Lynn Desjardins, Wojtek Gwiazda, Marc Montgomery

The LINK Online Sat., 28 Feb. 2015

Dressed warmly for the Arctic weather we’ve been having in Montreal are Wojtek, Lynn, and Marc

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A sound project by interdisciplinary artist Amanda Dawn Christie turned into a unique film record of the end of the shortwave transmitter site of Radio Canada International. © Amanda Dawn Christie

This week, RCI celebrated it’s 70th anniversary, having been officially inaugurated on February 25th, 1945.

For the large majority of that time, RCI was blessed with a unique geographic location for its huge shortwave antenna array. in Sackville, New Brunswick.

An interdisciplinary artist in the area originally was making a soundscape about how people in the region would pick up strange sounds and voices on things like their sinks, toasters, refrigerators and so on.

In the course of that effort, she learned that the site which had become iconic in the area was being closed and the massive antennas, a landmark, would be cut down and the whole site demolished.

Wojtek spoke to .Amanda Dawn Christie  about the amazing experimental film which she created.

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It was only after she went to the media, that Debbie Radloff-Gabriel was able to get an insurance company to reverse her husband’s financially-devastating cancellation of two insurance policies. © CBC

It can be a very confusing and frustrating case for families, and its happening more and more often.

As elderly people develop dementia, they can end up making terrible financial decisions such as cancelling insurance policies or buying expensive cars, locking the families into financial situations they can’t afford.

Too often the companies involved are very unwilling to cooperate to unravel the situation.

Lynn spoke with Laura Tamblyn Watts, a lawyer and senior fellow for the Canadian Centre for Elder Law.

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Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge- Ed Struzik’s new book on the dramatic changes in the Arctic and the changes still to come. © Island Press

We’ve been hearing much about global warming and how that in turn is leading to climate change, but science journalist Ed Struzik has been seeing its effects in the Arctic for decades.

In fact, the Arctic he says, is like the canary in the coal mine, as the north is the fastest warming place on the planet.

He notes that dramatic changes have already taken place with more dramatic changes yet to come. In fact he says, the Arctic that we have known for millenia, is changing and changing forever.

He talks about those changes and planning for them is essential in order to avoid major catastrophes.

Marc spoke with him in this edited version.. The full conversation is available elsewhere in the highlights section

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