The federal government has issued another travel warning for Canadians travelling to Hong Kong. The new advisory went up on the government’s website this morning, telling Canadians to “exercise a high degree of caution in Hong Kong due to ongoing… »
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.
Racial profiling ruling in Montreal called “historic”
As Montrealers of good faith continue to try to bring an end to what the city’s black community says is systemic abuse and profiling that’s been happening for way longer than too many of them care to remember, a Quebec… »
Remembering the day it all started to go bad for Montreal baseball fans
Twenty-five years ago Monday, Aug. 12, 1994, the Montreal Expos appeared to be bound for that fall’s World Series, Major League Baseball’s ode to glory, the reason why players play and fans go to games. For those who may have… »
RCMP says teen fugitives very likely took their own lives in Manitoba bush
The RCMP has confirmed that the two teenagers whose bodies were discovered in northern Manitoba last week are the same two who who set off a massive manhunt across Western Canada after they were suspected of killing three people in… »
Manitoba dairy farm fires takes the lives of 800 cows
The cleanup and the investigation have begun into what is every farmer’s worst nightmare. Early Monday morning, a fire broke out at the four-barn Pennwood Dairy farm, northeast of the Manitoba town of Steinbach. About 1000 cows and some workers… »
Shaking off rust, Andreescu shows heart, class and big-time talent in Rogers Cup victory
For the first time in 50 years, a Canadian woman has won Canada’s most important tennis tournament. Her name is Bianca Andreescu, she is 19-years-old, and down the road she may win herself a title shot at international stardom. Right… »
Economy, International, Society
More and more, newcomers to Canada are winding up homeless
Two new studies by Employment and Social Development Canada show that an increasing number of newcomers to Canada are ending up homeless, A National Shelter Study, which looked at federal data on shelter users between 2005 and 2016, found what… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Cable snaps, B.C. tourist gondola plunges, sabotage suspected
Police continue to investigate what appears to be a terrifying potential act of sabotage in British Columbia that the RCMP say would have had “catastrophic” results had the timing been different The RCMP believe someone deliberately cut the cable of… »
Economy, International, Society
Canada’s ambassador to Washington is stepping away
David MacNaughton is resigning as Canada’s ambassador to the United States, effective at the end of the month. In a statement on Thursday, MacNaughton, who helped guide Canada through difficult NAFTA regnotiations, called the decision “bittersweet.” “Serving as Canada’s ambassador in… »
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RCMP set to open new crime lab in B.C. this fall
The RCMP will open a new national crime lab in Surrey B.C. this fall as the force attempts to put an end to a bottleneck of forensic requests. The Surrey lab will replace a 45-year-old Vancouver lab and will complement… »
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