Anvil Mining faces lawsuit by Congo massacre survivors: People from the Democratic Republic of Congo want to sue a mining company with offices in Canada, for its alleged role in a 2004 massacre. Advocacy groups working on their behalf are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to rule whether the case against Anvil Mining can go ahead in Canada. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins looks into why the case could be tried in Canada and the implications it might have for companies operating in developing countries.
Canadian Centre for International Justice: http://www.ccij.ca/programs/cases/index.php?WEBYEP_DI=14
UN News release: DR Congo: UN's top rights official concerned at acquittals in military trial
http://www.un.org/apps/news/storyAr.asp?NewsID=23139&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo#

Black History Month - Black Nova Scotians celebrate their African Heritage: This is the 15th year that Black History Month is being celebrated across Canada. During this month, The Link is featuring stories highlighting some of the many ways Black Canadians have helped shape our nation. Today we find out about Black History Month in Nova Scotia, which is home to Canada's oldest Black community. For 230 years, it has struggled and thrived, playing a leadership role in the advancement of civil liberties in Canada. As The Link’s Atlantic correspondent Robert Jaros reports, Black Nova Scotians use African Heritage Month to share their history and celebrate their accomplishments.

Indo Canadian Report - A mini United Nations comes to Montreal: Imagine being part of the negotiations at the World Economic Forum or being part of Ghadafi's cabinet as they decide what happens to Libya. Columnist Rashi Khilnani tells us how students from around the world got to bring current events to life at McGill University's Model United Nations conference, known as McMun.

Song: Windship
Artist: Terry Carisse
Album: Countrypak 11

Amputee athlete inspires thousands of MMA fans: Amputee mixed-martial artist Mike Rousselle of Cranbrook, B.C. tells us about his newfound celebrity after a video of his "superman punch" was featured on Georges St-Pierre's Facebook page. Mike is now looking to enter the upcoming Extremity Games, an extreme sports event for athletes with amputations and spinal cord injuries.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150628786305309
https://www.facebook.com/georgesstpierre
http://www.extremitygames.com/

Web Discoveries - Changes at Google raise privacy concerns: There has been a lot of chatter on the web lately about Google's new, unified Terms of Service Agreement. As of March 1st, Google will begin tracking users’ activities across all their services, from their search engine to Gmail to YouTube. But, some fear having all of their Google activity rounded up in one place may not be a good thing. This week, our internet expert Andrew Fazekas takes a look at Google's new privacy policy, why it's so controversial and how it may affect you.
http://mashable.com/2012/01/24/google-changes-again-launches-one-privacy-policy-to-rule-them-all/
Andrew’s links:
Website: www.TheNightSkyGuy.com
Twitter: twitter.com/thenightskyguy
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Night-Sky-Guy/78350852774
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheNightSkyGuy

Listener Letters: Host Marc Montgomery and Link researcher Kathy Coulombe read our emails and webpage comments; and playback the answering machine to find out which stories caught our listeners’ attention this week. They also draw the name of the lucky winner in our book giveaway. This week we’re giving away a copy of Robert Fowler’s, A Season in Hell.