Avalanche Canada has issued a rare “extreme warning” for many slopes in the Sea-to-Sky region of British Columbia, just north of Vancouver. The organization’s website says large avalanches are “almost certain” on alpine and treeline levels of slopes in the… »
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.
Economy, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Pipeline dispute could bring things to a boil in northern British Columbia
No one in northern British Columbia is quite sure what happens next following a B.C. Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday that granted a temporary injunction against members of a First Nation opposed to the building of a pipeline running through… »
Noted poet won’t read convicted killer’s work at Regina event
The contentious and heated dispute over a controversial literary event at the University of Regina has taken another turn. George Elliott Clarke said Thursday he will not be reading any poetry by the convicted killer whose work Clarke has edited,… »
Health, International, Society
Teen climber survives 150-metre fall…and…he’ll be back
Say one thing for the kid, he’s got brass. “It looked like a cool mountain to climb. My friends wanted to do it so, why not?” said Gurbaz Singh, speaking at the beginning of a day he will not soon… »
Crews clean up as investigators seek cause of Via passenger train derailment
Via Rail says it is working with investigators from the Transportation Safety Board to find out why a passenger train derailed early Tuesday morning west of Winnipeg. Twelve people–seven passengers and five crew–were on the train, which was on a… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Federal documents downplay ‘doomsday’ loss-of-jobs scenario
Canadian Press reports that newly released documents show that federal officials found the likelihood of a “doomsday” scenario where automation eliminates half of Canadian jobs to be “overstated.” The documents, obtained by CP through the Access to Information Act, contrasts… »
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Plans are underway to tie local labour needs with immigration
A new immigration program that will allow cities and towns to pick newcomers based on local labour needs is being greeted positively by labor experts and economists. CBC News’ Kathleen Harris writes that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau instructed new Immigration… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Two snowboarders die in B.C. avalanche
The first avalanche fatalities of the winter in Canada have been reported, in British Columbia. Two 21-year-old men from Alaska were snowboarding when the avalanche hit Monday afternoon in northwestern B.C.’s Tatshenshini-Alsek Park, near Haines Summit. A third man survived.… »
Bad weather and construction adversely affect some New Year’s celebrations
It was something of a rough New Year’s Eve for a lot of people across the country as both crummy weather–and this being Canada these days–construction put a crimp in things in a lot of places. Events were cancelled from… »
Economy, International, Society
Montreal airport workers ordered to keep talking to avert strike
Negotiations to avert a strike by workers at Montreal’s Trudeau and Mirabel airports will continue. The 108 employees in charge of refuelling planes walked off the job Tuesday morning. The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered them back to the negotiating… »
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