »
Working women earning far less than men: survey
Surveys and studies continue to confirm what a whole of of people already knew anecdotally: it’s not especially easy being a working woman in Canada. For example, Statistics Canada reported last December that about one in five females is harassed… »
International, Politics, Society
Coalition wants ex-president of Haiti barred from Montreal performance
A coalition of seven Montreal organizations is pressing Canadian politicians to keep former Haitian president Michel Martelly from appearing on stage in Montreal this Friday. The coalition, comprised of mainly Haitian-Canadians, says Martelly, who sings under the stage name of… »
Canadian Senate finally lets the cameras in
Say one thing for the political appointees known as Canadian senators, they sure know how to hold their ground. By most accounts, they were members of the last legislative chamber in the Western world to keep TV cameras out. No… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Indigenous, International, Society
Manitobans are bracing for spring floods that could match 2009
People in Manitoba have seen way more than their fair share of floods over the years, ruining way more springs than they care to remember. In fact, a 2014 Global News listing of Canada’s worst floods found that four of… »
Kenney wants to lower wages for young Alberta workers
There’s an election coming in Alberta and Opposition Leader Jason Kenney is taking something of an unorthodox tack to try to attract votes. Kenney says that if elected, he is prepared to roll back the province’s $15-an-hour minimum wage to… »
Hometown rink is named for Humboldt captain Logan Schatz
It’s almost a year now since the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team collided with a semi-trailer truck near Armley, Saskatchewan. Sixteen people died, 13 other were injured. The last of the injured players still in hospital, Morgan… »
Teen has the Tennis World talking and Canadians dreaming
Bianca Andreescu is all the rage in women’s tennis right now. Rightly so. On Sunday, Andreescu won the prestigious Indian Wells tournament in California, a tournament she entered as a wildcard, defeating three-time Grand Slam winner and former world No.… »
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