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Halifax celebrates Maritime Tattoo Festival
Close to a hundred tattoo artists from across Canada gather in Halifax to practice their art on eager living canvasses. The Atlantic port city has a long tradition of tattooing. It also has a young...
U.N. Food rapporteur raises hackles in Ottawa
UN Food envoy, Olivier De Schutter, sparked some biting reaction this week when he ended his 11-day visit to Canada saying the country is need of a right to food strategy. The Link’s Carmel...
Ottawa's Carleton University inaugurates Confucius Institute
Carleton University in Canada's national capital, Ottawa, has opened the country's newest Confucius Institute. Marc Montgomery talks to the school's president, Roseann O'Reilly Runte, to find out how...
Probing the issue of isolation in Vancouver
The Vancouver Foundation, one of Canada's largest philanthropic organizations, has launched a survey to find out why so many people in Canada's third largest city are feeling socially isolated. The...
Justice denied for lack of translation in BC sex abuse case
Child sex abuse charges against a father were stayed by a judge in British Columbia because of unreasonable delays in getting the family's statements to police translated into English, according to...
Frank’s playlist - Ndidi Onukwulu, Ralf Buschmeyer
Red Moon Road: Besides being The Link’s Calgary correspondent, Frank Rackow is also a musician and every week he brings us a selection of new recordings by Canadian artists. This week on...
Ottawa group aims to save the language of Canada’s North
The Inuktitut language of the Canadian Arctic is strong and vibrant; but, more and more Inuit people are moving to the south, and that poses challenges for maintaining their language and culture. The...
Halifax’s Iranian community celebrates Nowruz
Nova Scotia is home to about 2,500 newcomers from Iran. To celebrate the ancient Persian New Year festival of Nowruz, they invited the larger community to share in their traditions and to support the...
Canadian MP demands Ottawa lift ban on ANC travel to Canada
Members of the African National Congress are banned from Canada even though the party has ruled South Africa for 18 years. That’s because Canada has a policy of not admitting anyone who is a...
Greek Diaspora in Canada lobbies Ottawa to help Greece
As Greece continues to struggle through a crippling economic crisis, Greek Canadians search for ways to help their compatriots, particularly Greek youth, who face rising levels of suicide and...
