CBC/BBC announce new group to give international-level athletes a strong voice A former top executive of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a top Olympic cyclist are behind a new athlete-based international sports body. Called Global Athlete, the new body… »
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, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
The biggest threat to the world’s biggest creatures is hunting
We are eating them to extinction A new report says while pollution and habitat loss are still serious threats to the world’s creatures, hunting is the biggest threat to their survival. Boris Worm (PhD) is a professor of marine biology… »
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Woman sought in potentially deadly incident
An online video apparently showing a young woman throwing a chair from a Toronto highrise is eliciting shock and outrage from Torontonians, and people right across the country. The building is right beside a very busy Toronto highway and busy… »
Big winter storm to paralyse much of central Canada
Mass closures announced It’s being billed as the biggest winter storm this season. Predictions of a major snowfall this afternoon and evening combined with high winds has resulted in winter storm warnings across much of southern Ontario and Quebec Most… »
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The LINK Online, Feb. 8,9,10
Your hosts, Lynn, Marie-Claude, Terry, and Marc (video of show at bottom) Europe’s Marine Protected Areas allow heavy commercial fishing One might easily presume that Europe’s marine protected areas (MPA)help conserve marine species. A new study shows that’s not the… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
U.S.: new warnings to partners about dealing with Huawei
China’s Huawei, one of the world’s largest telecom giants, has been accused of being used for spying for the Chinese government. Although there has been no actual evidence presented publicly, it has been widely suggested the firm has been involved… »
Railway modifies rules after deadly crash
The tragic railway derailment this week has led to changes in procedure by the Canadian Pacific railway. The new rules will now require handbrakes to be set on trains making emergency stops in mountain routes. Train number 301 was on… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Mysterious Havana syndrome- Diplomats sue federal government
It’s a bizarre, very mysterious, and possibly top secret incident. A number of Canadian diplomats and family members serving at the Canadian embassy in Havana, Cuba, experienced unexplained illnesses and evidence of brain injury. It’s become known as “Havana syndrome”.… »
Medically assisted dying in Canada: seeking better rules
The issue of assisted dying in Canada has long been a very delicate one, for all involved including politicians, the legal system, medical staff and of course the individuals. The latest case involved a Nova Scotia woman who had been… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Elvis is back!
Well, not exactly, but the Elvis festival is back. We may be just in the middle of winter in N.America, but tickets are already on sale for one of the world’s biggest Elvis festivals. In fact it bills itself as… »
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