Highlights / Column

With our columns, learn more about topics as diverse as Canada’s place in the world, the Arctic, health, art, culture and the environment.

Economy, Society

Bardish Chagger new House Leader

Bardish Chagger is the new government House Leader in Ottawa. The Member of Parliament for Waterloo, Ontario, she was named Minister of Small Business and Tourism after being elected for the first time last October. Bardish Chagger was sworn-in as »

Environment & Animal Life, Society

Odd way to cap fence posts saves birds

One unusual way to mark the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty involves gathering cans to save birds at a conservation site in the western province of Saskatchewan. The Old Man on His Back site has about 160 km »

Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society

The Canadian Beef Industry conference: a first

The Canadian Beed Industry Conference, the inaugural event, was held this past week in Calgary, Alberta. Adrienne Ivey, who blogs under the banner, View from the Ranch Porch, says that every winter provincial gatherings take place, but the time had »

Economy

Talking about farming: news and reports by Radio Canada International

This week we present you with some reports about farming in Canada. What are the challenges and opportunities for farmers in Canada? Read and listen to the reports below to learn more and share your own experience with us in the comments. Beef »

Society

Why I read the sport pages first

People often look at me funny when I tell them I really love sports. Always have, always will. The great majority of professional athletes tend to have big hearts under their uniforms. © cbc.ca I find something bracing about competition, about »

Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society

Dam threatens indigenous culture: Amnesty International

Amnesty International Canada has launched a worldwide campaign to stop construction of a massive hydroelectric dam in western Canada. It says the dam violates Canada’s commitments to uphold the human rights of indigenous peoples. “This is a dam that would »

Highlights

Your choices, our promise!

You took the time to tell us about the stories, the interviews and the kind of in-depth coverage you wanted to see from Radio Canada International. Now they are all in one place and you get to tell us which »

Arts & Entertainment, Health, Society

Summer reading can boost kids’ well-being: author

Summer is short in Canada, but it’s a particularly good time to encourage children to read, says author and parenting columnist Ann Douglas. Canadians tend to think about reading in terms of academic improvement and expanding vocabulary. But Douglas says »

Health, Highlights, Society

Talking about breastfeeding: news and reports by Radio Canada International

The 24th edition of the World Breastfeeding Week started on August 1st and will continue until August 7th. This event, created by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), is endorsed by the World Health Organization and the UNICEF and celebrated in »

Economy, International, Society

Now here’s something every man could use

Who knew that the takeaway from what was billed as “The Fight of the Century” would be Joe Frazier’s jock strap? Frazier won a 15-round unanimous decision at New York’s Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971 Make a high »