John Vercellino’s romance with Radio Canada International began with a chance meeting in his parents’ Chicago garage back in the summer of 1965 when he was 11 years old. Something clicked. A summer fling blossomed into a life-long affair. Vercellino,… »
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.
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Society
Baseball as a cure for the winter blues
T.S. Eliot be damned. April is most decidedly NOT the cruellest month. For Canadians, that distinction belongs–now and forever–to February, a month that apparently lasts forever. Meanwhile, back in Canada, shovels–not shorts–are the norm. © CP Photo/Andrew Vaughan It must have… »
Trial of Canadian journalist is delayed in Cairo
Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy has suffered another setback in a Cairo courtroom. His retrial on what most international observers say are trumped up terror-related charges has been postponed to March 8. The decision came Monday after a brief hearing for… »
Prince Edward Island swears in new premier
Prince Edward Island has a new leader. Wade MacLauchlan was set to be sworn in Monday as the province’s 32nd premier. Mr. MacLauchlan, a lawyer and academic, succeeded Robert Ghiz as the provincial Liberal Party leader at a convention on… »
Thoughts of summer as tennis season arrives
Hey! It’s January. Tennis, anyone? Don’t look now, but the endless summer of the professional tennis tours is upon us again. Players are gathering Down Under to begin their relentless 11-month-long series of tournaments that takes to the four corners… »
Alberta sees another multiple shooting
People in Alberta are grappling with the second mass shooting in the province this week. Police in Calgary are looking for at least one assailant after a shooting left one man dead and six people wounded early New Year’s Day.… »
Economy, International, Society
Canadian chief executives making more and more
Chief executive officers of top Canadian businesses are on a financial roll, making an average of 25 per cent more than they did in 2008. By comparison, a Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study found that over the same period… »
Olympic performances provided 2014 highlights
A look back at 2014 in Canadian sports needs go no further than Sochi, Russia. The Winter Olympics were terrific. The rest of the year, not so much. To wit: a Canadian team did not win the Stanley Cup for… »
More details emerge of Edmonton shooting rampage
Unnamed sources are telling media outlets, including CBC News, the man responsible for killing eight people in Edmonton, Alberta on Monday is 53-year-old Phu Lam, a maintenance worker at the resturant where he took his own life. Six adults, between… »
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Ottawa raises fees on citizenship documents
For the second time in a year, Canada’s federal government has raised the fee for someone to become a citizen. As of today, Jan. 1, the price for processing citizenship documents is now $530, up from the price set last… »
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