After months of consultation, federal Minister of Border Security and Organised Crime, Bill Blair, has released his report on a possible ban on handguns and so-called assault-style rifles. The 31-page report says Canadians are very polarized on the issue of… »
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: April 12, 13, 14, 2019
Your hosts: Lynn, Levon, Marie-Claude, Marc (video of show at bottom) Research needed into ship noise effects on Narwhals in Nunavut With a mining company on Baffin Island, in the Arctic territory of Nunavut, requesting a permit for a significant… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Arctic: warmest in 10,000 years
The most recent report from Environment and Climate Change Canada noted once again that the Arctic is one of the fastest warming areas on Earth. A new study by researchers at the University of Alberta came to even more surprising… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Disappearing cashiers: self check-out replacing people
Retail self-checkout: a trend but with backlash More and more stores are reducing cashiers and replacing them with self checkouts. But unlike ATM’s or self-serve gas stations, they are still not widely accepted by clients. However, it might be an… »
Beards, bare legs, ponytails OK for Canadian military
Dress code changes in Canada’s military Militaries around the world seek uniformity in their personnel as demonstrated by dress code. But there is resistance among young people to that and the Canadian Forces has been struggling to sign up recruits,… »
Vehicle licence plate; Change coming in Ontario
The U.S and Canada seem to be unique and among the very few countries in the world with slogans on their vehicle licence plates. Now Canada’s most populous province, Ontario, is about to change the slogan on their plates. The… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Secretive military intelligence review agency delivers first report
A relatively new group called The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICP) has just released its first annual report. Although the committee is not secret, most what it deals with is indeed top secret. The idea for the… »
Eating healthy food: becoming too costly?
Canadians find it more difficult to choose healthy food options A recent survey has revealed that fully half of all Canadians say it’s becoming more difficult to buy healthy foods. About 40 per cent say that following the recent edition… »
D-Day 75: preparing for a major anniversary of war − Juno Beach Centre
We are just a couple of months away from a major event in Normandy France. June 6,1944 saw the greatest seaborne invasion in history with vast numbers of Allied troops landing on the beaches to free Europe from Nazi occupation.… »
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WWI: Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917: At last a victory
The First World War had been going badly for the Allies stuck in this deadly conflict of attrition amid appalling conditions. A new and desperate plan was formed- take the heights from the Germans at Vimy. The early morning of… »
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