The right-of-centre Coalition Avenir Quebec government has suffered a setback its attempt to scrap a backlog of 18,000 applications by skilled workers to move to the province. A Superior Court judge on Monday issued a 10-day injunction that forces 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.
Economy, International, Politics, Society
B.C. government sets its sights on condo flippers
The British Columbia government is taking a shot at bringing some sanity to Canada’s most expensive housing market. The Ministry of Finance has launched the Condo and Strata Assignment Integrity Register. It’s Canada’s first such registry and is aimed at… »
Family frantic over arrest of Canadian engineer in Cairo
The family of a Canadian detained last week in Egypt as he was about to board a flight home is asking Ottawa to get more involved in finding out what is going on. Yasser Ahmed Albaz was taken into custody… »
Economy, Health, International, Politics, Society
Sometimes it really does take a village to help salve the hurt others inflict
I’ll leave details of this ugly incident to my colleagues at the CBC’s Go Public team, specifically Rosa Marchitelli, who writes about what happened to a lady in Calgary named Linda Rolston in vivid detail. Rolston, as you may have… »
Economy, Health, International, Society
N.B. fish plant destroyed by fire leaves heartbreak in its wake
The Acadian fishing village of Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick has long lived on the edge, drawing its economic lifeblood from fish its residents pull from the sea and process for market. Mid-way through Sunday morning, every working class town’s night nightmare… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
Saving endangered species in Canada missing proper Indigenous input: study
When it comes to taking care of the land we live on, you really have to wonder why so many of the rest of us don’t listen to the people who have been living on it for thousands of years.… »
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Oil giant Devon Energy set to depart Alberta
As a new study shows Alberta’s government increasing its subsidies to the fossil fuel sector, an American-based energy company says its pulling out of the province’s oilsands. A report released today by Environmental Defence and the International Institute for Sustainable… »
Ottawa faces more legal challenges from veterans
As RCI reported earlier this week, relations between Ottawa and many of Canada’s veterans are deteriorating at a rapid rate. Things appeared to get worse Thursday morning. Canada’s leading journalist on most things military, CBC News’s Murray Brewster reported the… »
Economy, Health, International, Politics, Society
Quebec cannabis rules continue to raise hackles
Public consultations on the use of pot in the province of Quebec were due to wrap up Wednesday, following a day when frustrations about the new Coalition Avenir Quebec government’s stance on the matter boiled over. In December, the government… »
Economy, Health, Politics, Society
Many Canadian vets unhappy about relationship with Ottawa
When the Liberals swept to power in Canada’s 2015 federal election, a lot of people were excited. Not least among them were Canada’s veterans. Justin Trudeau went out of his way–or so it seemed–to court veterans with promises to improve… »
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