The list is long of U.S. presidents who made it a point to make Canada the destination of their first official foreign visit. (Donald Trump, not surprisingly, passed on the semi-tradition, opting to make stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and… »
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
A dispute between a mining company and a First Nation simmers in Saskatchewan
A northern Saskatchewan First Nation erected a blockade earlier this month after surveyors from a Toronto-based uranium company were seen, twice, working on the First Nation’s land without consent from the First Nation. The CBC’s Jason Warick reports that the… »
Bianca Andreescu’s comeback is put on pause in Australia
Bianca Andreescu’s comeback is on hold. Again. The aspiring tennis star’s agent on Sunday announced Andreescu’s withdrawal from tournaments in Doha and Dubai and confirmed her withdrawal from an upcoming tournament in Adelaide, Australia–all because of a leg injury. It… »
As COVID cases rose in Vancouver so did anti-Asian hate crimes: report
British Columbia’s premier says crimes against people of colour need to be treated as hate crimes and that he finds new statistics that show a marked increase in hate crimes in Vancouver last year “deeply troubling.” John Horgan made the… »
No U.K. variant found at two Manitoba First Nations as COVID-19 cases mount
Members of two First Nations in northern Manitoba are breathing a little easier after tests revealed they don’t have the U.K. variant in their communities, as many feared last weekend. After the Pauingassi First Nation, located 280 kilometres northeast of… »
Ottawa pledges to continue efforts to save critically endangered right whales
The federal government is pledging to continue its efforts to protect North Atlantic right whales off the country’s East Coast–something that paid off in 2020 when no deaths or fishing gear entanglements involving of the critically endangered species were reported… »
China lashes out at Canada for leading arbitrary detention declaration effort
China is severely criticizing Canada for joining 57 other countries in endorsing a declaration denouncing state-sponsored arbitrary detention of foreign citizens for political purposes. The Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations “aims to protect citizens of all countries who… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Report says the pandemic has helped bring Canadian courts up to date
Here’s a surprise: The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been all bad. According to a report released Wednesday by the Canadian Bar Association, the pandemic has very much helped provide the impetus to drive the Canada’s courts into the 21st Century. “The… »
Churches and provincial authorities continue to clash over in-house services
Legal confrontations over in-person church services continue to escalate in western Canada. On a day when the chief justice of British Columbia’s Supreme Court kicked a legal ball down the road in a dispute between health authorities and three churches… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
A Heritage Minute honours jazz legend and piano virtuoso Oscar Peterson
Historica Canada has released its latest Heritage Minute video. It honours jazz legend and piano virtuoso Oscar Peterson, chronicling his rise from Montreal’s working-class Little Burgundy neighbourhood to world renown. WATCH: Thompson Egbo-Egbo play the role of Oscar Peterson: Peterson’s… »
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