Like an overmatched fighter on the ropes against an opponent who won’t let up–in this case, a powerful pandemic that shows no mercy–Air Canada keeps looking for an opening, trying to find a way out of mess it had nothing… »
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.
Determined Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul is finally released from prison
Loujain al-Hathloul, whose fight for human rights–especially women’s rights–touched hearts around the world, appears to have emerged triumphant–for now– from a Saudi prison after a long battle with authorities who kept her behind bars but never managed to break her… »
Poll paints a bleak picture of how much the pandemic is stressing Canadians
It will come as little surprise to anyone with a heartbeat that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on the mental health of Canadians. We now have some new data about just how that stress, ahem, breaks down–courtesy of… »
As a Black woman from B.C.’s past is honoured, some say it’s not enough
A prominent figure in British Columbia’s Black history will have a street named in her honour in Vancouver–the first ever named after a Black woman in the city’s history. Vancouver City Council made the announcement Wednesday, “Nora Hendrix Way” will… »
Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Society
Quebec to probe wrongful arrest and detention of Mamadi III Fara Camara
Quebec’s public security minister has announced a formal investigation into how and why a PhD candidate from Guinea was arrested, charged with attempted murder and then kept in detention for six nights before being told at a bail hearing that… »
International, Politics, Society
Ottawa making plans to exempt Olympic athletes from some quarantine rules
Radio-Canada is reporting that the federal government has a plan that will exempt Olympic and Paralympic athletes, as well as members of their support teams, from quarantine-related travel restrictions as they prepare for this year’s Tokyo Summer Olympics. The assistance… »
Air Canada–again–cuts jobs and suspends routes
Air Canada, the country’s largest airline, is cutting 1,500 more jobs. It’s the latest economic body blow for a company–and its employees–that has already seen its workforce halved as it tries to cope with the ill-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics
Trans Mountain pipeline workers are back on job following safety shutdown
Some 7,000 workers are returning to work this week at the Trans Mountain Pipeline’s expansion project. The federally-owned pipeline transports crude oil and refined petroleum products from Edmonton, Alberta to refineries and terminals in British Columbia and Washington State. Work… »
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RCMP mum on why Quebec man had a weapons arsenal at his home near capital
The RCMP is declining to say if they know what a Quebec man planned to do with an arsenal of weapons and explosives he had in his home near Quebec City. In a statement released Monday, the RCMP said 47-year-old… »
International, Politics, Society
As Trump heads to trial, majority of Canadians are ready to move forward: poll
As the impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins today in the U.S. Senate, a new public opinion poll suggests that the majority of Canadians are ready to turn the page on the Trump era, which saw relations between Ottawa and Washington… »
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