Young people in Canada tend to be apathetic about getting out to vote, so Matthew Heuman, a 31-year-old journalism student at Montreal’s Concordia University, and some colleagues decided to try to do something about it. Is this any way to… »
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.
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Chuckwagon race deaths promp review promise
Calgary Stampede officials says they are going to review animal safety. The announcement follows the death of a four horses during the chuckwagon racing event at this year’s rodeo, bringing to 65 the number of horses who have died in… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Society
Compensation for Lac-Megantic victims will move forward
A Quebec judge has rejected Canadian Pacific Railway’s challenge of a court settlement aimed at compensating residents of Lac-Megantic who suffered losses in the 2013 train derailment disaster that killed 47 people and devastated the town’s downtown area. That means… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
New front opens in cancer battle
Cancer. The word itself conjures up nightmares. Doctors are hoping the Maraba virus(above) will be part of a combination that will go a long way to finding a cure for cancer. © iStock, The Ottawa Hospital The disease itself–or all the… »
International, Politics, Society
Ukraine PM meets Harper in Ottawa Tuesday
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets Tuesday in Ottawa with Ukraine’s prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk. The two leaders will focus on Ukraine attempts to institute economic and government reforms. Kyiv is expected to announce shortly that it will default on… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Famer tenor John Vickers dies at 88
Jon Vickers, who rose from a boyhood on a Saskatchewan farm to become one of the great opera tenors on the 20th Century, has died In a statement released by The Royal Opera House in London, Mr. Vickers’s children said… »
People with disabilities still a largely forgotten minority–for now
A Manifestation d’Accessibilize Montreal demo at the Place des Arts metro station in Montreal on July 25, 2014. More and more, people with disabilities are increasing their political activities. © Courtesy: Manifestation d’Accessibilize Montreal/Magdalena Olszanowski You have to wonder when the… »
Economy, Health, Indigenous, Society
Former PM blasts Tories on Aborginal education
Former prime minister Paul Martin had harsh words for the Canada’s ruling Conservative Party on Thursday. Addressing the Assembly of First Nations’ annual meeting in Montreal, Mr. Martin, a Liberal, called the Tory policy on aboriginal education “immoral” and “disgraceful.”… »
Health, International, Society
Pospisil joins Raonic on the tennis sidelines
Following his wonderful run at Wimbledon that landed him on the front pages of newspapers across Canada, Vasek Pospisil has hit a bump in the road. Doctors have told him to take two to three weeks off because of a… »
Economy, Health, International, Society
Pan Am Games battling to succeed
The 2015 Pan American Games will officially open Friday night in Toronto when over 6,000 athletes from 41 countries march in the opening ceremonies at the Rogers Centre, the city’s largest sports venue. Pan Am organizers are hoping Canadian sprinter… »
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