Help us look back at our history! On February 25, 2015, RCI will celebrate its 70th anniversary. Were you one of our listeners when we did our first shortwave broadcast? Did you discover us later on Sirius satellite, CBC or at rcinet.ca?… »
Highlights
The birds, the birds; Foul fowl in Newfoudland
In 1963, Alfred Hitchcock created a frighteninig movie called “The Birds” about a town threatened by an invasion of birds. In the Atlantic island province of Newfoundland, the menace may not be quite the same, but the invasion is similar.… »
More opposition criticisms of government’s handling of veterans’ mental health needs
Opposition parties once again hammered away at Canada’s ruling Conservative government in the House of Commons on Thursday (November 27) over the issue of military veterans’ health. Two days after the Auditor General reported that one of every five Canadian… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Politics, Society
Decision on light bulbs risks mercury pollution
The Canadian government has pulled back from a plan to make the recycling of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) mandatory, in favour of a voluntary code of practice for companies that sell them, says the public broadcaster CBC. CFLs are… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
Five years after murder of Mariano Abarca Roblero, Canada, Mexico receive calls for justice
Five years after the murder of Mariano Abarca Roblero, an opponent of the mining operations of the Canadian company Blackfire Exploration Ltd, his family, and numerous organizations, including the Mexican Network of Communities Affected by Mining (REMA), have called on ministers… »
Pan-Am games costs: still rising
It seems like the cost estimate for every international games event is always well below the actual burden taxpayers will bear. Officials originally said security costs for the Pan-Am games and Parapan, set for July and August 2015 in Toronto, … »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Saving scientific research in Canada
Several leading scientists and academics are set to meet with the public and politicians in the national capital, Ottawa this evening. The event is called “Get Science Right” The Canadian Association of University Teachers is organizing the event. Robin Vose… »
Grocery stores found changing dates on meat labels
Some retailers are changing the labels on meat packages, misleading consumers as to how fresh they are, according to an investigation by Radio-Canada. The French-language public broadcaster sent reporters with hidden cameras to grocery stores and interviewed butchers. One butcher… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
The new norm: extreme weather
In 1998 an uprecedented ice storm left much of the province of Quebec without power, many for weeks. In 2013, another unprecedented storm crippled the city of Toronto (shown) destroying trees over 100 years old and blacking out large areas… »
Supreme Court appointment welcomed this time
Canada’s prime minister has appointed a prominent, female trial lawyer from the province of Quebec to the Supreme Court of Canada. Suzanne Côté’s was welcomed by Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin who, in a news release, praised her “extensive expertise in… »
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