The mayor of Edmonton wants some answers about just what happened Sunday night when a group of about a dozen homeless people was thrown out of the Central Station of the city’s Light Rail Transit system–into freezing cold temperatures. Don… »
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.
A battle over in-person church services comes to a head in B.C.
The chief justice of British Columbia’s Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver a decision today in a case involving three churches in the province who say restrictions put in place to combat the COVID-19 pandemic violate parishioners’ rights and freedoms.… »
Opposition Leader O’Toole says 2022 Olympics should be moved from China
The leader of Canada’s Official Opposition is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to push the International Olympic Committee to move the 2022 Winter Games out of China. China, Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole said Tuesday, is committing genocide against… »
Two Manitoba First Nations suspect U.K. variant may be in their communities
Fear and concern are spreading across northern Manitoba today as two First Nations, already in lockdown to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, are reporting the potential presence of the coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom. On Monday, David Monias,… »
Military deploying to the border to help set up COVID-19 test centres
The Canadian military is being deployed to the Canada-U.S. border to help set up COVID-19 test centres that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is currently creating at 16 border crossings. The military assistance includes sending some service members… »
Canada joins call on Myanmar junta to ‘refrain from violence’
Confrontations between the military and demonstrators in Myanmar continued for a 10th straight day on Monday as the junta that took power on Feb. 1 cut the internet, expanded its military presence across the country and extended the detention of… »
The World’s Longest Hockey Game (ever) is finally over–after 252 hours
The record-setting seventh edition of The World’s Longest Hockey Game ended this morning. How long was it? It began on February 4, National Cancer Day, at a rink near Edmonton. Forty players took turns playing non-stop shinny for 10 days… »
More problems are reported as the Gulf of St. Lawrence continues to warm
People who live nearby and fishers who ply their trade in the region are facing more problems and repercussions as a result of warming waters in the already-troubled Gulf of St. Lawrence. Last month, a report by Fisheries and Oceans… »
‘Did ya hear about that guy in Quebec who produced the biggest turnip ever?’
As Damien Allard prepared to pull the turnip he’d had been nursing since spring out of the ground near his home on Quebec’s gorgeous Gaspé Peninsula early last November, his hopes were high. His heart was set on getting the… »
Ottawa details its funding plan for LGBTQ2 organizations and projects
The federal government has unveiled details of a program aimed at aiding members of the country’s diverse LGBTQ2 community. Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development Maryam Monsef and Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth Bardish… »
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