Your hosts Lynn, Levon, Marie-Claude, Marc(video of show at bottom) Special Guest Wei Wu from RCI’s Chinese section leads off the show with a look at the upcoming Chinese New Year Ottawa unveils new rules to combat election interference Recent… »
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.
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Fossil of one of the world’s oldest fish species reveals new insight
66-100 million year old fossil The hagfish is a bottom dweller feeding on things like dead marine life. The eel-like fish is an ancient survivor from millions of years ago. Besides being ugly, they have the unique defence mechanism of… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Politics, Society
Another major sports event host backs out
The officially bilingual province of New Brunswick has backed out of hosting the international Francophone games. Known as the “Jeux de la Francophonie” the combined cities of Moncton-Dieppe had planned to host the games in 2021, but now say the… »
Response to a climate change story
(Both this article and the original one (HERE) prompting this response have been the subject of complaints to the CBC Ombudsman who has ruled in favour of the complainant. Certain elements deemed inaccurate or irrelevant have been removed or modified… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics
How to mitigate the effects of flood damage from climate change
Report says “keep the wetlands”. Counterpoint response to the IBC study- RCI: Nov 19/18 (Both this article and the subsequent “Counterpoint” have been modified as a result of complaints by Robert Muir (P Eng) to the Radio-Canada Ombudsman regarding inaccuracies… »
Youth arrest on terrorism charges
A major investigation in a normally relatively quiet southern Ontario city has resulted in an arrest of a minor on charges related to terrorism. It allegedly involved a bomb plot. Because the individual is only 16 years of age, the… »
Canadians and their heavy debt load
A recent national survey indicated that nearly a majority of Canadians were concerned about their ability to repay debts with a third saying they didn’t earn enough to cover debts and obligations. On the heels of that survey, just a… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Too much plastic: a new effort at reduction through re-use
It’s called “Loop”. A proposal at the Davos World Economic Forum this month would see major manufacturers help in re-use of their products by picking up empty product containers, say from ice cream, or laundry detergent, then sanitise them, refill… »
Canada Dry Ginger Ale- “no ginger” lawsuit settled in U.S., begins in Canada
On the tins the label reads “made from real ginger”. except it apparently isn’t. Invented in Toronto Canada in 1904, Canada Dry became popular in the U.S. as a mixer for alcoholic drinks during prohibition. The name has been owned… »
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The LINK Online Jan 25, 26, 27, 2019
Your hosts today Lynn, Levon, Marie-Claude, and Marc (video of show at bottom) Canadian envoy weighs in on Huawei exec arrest Canadian diplomat John McCallum has created quite a stir when he weighed in on the current international dispute involving… »
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