In the end, it wasn’t the blustery winter or sweltering summer days that did it, it was the combination of city regulations and age that finally forced a downtown Montreal icon into retirement. Cyrille Esteve, aka “Spoonman,” says he’s ready… »
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.
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Drone strikes commercial plane, a first in Canada
A collision between a drone and a commercial aircraft approaching Quebec City’s Jean Lesage International Airport last week has drawn the wrath of Canada’s usually placid federal transport minister, Marc Garneau. “This should not have happened, that drone should not… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
New Canadian study suggests that trees can play a part in a longer life
There are a million reasons to love trees, those perennial plants that rise from the ground, come in all shapes and sizes, whose branches grasp at the sky. Toronto High Park’s cherry trees in the spring. They may do a… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Vancouver symposium seeks solution for drop in Orca numbers
As the resident killer whale population continues to dwindle in West Coast waters off southern British Columbia and northern Washington state, experts gathered in Vancouver this week to try to come up with a plan to halt the decline. Studies… »
International, Politics, Society
Toronto Raptors join anti-Trump ranks
Players on the Toronto Raptors, Canada’s only National Basketball Association team, have joined the growing number of North American professional athletes disgusted by some of U.S. President Donald Trump’s words and policies. Raptors officials confirmed a report Thursday in the… »
Canadians take a break for Thanksgiving 2017
It was all started by a guy named Martin Frobisher, an English explorer so thankful–and no doubt relieved–he had made it across the Atlantic back in 1578 that he decided to hold a feast to celebrate Fall colours can add… »
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Far-ranging anti-discrimination bill introduced in Ontario legislature
A wide-ranging and far-reaching bill aimed at expanding and updating Ontario’s Human Rights Code in Canada’s biggest province has been tabled in the Ontario legislature. If passed, the bill would add four new areas of rights protection and provide recourse… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Canadian terror suspect awaits sentencing in NYC jail
If anyone needed further proof that Canada is not immune to the growing global reach of terrorist networks following last weekend’s attack in Edmonton that saw a police officer stabbed and four pedestrians injured in a high-speed police chase, a… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Government launches new military suicide-prevention strategy
Canada’s government says it’s going to take a full look at how many veterans take their own lives after leaving the military. The comprehensive examination is part of a National Defence and Veteran Affairs Canada’s suicide prevention strategy released on… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Fewer than 1% of asylum seekers crossing illegally into Canada have a serious criminal background, border official
There have been large pockets filled with consternation about who is getting into getting into Canada these days–certainly since last weekend’s so-called terror attack in Edmonton that saw a police officer stabbed and four pedestrians injured during a high-speed police… »
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