Canadians celebrated a holiday on Monday. For English Canadians, the day off work was in honour of Queen Victoria, the long-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, who ruled from June 1837 to January 1901 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.
Neil Reynolds dies at 72
A legendary Canadian newspaperman died over the weekend. Neil Reynolds, a high-school dropout who rose to become city editor and assistant managing editor of the Toronto Star in the 1970s and later served as an editor and publisher at newspapers… »
Is it time to break up the Jays?
Victoria Day (la fete des patriotes in Quebec) is traditionally the time when baseball fans in Canada assess the state of the Major League Baseball season and the hopes of Canada’s only Major League team, the Toronto Blue Jays. About… »
Is Canada ready to accept a gay male professional athlete?
A basketball player in the United States made history this week. Jason Collins became the first man in any of the four major North American professional sports—the National Hockey League, the National Basketball Association, the National Football League and Major… »
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Tory backbencher raises hackles over polar bear comments
A backbencher in Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party government is under fire from some of Canada’s scientific community for a letter he wrote denying that polar bears are an endangered species. In a letter to a constituent in February, Yukon MP… »
Stanley Cup playoffs set to begin
The buds appeared on the trees in Montreal over the weekend. Finally! After a long, tough winter, spring has arrived in Canada. That means plenty of raking, plenty of cleaning, plenty of dreams of a gorgeous sun tan. People are… »
Jays’ dream season becoming nightmare
This was supposed to be the year the Toronto Blue Jays were ready to compete with the hockey’s Stanley Cup playoffs (see Canadian highlights) for the attention of Canadian sports fans. It was going to be an unforgettable season. Coming… »
Canada celebrates International Pillow Fight Day
Less than 24 hours after Montreal police arrested 279 student protesters upset with tuition hikes, demonstrators gathered in a downtown park for a different–and less angry–manifestation. In a scene replicated across Canada and in many cities around the world, the… »
New poll is bad news for Harper government
A new public opinion poll suggests that Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party government is taking a pounding on the issues of secrecy and ethics. Two-thirds of those polled by Ipsos Reid said Mr. Harper’s government is too secretive and has failed… »
Blue Jays begin quest for AL East title on Tuesday
It’s that time of year when a lot of things intersect in Canada: spring and winter, rain and snow, baseball and hockey. April, to borrow a thought from Mr. Eliot, can be a very cruel month. But April it is, at least… »
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