A Canadian financier and philanthropist who smashed the world record this week for the purchase of a pair of sneakers is bullish on the future of sneaker collecting. Miles Nadal paid $550,000 (US$437,000) for an ultra-rare pair of Nike sneakers… »
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.
Dead gulls turning up along Ottawa River
Dead seagulls are turning up along the shores of the Ottawa River, near Canada’s national capital, but conservation experts say it’s very unlikely the deaths are related to the those of hundreds of fish earlier this month at the eastern… »
Economy, Health, International, Politics, Society
An old playbook stymies many in Vancouver’s LGBT community
There’s something of a housing crisis in Vancouver. No, not just the one you read about constantly that centres on the ups and downs of the real estate market and the ability of first-time buyers to afford a home. For… »
Today’s quiz: ‘What was the agent thinking?’
Ready to test your imagination? Here’s the question: “What was the agent thinking?” What agent? The one from Air Canada who handed a 71-year-old woman a voucher for a Montreal hotel room following a couple of late connecting flights that… »
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Ottawa and Telesat move forward with satellite plan
The federal government is investing $85 million in satellite technology to expand high-speed Internet access across rural and remote Canada. The funding–announced today–will see the government partner with Ottawa-based Telesat to develop a group of co-ordinated satellites in low-Earth-orbit. The… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Study confirms Indigenous peoples lead way in taking care of land
As the world moves forward (or backward) in the wake of this spring’s report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services that showed that at least one million species are threatened with extinction, we might want to… »
Date of fall federal election comes into question
The date of Canada’s federal election this fall is suddenly up in the air. It is set for Oct. 21. But on Tuesday, Federal Court Justice Ann Marie McDonald ordered Chief Electoral Officer Stephane Perrault to revisit his decision not… »
Tentative deal struck in Calgary is good news for Flames fans
Assorted devils might pop up in the details over the coming week as the people of Calgary decide if they want to support a deal between their city fathers and owners of the National Hockey League Flames that would result… »
Economy, Health, Politics, Society
The Food Guide fight continues as the election approaches
One wonders if Tory leader Andrew Scheer may have bitten off more than he can chew with his attack on Canada’s revamped Food Guide. But of course the proof will be in the pudding, that pudding being this fall’s federal… »
Good-bye, Mr. Ryan and thanks
It happens to all kids no matter their age: feeling lost at sea, drifting in the midst of strange faces with no idea about how to make sense of any of it. It can happen in elementary school, high school,… »
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