One of the best known travel guide publishers in the world has named Canada as the top country to visit in 2017. Lonely Planet has released its 2017 list of destination choices, and it’s made a lot of Canadian travel… »
Highlights
Ontario nurse charged with 8 murders of elderly patients
A 49-year-old Canadian nurse is facing eight murder charges in the deaths of elderly patients at two nursing homes in southwestern Ontario, provincial police said Tuesday. Police arrested Elizabeth Tracy Mae Wettlaufer late Monday evening and charged her with eight… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
History: Oct 24, 1918 – The SS Princess Sophia disaster
It’s not the worst maritime disaster in world, or even Canadian history, but it certainly is among the most tragic. Over 344 people waited for a day and half aboard the stricken SS Princess Sophia for help they could see… »
British Airways flight makes emergency landing in Vancouver with 25 ill crew
A British Airways passenger plane on its way from San Francisco to London made an emergency landing in Vancouver late Monday after two dozen cabin crew members became unwell. Flight BA286, carrying about 400 passengers on board the Airbus A380, was… »
Highlights, International, Politics, Society
Muslim niqab debate re-ignited
It was a bitter and divisive debate in Canada starting in 2011, and coming to a conclusion in 2015. But a political hopeful has re-ignited the debate this week. The niqab issue was brought to a head when recent Pakistani… »
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… »
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Canada in 120 seconds
Do you want to learn more about Canada in a different way? Watch our videos to learn more about Canada’s provinces and territories in just a few seconds. Visit our special site and watch all of our videos to learn… »
Foreign workers “disappear” from Canadian farms
“Doing a runner’ Canadian farms hire almost 40,000 foreign workers every year to help with planting and harvesting of crops. These farm labourers are allowed in to Canada under a special programme called the “temporary foreign worker (TFW) programme”. and… »
Immigration detainees in Ontario go on third hunger strike this year
About a dozen immigration detainees at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ontario, have been on a hunger strike for eight days to protest Canada’s immigration detention system, says a migrants’ rights advocacy group. The immigration detainees, who are… »
Arts & Entertainment, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Social media, as harmful as it is fun
The rise of technology and social media has meant the people can be more connected than ever before. Sometimes this helps to build friendships, but it can also be harmful even deadly. There have been several cases where young people… »
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