With the latest opinion poll showing his Conservative Party in a statistical dead heat in voter popularity with the left-of-centre New Democratic Party, Stephen Harper, hoping to win his fourth mandate at Canada’s prime minister, changed the subject–to terrorism and… »
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.
Economy, Health, International, Society
The tennis world (with a notable exception) visits Canada
The world-wide road show that is professional tennis arrives in Canada this weekend for the Rogers Cup, a tournament one step below the Grand Slams that takes place in two cities 540 miles apart. Milos Raonic enters the Rogers Cup… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Second pod of whales saved in Nova Scotia
Rescue crews in Nova Scotia on Thursday saved a pod of 14 pilot whales beached beached off the town of Bayfield near Antigonish, the second time this week that local citizens have banded together to free a beached pod. When… »
Health, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Life spans of Canadians with HIV shows big jump
A new study finds that Canadians diagnosed with HIV are living about 16 years longer than they were in 2000. The study by the Vancouver-based Canadian Observational Cohort Collaboration found that the overall life expectancy of Canadians undergoing antiretroviral treatment… »
Health, International, Society, Sports
The Canadian Blind Hockey Association drops its first puck this Sunday
A new hockey league will be inaugurated this weekend, a league that confirms just how deeply the game has burrowed into Canada’s soul. Blind Hockey looks pretty much like regular hockey except for the bar across the top of the… »
Parapan Am Games set to open Friday
Marco Dispaltro, a 48-year-old boccia player, will lead the Canadian team into Toronto’s Rogers Centre at the opening ceremonies of the 2015 Parapan American Games on Friday. Josh Dueck, who carried Canada’s flag in the closing ceremonies at the 2014… »
Party leaders debate Thursday night in Toronto
The leaders of Canada’s four federal parties are set to hold their first face-to-face debate Thursday night in Toronto. The two-hour encounter among Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper, New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair, Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau, and… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Village values fashion a (partially) happy ending for whales trapped on its shore
The 700 people of Judique, Nova Scotia live amidst the staggering beauty of Cape Breton Island’s west coast, hard by the waters of St. George’s Bay in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It’s an area some believe is the most… »
Back-to-school shoppers buying closer to home
August can be bittersweet for students as they prepare to return to the classroom. For Canadian merchants–at least this year–not so much. . Ernst and Young, the world-wide financial services firm, says the sagging Canadian dollar will boost Canadian retailers’… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Joining others, Air Canada bans big game trophies
Canada’s national airline will no longer transport big game sport trophies world-wide as freight. Air Canada said Tuesday the ban–effective immediately–applies to lions, leopards, elephants, rhinoceros and water buffaloes. Historically, such shipments have been extremely rare because Air Canada does… »
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