In what one advocate calls an “alarming” trend, Canadian citizenship applications dropped dramatically– nearly 50 per cent–in the first nine months of last year. Government figures show that from January through September 2016, the number of applications dropped to 56,446… »
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.
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
The legacy of Jackie Robinson as told by hip-hop artist Annakin Slayd
Funny that hold Jackie Robinson can have on people. Take Annakin Slayd, born 23 years after Robinson retired from baseball, six years after Robinson died. And yet, here is Slayd, a kind and gentle hip-hop artist, touring Montreal schools to… »
Economy, International, Society
Air Canada announces black to the future colour scheme
Canada’s national airline is changing its logo and its livery. Call it a new twist to an old look, one that was pretty much dropped nearly a quarter-century ago because too many people said Air Canada logo looked way too… »
Battle brews over the future of Dionne Quints’ birthplace
For a while in the 1930s, five sisters born just outside Callander, Ontario, near the village of Corbeil, on May 28, 1934, may have been the most famous Canadians in the world. Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Émilie and Marie, known collectively… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
A ray of light in a world that sometimes appears too filled with darkness
Azzeddine Soufiane, 57, Khaled Belkacemi, 60, Aboubaker Thabti, 44, Mamadou Tanou Barry, 42, Ibrahima Barry, 39, and Abdelkrim Hassane, 41, were shot and killed Sunday night–as they prayed at their Quebec City mosque where 19 others were wounded. A Quebec… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Quebec City man charged in Sunday mosque attack that killed six
There are conflicting reports about Alexandre Bissonnette, a political science student and blood bank employee, who police say is responsible for the deadly attack Sunday at the Quebec City mosque in which six people died and 19 others were wounded.… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
White House weighs in on Quebec mosque attack
The repercussions of Sunday’s attack on the Quebec City mosque that killed six people and wounded 19 others are being felt in Washington with the White House invoking the attack to defend its travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
In a break from the past, Montrealers will have heated sidewalks down the road
Montreal sidewalks are notoriously treacherous, even more these days when precipitation from the skies appears to have as good a chance of being freezing rain as the snow that helped make the city famous. It will be a while before… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Five remain in Quebec City hospital following mosque attack
Authorities and health workers say five people remain in hospital following the attack on a Quebec City mosque Sunday night. Six people between the ages of 35 and 70 died during the attack at the Centre Cultural Islamique de Quebec… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Canada grapples with Trump travel ban executive order
The Canadian government says citizens and Canadian permanent residents with roots in the seven mainly Muslim countries banned by U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday will be allowed to enter the United States–and not be barred as originally feared. Trump’s… »
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