“Baby It’s Cold Outside” (lyrics and music- Frank Loesser) (public commenting open- comments will be posted after moderating) The song was written decades ago in 1944 and has been very popular ever since, especially around Christmas. Now, viewed through today’s… »
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, Politics
Major North American trade deal signed, what now?
Known colloquially as NAFTA 2.0, the newly renegotiated trade deal involving Canada, the U.S, and Mexico is called either USMCA, or CUSMA, or simply the “new NAFTA” The name is not important however. It has been hailed as a victory… »
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Update on 3 iconic species at risk
A new report from the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), says that three species identified with Canada are now at increased risk. In less that 20 years, the group says an invasive beetle has killed… »
Economy, Health, Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Cost of migrants crossing “irregularly” into Canada average $14K each
(public comments open at bottom-Comments will be posted after moderating) It is illegal to cross into Canada anywhere other than at an official border point. The Trudeau government however has changed the terminology from illegal crossing to irregular crossing. After… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
English has some funny words, and science has rated them
Upchuck, bubby, boff, wriggly, yaps, giggle, cooch, guffaw, puffball, and jiggly. some of the words rated as among the funniest What makes a word funny? Well, its form partly, partly what it means, and partly the image it implies among… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian heading to space
A Canadian is now orbiting Earth, along with a Russian and American, heading towards the international space station. David Saint-Jacques, a 48-year-old doctor and astro-physicist, blasted off aboard a Soyuz spacecraft with the two others in a trouble-free lift off… »
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The LINK Online, Nov 30, Dec 1-2
Your hosts, Lynn, Levon, Marie-Claude, and Marc (show video at bottom) Birth tourism in Canada, a much bigger issue than thought Birth tourism, passport babies, or the related anchor baby, are used to describe the concept of foreign women coming… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Climate change survey: Believers tend to be politically left, younger
A new survey by the Angus Reid Institute found some interesting statistics regarding who in Canada believes in climate change and what they believe. Canada has three main political parties, the Liberals (centre-left), the New Democratic Party (slightly more left),… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Otter update; Vancouver park evacuates carp
It’s one of those animal stories that makes headlines. A week ago, a river otter somehow crossed several busy streets in Vancouver to get to the Dr Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Garden. This traditional garden was where several carp (koi) lived… »
Canada is back together again: Only east-west link complete
It may seem odd, but it’s a fact. There is just one road, one single place connecting all of western Canada, to all of eastern Canada. That place is at Nipigon in northern Ontario. It’s where two highways, 11 and… »
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