As wildfires cause massive destruction in Australia, a couple of Canadians think their product could be of great assistance in quelling those fires. Not only helpful, but safe for the environment afterward Quincy Emmons and Zackery Hodgen, former firefighters themselves…»
Marc Montgomery
With a passion for anything antique with an engine, and for Canadian and world history, Marc comes with a wealth of media experience. After DJ work at private radio in southern Ontario, and with experience in Canadian Forces radio and tv in Europe, the state broadcaster in Austria (Radio 3), and the CBC in Ottawa and Montreal, he was the host of the immensely popular CBC and RCI show, "The Link". He is now part of the new RCI online team producing stories from and about Canada from coast to coast.
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The LINK Online Jan. 17,18,19, 2020
Your hosts, Terry, Levon, and Marc (video of show at bottom) Diplomatic Dispatch series A new podcast series is being created with several episodes already online. Through one-on-one interviews with current and former politicians and diplomats, academics, and leaders of…»
Canada in winter: bundle up- or bring an umbrella
Winter weather across this country can be, well bizarre. Last week in the southern areas of Ontario and Quebec, any backyard ice rinks melted in above zero temperatures as has happened at least a couple of times so far this…»
Environment, Indigenous, International
More bison return to traditional prairie lands
Once they were estimated at numbering anywhere from 30-60 million and roamed North America’s western prairies in vast herds numbering tens of thousands. After almost being wiped out by overhunting, mass slaughter, disease and drought in the 1800’s, there are…»
New survey shows continued division in Canada
The federal election last year showed that during the last four years the country has become deeply divided. The Liberals under Justin Trudeau were re-elected but with a minority government largely due to support in southern Ontario, Quebec and the…»
International, Religion, Society
Kerfuffle in the Catholic Church
A new book is being released called “From the Depths of Our Hearts”. It’s sparked a bit of controversy within the Roman Catholic church. It seems to push a conservative message about celibacy, and includes an essay by retired Pope…»
Arts and Entertainment, Environment
Canada- too cold for penguins
It’s a big daily winter event that attracts a lot of visitors to the Calgary zoo. Every day, the staff take the several king penguins for a little waddle around the zoo which takes about 15 minutes much to the…»
Economy, Environment, Health, International
EU bans another neonic insecticide, Canada stalls
Concerns include human health issues The European Commission this week voted not to renew the approval for ‘thiacloprid’ a Bayer /Monsanto insecticide marketed there under the brands Calypso and Biscaya. This is the fourth neonicotinoid insecticide that has been banned…»
Economy, Environment, Politics
Canadian farmers continued concern about carbon tax
Even before the federal government announced its carbon tax as a measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, farmers were concerned about how it would negatively affect them. In this first year, farmers in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and…»
Arts and Entertainment, Economy, Internet, Science and Technology, Politics, Society
Libraries and publishers on a different page over e-books and audiobooks.
Libraries have always been a great source for reading enjoyment and learning. There are shelf after shelf of big books, small books, novels, histories, photo books, textbooks, instructive books, books of all kinds which people can borrow and enjoy for…»
International, Politics
Diplomatic Dispatch Podcast – Episode 5: A Marshall Plan for the 21st century
Environment, Internet, Science and Technology
Methane emissions in Arctic Ocean have long been overestimated, study claims
Economy, Environment, International, Internet, Science and Technology
Safer eco-friendly and more efficient fire suppressant foam?
