Redmond Shannon – Journalist
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The ‘sustainability-linked’ financing for coal mine operator
Royal Bank of Canada is one of many global lenders that want to show that being green isn’t only about the colour of money, but recent revelations about its investment in fossil fuel companies call into question its climate-action bona fides
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Colour Crusader: How the ‘Robin Hood’ of the art world is liberating colour for everyone
Stepping into Stuart Semple’s world is like entering a Willy Wonka-esque fantasyland. Only instead of chocolate and candy, everywhere you look there are bags of bright powdered paint pigments, colour-mixing machines, paint-spattered canvases, sculptures, brushes and of course, brightly coloured bottles of paint.
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The Death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II
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Ukrainian civilian fighters begin combat training in the UK
Speaking with some of the thousands of Ukrainian civilian volunteers with little to no military experience are now training in England.
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The Afghan families fleeing a second country in six months
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Drake to Guy Laliberté; how wealthy Canadians travelled during COVID-19
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How Bitcoin’s carbon footprint could be offset by blockchain’s green applications
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Speaking with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
“He couldn’t talk a lot, because, as I understood, there were people with him who didn’t let him (say) what he wanted.”
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PPE litter – the other ‘plague’
Read the full article here Watch the TV report below:
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Worshipping in a pandemic
My feature report on how worshipping has had to adapt, and how the pandemic may affect it into the future.
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Brexit: The End of the Beginning
After three-and-a-half years of rancour and delays, the UK finally leaves the EU. Here’s my take from Westminster on Brexit Day:
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Apple Maps’ Crimea border shift highlights role of online map providers in defining statehood
Tech giant Apple recently changed the borders of Crimea for users of Apple Maps in Russia. The border shift is highlighting the role of online map providers, including Google and Microsoft, in defining accepted international frontiers and sovereignty. Read more here: http://globalnews.ca/news/6306941/apple-maps-crimea-statehood/
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When covering a story changes the story
In May 2019, I discovered that the family of a Canadian solider, who was killed on D-Day, didn’t know a Normandy school was about to be named after him. In fact, his sister thought I was a scam artist when I first called her. Just a few days later, I sat down with her in…
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Is flight shaming the next climate change conversation?
My three-part series on the conversation surrounding the climate change impact of commercial air travel.
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Normandy school renamed after New Brunswick D-Day hero
How a Normandy village chose to recognise the bravery of Canadian solider Pte. Louis Valmont Roy on D-Day. His sister and nephew travelled from Canada to unveil the new school name, 75 years after the soldier’s death. Watch the full story here: https://globalnews.ca/news/5367370/normandy-school-renamed-new-brunswick-d-day-hero/ A Normandy village school is renamed after a New Brunswick soldier who…
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The complex history of deciding who can compete in sports as a woman
🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/FHmm10npfx — Caster Semenya (@caster800m) May 1, 2019 High-profile sports events are invariably divided into female and male categories, but human beings do not always fit into one of those categories. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights estimates that between 0.05 and 1.7 per cent of the population is born with intersex…
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How the UK painted itself into a corner
Explaining why the UK is finding it so difficult to leave the EU.
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The enduring spirit of St. Bride’s Church
A feature report for BBC Radio 4’s Sunday programme, about the remarkable St. Bride’s Church of Fleet Street, London. (Click here. Report begins at 29:30)
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The timeline of Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance
What really happened to missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi? As the mystery deepens, pressure is mounting on U.S. President Donald Trump to confront Saudi Arabia over the case. (click on image to view story)
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Amesbury couple “handled contaminated item”
A British government minister has accused Russia of using the United Kingdom as a “dumping ground for poison”. It comes as a team of British counter-terrorism investigators work on the second Novichok nerve agent poisoning in four months. (Click on picture to view the story).
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UK Radio Academy awards
The Radio Academy award (ARIAS) for Best News Coverage 2017 went to the Stephen Nolan Show on BBC Radio 5 live for its coverage of the London Bridge attacks, when eight people were killed and dozens more were injured. I was part of the BBC Radio 5 live team that night, reporting from the scene.…
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Cycling the border
In August 2017, I cycled the length of the Irish border to speak to local people about what a change to the frontier might mean after Brexit. I produced a three-part radio series on the trip; first for BBC Radio 5 live, and then for RTÉ Radio 1. Here is the series as it aired…
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London Bridge attack
#LondonBridge witness “we saw someone (getting) CPR laying on the floor” @GlobalNational @BBCBreaking @bbc5live pic.twitter.com/m6XgurGWR2 — Redmond Shannon (@RedShannon) June 3, 2017 Police urging people to leave scene #LondonBridge pic.twitter.com/kmS7NgNq8g — Redmond Shannon (@RedShannon) June 3, 2017 BBC World News TV Global National television (Click on image): Global National news report June 4, 2017 (Click…
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Manchester Arena attack
Global National Newscast, May 22, 2017
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Three little words
Millions of people across the world do not have a formal mailing address, but precise GPS coordinates are very difficult to remember. To solve that problem, an app, developed in London, has divided the world into 57-trillion three-metre squares; each assigned an easy-to-remember three-word code. Click below to play:
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America’s best bud
Two of the past three U.S. presidents have invited Canada’s prime minister to be their first foreign guest at the White House. But British Prime Minister Theresa May will get that honour this time. Does this mean America will be looking east more than north under Trump? Click below to play:
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Cents and Sensibility
A micro-engraver etches the face of Jane Austen into four £5 notes, and quietly releases them into circulation. Each could be worth £20,000. Click below to play:
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The Irvings: Whitegate refinery’s secretive new owners
At first glance, Cork would seem the perfect place for the Irving family to get their feet wet on the eastern side of the Atlantic. Irving Oil’s home city of Saint John (not to be confused with St John’s, Newfoundland) lies on the southern coast of the small Canadian province of New Brunswick. Saint John…
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The Brexit effect on Ireland
My last assignment for CBC News after seven years with Canada’s national broadcaster. Below are the radio file and a link to the written piece. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/brexit-effect-ireland-border-1.3657173
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Suspended police officers paid over $400K in 2 years
The Fredericton Police Force has spent more than $1.35 million on disciplinary actions, including salaries for suspended officers and legal fees, in the past decade. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/suspended-fredericton-police-salaries-1.3648502
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Two sisters with the same name meet for the very first time
It was a rare privilege to witness such a powerful moment. Watch the video and read their story here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisters-reunion-fredericton-south-africa-1.3642701
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Horsing around town
When you’re assigned to do a one-minute “rant” to camera about a meeting that hasn’t even happened yet, the challenge is to make it not suck.
