Another earthquake struck northwest Vancouver Island on Canada’s West Coast on Tuesday, a day after six tremors rattled the region. Officials say the activity was not especially unusual. Earthquakes Canada said the magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck 188 kilometres west of… »
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, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Premier rejects company bid to extend N.S. waste deadline
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil today rejected a pulp mill’s plea for a deadline extension to allow it to continue dumping wastewater near a First Nation after Jan. 31. B.C.-based Paper Excellence, the owners of the Northern Pulp mill near… »
Ready for a different approach to this weekend’s madness…really different?
Ok, here we go, everybody. On your marks, get set….you know the rest. Last weekend before Christmas. Supposed to be fun, right? As so many of us have found out, sometimes it is. Sometimes, not so much. For way too… »
Economy, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Ottawa and Ontario sign deal to help low-income renters
Ontario is the first province to take advantage of a federal government program aimed at helping some 300,000 Canadians afford their rent by providing up to $2,500 a year to those who quality. The $1.46 billion joint funding deal, which… »
Following a dispute, Wilson-Raybould vacates offices
Jody Wilson-Raybould has moved out of the Parliament Hill offices she was assigned when she was in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. Wilson-Raybould had been refusing to leave following her election on Oct. 21 as an Independent, a designation that… »
Supreme Court dismisses case involving ailing elephant in Edmonton zoo
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a case involving a 44-year-old ailing elephant, dashing the hopes of animal activists and likely confining her to the Edmonton Valley Zoo for the rest of her days. Zoocheck Canada has been… »
Jesuits in Canada promise to release names of abusive priests
The Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada is promising to release the names of all its priests who have been “credibly accused” of sexually abusing minors over the last 60 years by January 2021. It is believed… »
Wilson-Raybould is CP Newsmaker of the Year
Jody Wilson-Raybould is The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year. Wilson-Raybould, the former minister of justice who was expelled from the Liberal caucus in April in a dispute that drew headlines, was the overwhelming choice of editors and reporters from… »
Green–not white or blue–is Christmas’s Canadian colour this year
We have, of course, Bing’s “White Christmas” and all the versions that followed. We have Elvis’s “Blue Christmas” and all the versions that followed. And we have–apparently this year– Canada’s “Green Christmas.” That’s across most of the country, according to… »
International student’s passport ordeal touches people across Canada
Pretty much every one of us has been there–though likely not to anything resembling this nth degree–so maybe that’s why the plight of Leonard Mawora has touched so many. Mawora, a 26-year-old accounting and finance student, was set to complete… »
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