Canada’s finance minister, Joe Oliver, is warning Nova Scotia that it could miss out on increased economic opportunities if it follows through with a ban on hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking. Fracking forces pressurized water, sand and chemicals into layers… »
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.
Health, International, Society
Canadians come up short at US Open
So much for Canadians conquering the tennis world. When the U.S. Open began nearly two weeks ago, hopes were high north of the border that Canadian tennis players might–just maybe–be ready to score at least one major breakthrough. Most of… »
Banks will share more with clients
Customers at Canadian banks will soon be getting more information about the potential risks of products and banking services. Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver says the information will focus on a number of matters, including the costs of joint bank… »
Foreign minister and critics continue Iraq visit
A high-level Canadian contingent continues its two-day trip to Iraq on Thursday. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and his two opposition critics in the House of Commons, the NDP’s Paul Dewar and the Liberal’s Marc Garneau, are in the northern… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Information Overload: Is a cure available?
Here’s something that will come as no surprise to any sentient human being. Your brain has not caught up with the demands of the modern world. “Information Overload.” Has there ever been a more apt phrase to describe how we’re… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Agreement ends mine blockade in northwest British Columbia
The owner of the Mount Polley gold and copper mine in the British Columbia interior has signed an agreement with a First Nation to review a tailing facility at another mine it plans to open later this year. The agreement… »
Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
Manitoba Metis irate at museum rejection
An organization that represents Metis people has voted to boycott the new Canadian Museum of Human Rights, scheduled to open in September in Winnipeg. The president of the Manitoba Metis Federation, David Chartrand, is charging the museum with censorship after… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Researchers score breakthrough in rare disease
Canadian doctors and researchers have made an historic breakthrough in fighting a a pernicious auto-immune disease that turns people in living statues. The disease, known as”Stiff Person Syndrome,” is marked by muscle rigidity, spasms, frequent falls and a “tin soldier’s… »
Health, Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Mexican mother of two can stay in Canada, for now
Sometimes the bureaucrats charged with enforcing the shrouded rules that set the immigration game get things right, especially when faced with a public furious with the human consequences of the erratic enforcement of those rules. It happened on Monday. Citizenship… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Right to die legislation gets new support
The growing–and controversial–the right-to-die movement in Canada continues to simmer as the Supreme Court prepares for an October debate of the issue. The Canadian Medical Association recently softened its stand on the issue, declaring “the right of all physicians within… »
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