Statistics obtained by CBC News show the number of mid-air conflicts between drones and crewed aircraft rose in the first half of this year, especially over Ontario. Transport Canada recorded 33 “incidents” between drones and airplanes over Ontario from 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, Health, Politics, Society
Time for Canada to pick up the pace in creating age-friendly cities? Take a guess!
It’s always terrific to know that someone has your back. Especially when you’re a senior citizen. We are, after all, a burgeoning demographic It helps a whole lot more when that person is really smart because seniors face a whole… »
Healing will begin as manhunt for alleged teen killers ends
The manhunt that terrified more than a few Canadians and riveted millions around the world is finally over. Canada will now attempt to heal…and look for answers. Autopsies in Winnipeg today are expected to confirm that bodies discovered yesterday in… »
Canadian Blood Services will expand, opening new plasma donation centres
Canadian Blood Services is opening three new plasma donation centres to ensure that the country’s blood supplies do not dwindle. Canada uses more human plasma products than any other country in the world after the U.S.. Most of it is… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Members of Canada’s LGBTQ want Health Canada to amend blood donation wait times
Canadian LGBTQ advocates want Health Canada to go further in changing parts of its blood donation policy. The advocates are calling for a gender-neutral approach, building on changes made this spring when the federal agency reduced the wait period for… »
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Ottawa announces new funding to combat online child abuse
Ottawa has announced $22 million in funding to fight online child abuse. Noting that police-reported incidents of child pornography in Canada increased by 288 per cent between 2010 and 2017, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale made the announcement Tuesday. It… »
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Brothers, survivors of ‘Sixties Scoop,’ reunite after 50 years
Gradually, one reunion at a time, the healing continues. For a number of years now, victims of what is now called the Sixties Scoop are coming together–in love, fear and trepidation. The Sixties Scoop is a catch-all name for a… »
Remembering the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A gentle reminder, everyone. Today, Aug. 6, marks the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. About 140,000 people died that day. When a similar bomb dropped three days later on Nagasaki, 70,000 more people died. “The bomb exploded… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Consular officials make another visit to Canadian jailed in China
Consular officials in China have met for the 10th time with former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig who appears to remain a pawn in a high-stakes diplomatic dispute between Beijing and Ottawa. Kovrig, who had been working as a China analyst… »
Gun violence erupts on holiday weekend in Canada’s biggest city
While violence was claiming the lives of 31 persons in the U.S. cities of El Paso, Texas and Dayton Ohio this weekend, Canada’s biggest city suffered a violent convulsion of its own. It is becoming more apparent that while Canada… »
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