Canadian government funding cuts have substantially reduced assistance for refugees with mental health problems in the western province of British Columbia. Cuts roundly criticized Last June, the government implemented cuts to its Interim Federal Health Program, which covers basic health… »
Highlights
Jazz- conversation with Canadian jazz stars, Donato, Turner, Desmarais
This week on the arts, culture, and lifestyle column, we jazz things up a bit. Bassist Michel Donato © Donato website One of the major jazz festivals in North America and with an international reputation, is the annual Montreal jazz fest… »
Politics Today – April 20, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reviews statements by Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird about the situation in Ukraine. He talks about the shutdown of government websites because of a security… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
‘Screening Truth to Power – A Reader on Documentary Activism’
For 10 years Cinema Politica, a Montreal-based media arts, non-profit network, has been getting people together to watch documentaries and hold discussions in what they call documentary activism, and have been very successful. It started off in a classroom at… »
Canada’s public archives: new leader and difficult challenge
The federal government has announced that a Guy Berthiaume will take over as head of the Canada’s history gathering institution in June. Bertiaume will take over after former president Daniel Caron suddenly resigned last year following severe criticism on a… »
Hundreds protest for province to fund private abortion clinics, repeal law
Hundreds of people protested outside the legislature of the Canadian province of New Brunswick on Thursday (April 17) calling on the government to fund private clinics and to repeal Regulation 84-20. The law limits provincial funding of abortions only to hospitals after… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Skyrocketing price of Saskatchewan farm land
What will a million dollars buy you in Canada in terms of property? In Fort McMurray, Alberta, the oil-boom centre of Canada, it’s not enough to buy an acre of industrial land, that goes for about 1.2 million. In Vancouver,… »
Mental health care in the Arctic – Lavinia’s Story
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Starting in the 1950s, the Arctic’s semi-nomadic Inuit were moved into permanent communities by the Canadian government. Children were often sent to Church-run schools far away from their… »
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Clément Chartier on why court decision on Canada’s Métis so important
Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark decision made last year that the country’s Métis people must be considered “Indian” under the Constitution Act. The decision, made public Thursday (April 17), also overturned the decision on non-status Indians. Canada’s Métis… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
Cannes film fest first: Three Canadians in competition, David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, Xavier Dolan
For the first time in Cannes Film Festival history three Canadians: David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan and Xavier Dolan, will be in competition for the Palme d’Or. “This year’s Cannes festival is truly a monumental occasion for Canadian filmmakers,” said Carolle Brabant, the… »
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