It’s called “second chance”. Police in Calgary Alberta have joined with other forces in California in a programme to encourage organ donation. Instead of a costly ticket for offences like an illegal U-turn, or a parking violation or others at… »
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.
Economy, International, Society
Notre Dame restoration, a Canadian stonemason comments
The damage to this great cathedral can be easily seen to be devastating and extensive. The ancient oak beams supporting the steeply vaulted lead-covered roof are gone and speculation is they will not, and very possibly could not be replaced.… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
European football: The curse of Drake continues
Canadian rap star Drake is a big sports fan. As an international star, many sports teams and players like to have the added publicity of photos taken with him, or have him wear team merchandise like jerseys or caps. It… »
International, Politics, Society
Canada extends military training mission in Ukraine, Iraq
In February 2014, Russia made incursions into Ukraine, eventually annexing Crimea in March. In April at about the same time as conflict erupted between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed armed separatists, Canada announced it would send Canadian military personnel to the… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Controversial experiment: Chinese add human gene to monkey brains
Once again Chinese researchers are being condemned for an experiment involving genomics. The controversy comes from an effort to insert a human brain gene into eleven monkey embroyos. The five surviving monkeys did not have bigger brains but their brains… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Genetically modified fish: to label or not to label
Labelling of genetically modified foods has been a contentious issue for years. Europe now requires such labelling, and the U.S recently also requires labelling of certain types of engineered food products. The Canadian government has recently given approval for the… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Society
Farmers calculate heavy cost of carbon tax
While much of the news of protests against the federal Liberal carbon tax is coming from the oil-rich province of Alberta, farmers in neighbouring Saskatchewan have calculated some of their costs, and its extensive. Th Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Jobs threatened, jobs created, the future of employment in 2030
Many reports suggest that technology and AI will threaten vast numbers of typical job categories we know today. A new report notes that other factors will also come into play in both eliminating and in creating jobs by 2030 including… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canada history: APRIL 15, 1912, Titanic disappears off Newfoundland
It was unbelievable. On April 15, 1912, the word was being flashed around the world by telegraph that the world’s biggest, most impressive and theoretically unsinkable ship, was gone. Late on the 14th, the RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Critical decline in mackerel stocks
The federal agency Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) says stocks of Atlantic mackerel are at an all time low. They say there has been an 86 per cent decline over the past 20 years. The DFO scientists also say the… »
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