She almost didn’t do it, but Deanna Lennox felt compelled to tell her story to combat the stigma around operational stress injuries in first responders and mental health problems in general. Her memoir is called Damage Done: A Mountie’s Memoir and… »
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With our columns, learn more about topics as diverse as Canada’s place in the world, the Arctic, health, art, culture and the environment.
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Canadian gives new life to an old instrument-Frank Edgley Concertinas
Thanks to a Canadian, an old instrument is making a comeback in popularity. Well over a century ago, the Concertina, more commonly known as a “squeeze-box” was a widely popular instrument, but over time faded almost into obscurity by the… »
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Eric McNair-Landry-promoting Inuit history through kayaks
Centuries before Europeans ever ventured into the Arctic with their large ungainly sailing ships, the Inuit had devised a simply, fast, agile craft called the kayak, or Qajak. Eric McNair-Landry, born and raised in the Arctic on Baffin Island, Eric… »
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Politics Today – April 26, 2015
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda focuses on the electoral reaction to the tabling of a federal budget by the ruling Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He reports on the budget in Canada’s most populous… »
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History: Barry Ogden and the fastest sailing ship
It was the ship hailed by all sailors in the golden age of sail. She was the Marco Polo, and for years was the fastest ship in the world. She was a big ship indeed, just over 56 metres long,… »
ART- Cape Breton N.S. artist Onni Nordman
Sydney Nova Scotia painter Onni Nordman is a workaholic. He spends endless hours in his studio beside the cottage on a cliff in Cape Breton with the sea and sky he shares with his wife and manager Paula Muise. Cape… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Emergency surgery riskier for the very obese:study
Nearly one in five severely obese Canadians who undergo emergency surgery will die in hospital, according to a new study. An analysis of operations performed at the University of Alberta Hospital in western Canada found that obese patients require more… »
Politics Today – April 12, 2015
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the fraud and bribery trial of former government senator Mike Duffy, on the latest declarations of the Finance Minster Joe Oliver about the coming federal budget, an election in… »
Environment: an Arctic marine protected area; coming closer
As climate change makes the once remote Arctic more accessible, pressure is mounting to seek the minerals, and oil, and fish reserves thought to be waiting there. One of the world’s most biodiverse areas though is the Lancaster Sound where… »
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Politics Today – April 5, 2015
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on a sobering evaluation by Canada’s Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault about the erosion of access to government information in Canada in the last 30 years. He also reports on the… »
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