The family of a Canadian man executed by extremists in the Philippines on Monday says it agrees that a ransom should not have been paid for his release. Robert Hall, a 66-year-old Calgary native, had been held hostage by Abu… »
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.
International, Internet, Science & Technology
Dangerous South Pole rescue mission is under way
Two planes left Canada Tuesday on a rescue mission that will take them into the darkness and extreme cold of the South Pole. The Twin Otter planes from Kenn Borek Air are expected to arrive Sunday to carry out a… »
International, Politics, Society
Pressure grows on Iran to free Homa Hoodfar
Amnesty International has added its voice to pressure Iran to free Montreal professor Homa Hoodfar from Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison. Hoodfar, 65, was taken to the prison earlier this week and is being held incommunicado with no access to her… »
Moving to shine more light on Canadian athletes
University sports in Canada will soon be seeking an steep upgrade in its public profile. Few were in the stands to watch Dalhousie upset Ottawa at the CIS men’s basketball championship quarter-finals this spring in Vancouver. CIS officials are looking… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Notley steps into Fort Mac wage dispute
Remember those 300 South African firefighters who arrived last month singing and dancing to help battle the devastating wildfire in the northern Alberta city of Fort McMurray. Turns out, things didn’t go so well. Most of them walked off the… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Animal activists vow to fight on despite court decision
Animal activists are disappointed but not disheartened nor demoralized following a Supreme Court of Canada decision on Thursday that activists had hoped to win. While kids may love farm animals, activists say too many Canadians are taking sexual advantage of… »
Homa Hoodfar, a Montreal professor, being held in Iran
Fears are growing about the fate of Homa Hoodfar, a renowned anthropologist and professor at Montreal’s Concordia University. Hoodfar, who is 65 and suffers from a neurological illness, was arrested in Iran in March by Iranian Revolutionary Guards and accused… »
Economy, International, Society
‘Scud Stud” Kent scores win in Alberta court
Arthur Kent, the Canadian reporter who rose to world-wide fame when he was branded the “Scud Stud” while an NBC reporter during the Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s, has won an eight-year defamation lawsuit against the Postmedia newspaper… »
Indigenous, International, Society
PM will meet Attawapiskat chief this month
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with Chief Bruce Shisheesh of the beleaguered northern Ontario First Nation of Attawapiskat on June 13. A man rides his ATV in the northern Ontario First Nations reserve in Attawapiskat, in April after the… »
Economy, Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Trudeau touts increased infrastructure spending
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed 1,500 municipal leaders on Friday, he spelled out the advantages of his government’s $60-billion program to build new infrastructure across the country. The speech represented both good news and bad news for Canadians. The… »
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