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Bad news is coming fast and furious for those of us who enjoy listening to international broadcasters on shortwave. Canada, RCI, and the CBC Canada's own CBC is once again trying to eviscerate Radio Canada International, Canada's shortwave voice to the world. Ironically, this additional outlay of funds to CBC has coincided with an announcement that the CBC, the very same CBC mandated under the Broadcasting Act of Canada to provide an international radio service, has decided to implement a number of cost cutting measures at Radio Canada International, to be implemented as early as this coming June. These cutbacks will basically eliminate Radio Canada International's weekend in-house produced news broadcasts in Canada's two official languages, English and French. Canadians abroad, and others tuning into RCI broadcasts on weekends, will receive repackaged, condensed CBC domestic newscasts in place of the specialized RCI product, produced for an international audience.