As an October deadline approaches, Canada and the U.S. continue to grapple with a trade dispute that sometimes seems like its been going on forever. Despite being the world’s largest partners, an agreement on softwood lumber continues to elude both… »
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 minister admits misuse of funds
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new Liberal government has sought to stay squeaky clean as it heads toward the end of its first year in power. Suddenly, there’s a problem. Not major, mind you, but a problem none the less. After… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Society
All those bad habits got you down? They should!
Interested in increasing your lifespan? Say by about six years? You don’t have to be an Olympian. Just get up off that coach. © cbc.ca We all know how not to do it, of course. Light that cigarette, chomp that big… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Montreal legal noose tightens on pit bulls and their owners
A legal noose is tightening on pit bulls and their owners in Montreal, as the city prepares to pass a bylaw that animal activists say will be the death sentence for many healthy dogs and puppies. Toe other side of… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Turkey stonewalls Calgary wife on husband’s arrest
A Calgary woman says she is still waiting for an answer from Turkish authorities about why her husband was jailed following last month’s failed coup. Rumeysa Hanci says she, her husband, Davud, and their two sons travelled to Turkey last… »
Six teenagers charged in child pornography case.
Following a year-long investigation, six teenagers have been charged in a Bridgewater, N.S. court with distributing intimate images without consent, and possessing and distributing child pornography. Police in Bridgewater say images of more than 20 teen girls were circulated after… »
Why I read the sport pages first
People often look at me funny when I tell them I really love sports. Always have, always will. The great majority of professional athletes tend to have big hearts under their uniforms. © cbc.ca I find something bracing about competition, about… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
B.C. civil liberties groups win a major victory on mass-surveillance device
Score a hard-won victory for British Columbia civil libertarians, a win that likely will have wide ramifications and repercussions across Canada. After years of dissembling and bobbing and weaving around the issue, Vancouver police finally admitted on Wednesday that they… »
Investigation continues into Aaron Driver’s life and death
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is praising and expressing gratitude to the RCMP for its handling of the potential terror attack in the small Ontario town of Strathroy that ended in the death of 24-year-old Aaron Driver. Acting on a tip… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Society
Fort Mac fire survivors face new emotional challenges
Almost a quarter of residents of Fort McMurray forced to flee the devastating wildfire that struck the northern Alberta oil town last spring are now reaching out to mental health services to cope the the after-effects of that traumatic exodus.… »
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