Global efforts seek to limit charges on wire transfers: New Canadians send some $12 billion a year to their families around the world. But, the fees for these transactions can exceed 25 per cent. Now, there's a worldwide movement to cap those charges. The Link’s Ottawa correspondent Amanda Pfeffer explains how various groups are trying to get money transfer companies to cap their remittance fees.

SONG: Lemon Cheeky
ARTIST: The Lemon Bucket Orkestra
ALBUM: Cheeky

Navigating our way around solar flares: The Earth was hit by a radiation storm this week, after a major solar eruption. An even bigger one is expected in 2013. For the most part, solar storms cause little harm. But they can interfere with a technology we now take for granted - satellite navigation. Victor Nerenberg speaks with geodetic researcher Richard Langley at the University of New Brunswick to find out how GPS is affected by the sun, and what can be done about it.
http://gge.unb.ca/Personnel/Langley/Langley.html

Egyptian activists urge faster transition to civilian rule: A year after the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian activists continue to press for democratic reforms. Marc Montgomery speaks with Egyptian-born Canadian Rena Saad about what's been accomplished, the challenges that lie ahead and how demonstrations here in Canada are bolstering spirits in Egypt.
Rena's twitter: https://twitter.com/renaroo84

Raymond’s music pick - Pied de Poule: Raymond Desmarteau, the host of our sister programme Tam Tam Canada, drops by to share some more French Canadian music. This week he tells us about the stage show, Pied de Poule.

SONG: Pied de Poule
ARTIST: Geneviève Lapointe
ALBUM: Pied de Poule

Million dollar donation to set up probiotic yogurt kitchens for African HIV/AIDS victims: The Link’s Africa correspondent Awa Dlodlo tells us about a University of Western Ontario programme that provides disease-fighting probiotic yogurt to people living with HIV/AIDS in East Africa. The Western Heads East programme, which was launched in 2003 by a group of Western students, faculty and staff, aims to teach East African mothers - affectionately called "Yogurt Mamas" - to produce potentially life-saving probiotic yogurt. Awa spoke to Marianne Larsen, who has donated $1.06 million to the programme, about why she chose to support the project and how the money will be used.

Sports slam: Ian Jones pops by with a look at sports news.