Canadian tennis players are having a pretty terrific week at the highly-regarded tennis tournament at Indian Wells, California. How good? Two Canadians–Bianca Andreescu, who is 18, and Milos Raonic, who is 28 now, are in the semifinals of their respective… »
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.
Anti-Semitic graffitti discovered at Toronto school
Police are hoping video footage will help them track down the people who left a graffiti-laden anti-Semitic trail at a Toronto high school Friday morning. Police were called to Western Technical-Commercial School, north of High Park Friday morning after an… »
Lilly Singh heads for the big-time world of U.S. network TV
Canada has a well-earned reputation for producing funny people (click this link). Nobody’s quite sure why and theories abound. I figure it’s the weather. Take today, Friday, for instance. The forecast is 8C with rain. If we’re really lucky (?),… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Ready for World Sleep Day? Wake Up! It’s coming Friday
Once upon a time, sleep came as easy as riding a bike. Now, it appearfs, too many of us have lost the ability to sleep soundly and well. The problem is: not only does lack of proper sleep make us… »
Health, International, Politics, Society
Texting driver gets four years in prison following fatal crash
There’s virtually no doubt that texting while driving in a hare-brained idea–-dangerous, really, really stupid and sometimes lethal. But Canadians persist in doing it despite sporadic publicity campaigns and a periodic bumping of fines and license suspensions aimed at getting… »
Economy, International, Society
Boeing jet ban affecting Canadians but not drastically
Since most airlines “fly full,” these days, Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s announcement Wednesday that Canada was joining countries around the world in grounding Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft for safety reasons is throwing many Canadians’ travel schedules into limbo and… »
Saudi women activists go on trial in Riyadh criminal court
Saudi Arabia has upped the ante in their confrontation with Western countries over the fate of 10 women activists arrested last year. Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Council issued a statement signed by three dozen countries, including Canada,… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canada grounds Boeing 737 Max 8 jets
Joining countries around the world, Canada is grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 jets immediately. Roughly three-quarters of the 737 Max 8 planes world-wide have now been pulled from use since the Ethiopian Airlines crash last Sunday that killed all… »
Compensation for Indian Day School survivors announced
The Liberal government has taken another step towards righting past wrongs committed against Canada’s Indigenous peoples. The government announced in December it had reached a settlement with survivors of former Indian Day Schools. On Tuesday, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs… »
Health, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
Métis veterans appear–finally–to be on the verge of being properly recognized
Métis military veterans, members of the 400,000-stong Métis community in Western Canada, may be on the verge of winning something they have wanted–desired–since the end of the Second World War: respect from the federal government. That respect could begin with… »
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