As Canada continues to look for ways to return to something at least resembling normal, a new public opinion poll suggests that just under a quarter of Canadians are unsure if they will send their children back to school when–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.
International, Society, Sports
The not your daddy’s Stanley Cup playoffs are about to begin
Eddie Shack died over the weekend. He was 83. For Canadians of a certain age, he’s a guy you don’t soon forget. Shack, nicknamed The Entertainer, played his final National Hockey League game in 1975 in the hell bent for… »
Anti-maskers teaming up with anti-vaxxers: CBC Report
CBC News reports that some anti-masking groups in Canada are joining forces with anti-vaccination groups that include advocates from the United States, to fight the measures. While a great majority of Canadians support wearing masks–at the very least indoors in… »
Health, International, Society
Super Bowl champ to stay in Canada to fight COVID-19
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif just won’t quit being great at whatever he does–including, it would appear, this ‘doing the right thing” we hear so much about in so many places. Six months after winning the Super Bowl, three months after taking a… »
Things are moving again in Atlantic Canada
Things are moving again in Atlantic Canada. Until they’re not. Traffic does that. Maybe it’s a really good sign that things are ready to return to something resembling normal in a region with 2.2 million people and a total of six… »
Canadian finally home after arrest nightmare in Egypt
Yasser Ahmed Albaz, a Canadian engineer arrested in Egypt at the end of a business trip in February of last year, is safely back in Canada–ending a family nightmare that began when he was detained at Cairo airport on his… »
Economy, Health, International
Many in B.C. fear U.S. residents flouting border rules
British Columbia’s premier says he is concerned by reports that U.S. residents are skirting rules and vacationing in the province as COVID-19 cases spike in the U.S. The Canada-U.S. border was closed to most travellers in March, but Americans travelling… »
Launch of much-awaited COVID app is delayed in Ontario
The rollout of a new mobile app designed to help with contact tracing of COVID-19 cases in Ontario has been delayed. The launch of the app, called COVID Alert, was scheduled for today. A spokeswoman for the Ontario Ministry of… »
Alberta has a new lieutenant-governor and history is made
Salma Lakhani, a long-time community advocate, a successful business person and a philanthropist, has been named the first-ever Muslim lieutenant-governor in Canada’s history. Lakhani was named to the ceremonial post in Alberta by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday. Lieutenant-governors… »
International, Society, Sports
It appears this year’s Stanley Cup will be won on Canadian ice
No Canadian-based team has won the Stanley Cup since the Montreal Canadiens did it in 1993, but it appears more and more likely that–at the very least–this year’s Cup will be won on Canadian ice. If everything breaks right–and there… »
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