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Cannabis makes up 22% of veteran drug payments
More than one-fifth of the money paid to veterans by the federal government for prescribed drugs in the fiscal year 2015-16 went toward medical cannabis. That’s up from just 0.5 per cent in 2013-14. Read more here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/cannabis-veterans-drug-payments-1.3598954
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Mother calls for province to start publicizing teacher discipline
Two mothers say their children had to move schools after the result of a teacher discipline case was not made public. Read here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/oromocto-teacher-discipline-secret-1.3587223 Watch here:
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Unpublicized earthquake study sparks nuclear safety reassessment
A 2014 study of historical earthquakes in the area surrounding Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station, and a change to how NB Power calculates earthquake probabilities, has triggered a reassessment of seismic hazards at the power plant. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/point-lepreau-safety-earthquake-1.3562509
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Tent City
I went to meet some of the people who live on a riverbank during the warmer months of the year.
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Man says impact of ‘brainwashing’ remains 3 years after leaving Plaster Rock church
Greg Comeau left the Family Worship Center church in Plaster Rock three years ago and he says he experienced what he considers “brainwashing” that still impacts his life today. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/plaster-rock-church-family-worship-center-1.3430927
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Staying on the wagon
How beer money helped this woman to stay on the wagon.
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Lyse Doucet
Lyse Doucet is the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent. I had the opportunity to meet her recently. Here’s what she told me about her time in Syria, and her thoughts on Canada’s refugee plan.
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Morocco with an iPhone
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Medical marijuana payouts to veterans highest in New Brunswick
New Brunswick veterans accounted for more than 42 per cent of medical marijuana reimbursements paid by Veterans Affairs Canada last year, CBC News has learned. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/medical-marijuana-payouts-to-veterans-highest-in-new-brunswick-1.3160217
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Sometimes we do happy stories on the news
A man is found alive, five days after he went missing in the woods. This TV story is a little rough, but it was written and edited in 70 minutes. One of those days.
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NB Power pays J.D. Irving $12.3M in gypsum deal penalties, fees
A CBC News investigation reveals that provincial utility provider NB Power has paid a J.D. Irving company more than $12.3 million in penalties and contract renegotiation fees since 2009. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-pays-j-d-irving-12-3m-in-gypsum-deal-penalties-fees-1.3088090
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Freetown’s Habs fan, sort of.
Ajayi Decker traps the soccer ball under his right foot for a moment, before deciding where to pass it. He’s a natural centre-back; calm and quiet. The other young teens scramble and shout on the damp, gravelly road in Freetown’s hillside neighbourhood of Wilberforce. Ajayi and his friends idolize soccer stars at clubs like Arsenal, Liverpool and Barcelona. But…
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Green Generation
A four-part series on renewable energy in the province of New Brunswick http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-s-renewable-energy-target-a-numbers-game-critic-says-1.3032790 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-s-tides-trees-hold-energy-potential-say-experts-1.3034842 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sackville-couple-says-solar-power-becoming-affordable-1.3036748 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-looks-to-small-scale-renewable-energy-1.3038598
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The mysterious death of Selamneh Techane
Selamneh Techane went missing in 2010. Almost five years later, his body was found in the attic above the room he had lived in. The coroner says foul play is not suspected, but Techane’s brother and friends say it doesn’t add up.
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The invasion of Fredericton and journalistic licence
A few weeks ago, I was working on a light story about why eerie flocks of seagulls have been circling over buildings, sometimes for hours on end. To give the story a voice, I needed regular people on the street to say they’d seen it too. (Depending on where you live in the anglophone world, these folks are known…
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Martin Luther King’s visit that never was
In 1960, Martin Luther King and his wife were to visit Fundy National Park in New Brunswick. But he never took the trip, because an innkeeper was worried it would upset other U.S. tourists. This story ran on CBC News on the 86th anniversary of King’s birth, January 15, 2015.
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City improves security of bus passes
In March 2014, I illustrated how easy it is to make a copy of the new 2014 Fredericton transit passes. The city has now decided to add holograms for 2015.
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Madagascar
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