When a Canadian designed rocket almost caused nuclear war After the Second World War, the world’s powers began to be interested in rockets and missiles. For its part Canada began researching solid rocket fuels for anti-ballistic missiles. To test the… »
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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Fully autonomous vehicles to be allowed on Ontario roads.
If you’re driving along and you pass a car beside you with no-one inside driving, you just might be in Ontario. The provincial government has changed the rules to allow testing of fully autonomous vehicles, without someone behind the wheel. … »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
On guard at the top of the world
It is the most northerly continuously occupied place in the world. At any given moment, roughly 75 personnel of the Canadian Forces and some civilian contractors, live at Canadian Forces Station Alert, on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island in… »
Canada a confederation not quite so unified
It’s a huge country, second biggest in the world, with 10 provinces, 3 territories, and apparently, not all that unified. A new national survey by the Angus Reid Institute polling firm shows some regions are not all that kindly disposed… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
The story of the Black Porters on Canadian railways
It was a unique chapter in Canadian history. The age of rail travel blossomed in the 20th century, and along with it a need for workers aboard the trains to help the passengers, particularly those in the sleeping cars. They… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
The Last Canadian Dambuster passes away
Fred Sutherland of Alberta, dies at age 95 Imagine what you were doing at age 20. Now imagine you are flying in a large but cramped and cold aluminium tube at over 300km/hour a few metres off the ground where… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
Canada and Norway lock horns over moose statue, but wait there’s more
Bigger is one thing, but first is another- That goes to Dryden The international conflict between two northern countries began surprisingly with a traffic safety project in Norway. The idea was to attract people to the giant moose and so… »
Canada: The incredible amount of food wasted
A new study claims almost 60 per cent of food produced in Canada ends up wasted. From day-old breads, to products with an expired or soon to be expired “best before” date, to “not perfect” looking produce to overproduction of… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian innovation in studying helmet impacts
Researchers at Carleton University in Ottawa have developed a new x-ray technology which allows ultra fast images at a rate of up to 100,000 frames per second. This gives absolutely precise images of what happens to helmet designs and also… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Society
22 year old captures Canadian championship (whisky)
The ninth annual Canadian Whisky Awards are in, and this year topping the competition for he best Canadian whisky was 22 year old all-rye by Forty Creek Distillery located at Grimsby in the Niagara Peninsula in southern Ontario. The competition is… »
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