An appeals court in Cairo on Wednesday ordered a new trial for three imprisoned Al-Jazeera journalists, who include Egyptian-Canadian correspondent Mohammed Fahmy. The journalists have been held for over a year on what most international observers say are trumped up… »
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.
Homelessness still plagues Canadian society
Let’s face it. The holiday season is exhausting. Presents to buy, parties to attend, family to deal with, plans to make. How about a bit of perspective. On any given night across Canada, there are at least 35,000 persons who… »
Edmonton grapples with city’s worst-ever mass murder
Edmonton, Alberta is reeling from the worst mass murder in the city’s history and one of the worst ever in Canada. Four female adults, two male adults and two children, a boy and a girl both under 10, were killed… »
Refitted frigate heads to Mediterranean
A Canadian frigate left Halifax on Tuesday bound for the Mediterranean Sea to a NATO maritime force aimed at reassuring eastern European allies worried about the crisis in the Ukraine. HMCS Fredericton is the first Canadian frigate that’s received upgrades… »
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Canadian military presence increases in Sierra Leone Ebola fight
Thirty-seven Canadian Armed Forces doctors, nurses, medics and support staff have started working at a British-run Ebola clinic in Sierra Leone. The centre at Kerry Town primarily provides care for local and international health-care workers who contract Ebola. The World… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Society
Expos Nation forges ahead with plans and dreams
Befitting the month it was delivered, a frigid shower landed on the heads of the legion of baseball supporters in Montreal very much engaged in finding a way to bring Major League Baseball back to the city where it once… »
Olympic hockey men are 2014 team of the year
To the surprise of no one, the Olympic men’s hockey team has been voted the Canadian Press 2014 team of the year by sports editors and broadcasters across the country. It was a runaway choice. The men’s team received 36… »
Fate of Canadian listed on Italian ferry manifest unknown
There is confusion about whether or not a Canadian man was among those rescued from the Italian-flagged ferry that caught fire in the Adriatic Sea on Sunday, killing at least 10 people. Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs says it is… »
Region comes to aid of child orphaned by tragic fire
Residents of southwest Quebec and eastern Ontario are rallying to the cause of an eight-year-old boy who lost his entire family in a fire last week. Mathis Gagnon was the only member of his family of five to survive the… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Chasing the facts in the digital news world
The week between Christmas and New Year’s is for many a time to both reflect and anticipate, a time to make decisions both personal and about the state of the world. But it doesn’t come as a big secret that… »
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