Incidence of dating violence rising dramatically in Canada: The government agency Statistics Canada reports this kind of abuse doubled between 2004 and 2010. Most at risk are women in their late 20s and early 30s and the violence happens most often after relationships have ended. Marc Montgomery discusses the issue with Sarah Blackstock, Director of Advocacy and Communications for the YWCA in Toronto.
http://www.ywcatoronto.org/ http://www.statcan.gc.ca/start-debut-eng.html

Study will look at how Canadians are aging: There are nearly five million people over the age of 65 in Canada, according to newly published census data. And a project has been launched across the country to look at how Canadians are aging. The Link's correspondent Lorn Curry reports on the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Canada's biggest city bans plastic shopping bags: A vote at Toronto city hall last week both thrilled environmentalists and sent shockwaves through Canada's biggest city. Toronto city councillors were voting to eliminate a five cent surcharge on plastic shopping bags when fellow councillor David Shiner proposed an outright ban on the bags. And his unexpected motion ... passed! Marc Montgomery talks to David Shiner about the ban and the reasons behind it.
http://www.toronto.ca/councillors/shiner1.htm

Frank’s playlist - Wintersleep, Cafe Con Pan, Cold Specks: The Link’s Calgary correspondent Frank Rackow is a musician as well as a broadcaster and he brings us his weekly selection of some of the best new recordings by Canadian artists. This week Frank shares music by Wintersleep, Cafe Con Pan and Cold Specks.
www.wintersleep.com www.cafeconpan.ca www.coldspecks.com

Sports slam: Terry Haig is in with a look at what’s making news in sports.

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