Canada’s Auditor-General, Sylvain Ricard, released a report yesterday that was critical of several aspects of government, among them the handling of asylum seekers. With a huge increase in asylum seekers entering into Canada from the U.S. at “irregular” crossing points,… »
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.
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Asian Heritage Month: Canadian secret agent and hero William Gun Chong
The unlikely Canadian undercover agent awarded the British Empire Medal Unlike the dapper spies of movies, an undercover agent has to be inconspicuous. Thus, Canadian Bill Chong, often dressed like a homeless peasant became one of the most successful of… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Politics, Society
One of Canada’s major cities will ban heating oil
Montreal is Canada’s second largest city with a population of over 3.5 million residents. The mayor, Valerie Plante announced this week that heating oil would no longer be permitted anywhere by 2030. The ban is part of the plan to… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Politics, Society
U.N. report: Dire warnings on biodiversity and future of humanity (interview)
A million species could disappear That dire warning comes from the latest extensive report from the United Nations. They gathered scientists from around the world to contribute to the first comprehensive report on the state of the world’s biodiversity. The… »
Economy, International, Society
Canada History: May 7th, (8,9) 1945: VE-Day
WWII ends in Europe It was not quite a year earlier, June 6 1944, that the Allies landed on the shores of Normandy and began the long and terrible battle to free Europe. In the final days of April 1945,… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Whales: Human created noise adds to threats
Canada’s agency charged with overseeing the status of biodiversity in this country has just released a report on marine noise and the effect on three whale species. Hal Whitehead, of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia and co-chair of the marine… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian research into childhood brain cancer- new discovery
Brain tumours are the leading cause of non-accidental death in children. Tragically there is little that can be done once the cancer begins such that a majority of cases are fatal. Unfortunately as well, little is known about these cancers… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Honours for Canadian discoverer of world’s oldest water
A University of Toronto researcher has been awarded one of Canada’s top science prizes for her work related to the discovery of the oldest water on Earth. Earth sciences professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar has just been awarde the 2019 Gerhard… »
Canada History: May 4, 2012- the last penny drops
In the Canadian federal government’s March “Economic Action Plan” of 2012, a segment was devoted to the penny, the one cent coin. The particular reference said the government had decided to end the use of the penny. Originally made of… »
Arts & Entertainment, Health, Society
School rugby programmes cancelled in Nova Scotia
The maritime province of Nova Scotia announced it has ceased all its high-school rugby programmes. The decision was apparently based on insurance costs and injury rates. There’s no doubt that rugby is a rough and tumble game like most other… »
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