How frigid is it in Canada right now, (excepting British Columbia’s lower mainland and parts of the Atlantic provinces)? So frigid that members of the Courage Polar Bear Club in Oakville, Ontario cancelled their annual Jan. 1 bout of insanity–their… »
Highlights
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Frigid weather brings Canada 150 celebrations to an end, just a bit early
Canada’s 150th birthday party ended with something of wimper on Sunday night. Skaters on the Canada 150 ice rink look on as fireworks explode above Centre Block’s Peace Tower during the illumination launch ceremony of Christmas Lights Across Canada on… »
Economy, International, Society
Trump eschews Canadian visit, disappointing very few
U.S. presidents have been visiting Canada since 1923 when Warren G. Harding made the leap across the 49th parallel. And since the Franklin Roosevelt Admnistraion, only two–Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter–have failed to come at all. Make that three. U.S.… »
Economy, International, Society
Montreal’s La Presse publishes its final print edition
It’s something we’ve seen before and will–most assuredly–witness again across Canada–another newspaper leaving another black hole on the local newstand shelf. A man reads La Presse’s final print edition at a coffee shop west of Montreal on Saturday. © CP Photo/Graham… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
As 2018 begins, please join us to savour some touches of beauty
“Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world,” wrote Percy Bysshe Shelly. David Calderisi is one of Canada’s most accomplished actors. © Courtesy: David Calderisi As we look back on another year that has seen more than its share of heartbreak… »
Legalization of marijuana in Canada: read RCI’s reports
Legalisation of marijuana in Canada : read RCI’s reports According to the federal government’s plan, by July 1st next year, marijuana will be legally available for recreational use in Canada. Even though the Liberal government was elected in 2015 on a platform that… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Leonard Cohen honoured in BJM’s ‘Dance Me’
Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal (BJM) has a beautiful new show, an homage to the city’s bard, Leonard Cohen. Since his death, at the age of 82 in November 2016, there has been an outpouring of honours and memoirs to Cohen,… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Ottawa joins Nova Scotia inquiry of veteran’s murder-suicide tragedy
Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O’Regan says the federal government will work with Nova Scotia on the inquiry into the triple murder-suicide involving an Afghan war veteran last January. Shanna and Lionel Desmond hold their daughter Aaliyah in a photo from… »
Economy, Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Sweeping social benefits changes begin Monday in Ontario
Residents of Ontario, Canada’s largest and most affluent province, will see a wide-ranging spike in their social benefits beginning Monday. The changes include a hike in the minimum wage (to $14 an hour from its current $11.60 an hour), free… »
Uncategorized
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… »
The world in pictures
Canada in pictures
