Recall for a moment that day in the school yard when time stopped: the day in the school yard when your best friend announced to you–forcefully–that there was no such person as Santa Claus and he had proof. Mrs. Claus… »
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.
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Trudeau urges generosity to Syrians in message
Justin Trudeau has delivered his first Christmas message as prime minister, encouraging Canadians to share the generosity of the season with Syrian refugees. Mr. Trudeau added that he believes Canadians will do just that as the new arrivals cope with… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Ottawa scientists break new ground in post-op kidney transplant treatment
Doctors and research scientists in Ottawa continue to poke holes in conventional medical wisdom. Dr. Greg Knoll is a kidney transplant specialist at The Ottawa Hospital. © Courtesy: The Ottawa Hospital Earlier this month, we told you about Dr. Marc Rodger… »
International, Politics, Society
Trudeau implored to take up Badawi case
The wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi is appealing to Canadian Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau to take up her husband’s cause. Ensaf Haidar, who has lived in Quebec with the couple’s three children since 2013, says she was told… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Trudeau can move on tax hike for rich: study
During Canada’s recent election campaign, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau promised to increase funding for social programs by raising taxes on the richest Canadians. Under the Liberal plan, those earning more than $205,000 would enter a new tax bracket of 33… »
Teens texting, not a pretty picture behind the wheel
We’ve all been there, blithely driving down a highway when all of a sudden the car in front of us starts weaving all over the place. The 17-year-old in this accident was texting while driving. He survived, barely. © cbc.ca/Shaun McLeod… »
Canada Post freezes switch to community boxes
When Canada Post announced in December 2013 it was ending door-to-door mail delivery to more than five million households and transitioning to community mailboxes, there was immediate anger, resistance and consternation. The conversion made Canada the first G7 country to… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Mulcair sticks by his stand on the niqab
The leader of the New Democratic Party, which saw its number of seats in Parliament drop to 44 from 95 in last week’s federal election, says he would handle the controversial niqab issue the same way again. Most analysts agree… »
B.C. human trafficker back in court for sentencing
After repeated delays, a British Columbia man convicted of human trafficking was back in court for sentencing on Monday. Reza Moazami was originally scheduled to be sentenced last December, but proceedings were set back a number of times as he… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Five die as boat capsizes off British Columbia
Five British nationals are dead and one person is missing after the whale watching boat they were on sank Sunday off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Twenty-four passengers and three crewmembers were aboard the 20-metre Leviathan II when it… »
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