For the second time a major retail chain has removed toys from its shelves over health concerns and issued a recall The discount chain Dollarama was advised by Health Canada that the plastic toy, a small doll and accessories from… »
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, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Huge offshore oil spill can’t be cleaned up
It’s now revealed that what is believed to be the biggest oil spill in Newfoundland history can’t be cleaned up due to rough seas spreading the spill. The spill occurred about 350 kilometres east of the Newfoundland coast in what… »
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Lifetime ban from U.S. travel for Canadian marijuana investor
There were concerns this would happen, and it has, again. A Canadian investor in the cannabis industry has been permanently banned from entering the U.S. He is the second such investor to receive a lifetime ban from the U.S. In… »
International, Politics, Society
Hill 70 Victoria Cross: A small but vital piece of Canadian history saved
(public comments open on all RCI stories- comments will be posted after moderating) It’s just a tiny bit of low-quality bronze, almost worthless, but what it represents makes it almost priceless. It is the Victoria Cross, the Commonwealth’s highest honour… »
It’s the Christ in Christmas debate yet again
It seems that in recent times as we approach December 24th, the issue of supporting the Christian holiday comes back in the news every year, at least in North America. The effort to remove Christ from Christmas is apparently to… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
A new previously unknown branch on the tree of life discovered
Canadian researchers have discovered an entirely new organism that is like no other. The microbe is a single, but complex cell organism, and is like no other previously known organism. Therefore it has its own unique branch on the tree… »
Curlers on the rocks: bad boys get the boot
Alcohol and ice don’t mix as the “roaring” game gets out of hand Curling is usually considered such a genteel, polite, low-key affair. The sport also generally doesn’t make headlines for that very reason. It did this weekend though. Now… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous
Moose cull in Nova Scotia questioned, and high cost
(public commenting open on all RCI stories- comments will be posted after moderating) Canada’s national parks service, Parks Canada is receiving some backlash for a moose culling programme. Called “Bring Back the Boreal” (forest), to pilot project involves a moose… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Society
Is your honey, really pure?
Yikes “fake” honey This may come as a surprise. Nature’s most popular worldwide natural sweetener, is being messed with. Nature magazine reports that honey is the world’s third most-adulterated food. A research study published in the science journal was entitled… »
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The LINK Online Nov 16-17-18, 2018
Your hosts today, Carmel, Lynn, Marie-Claude, and Marc ( video of show at bottom) Collaborations of concern: Universities and Chinese researchers: Universities are very often centres of discovery and technological innovation. Chinese researchers are actively seeking to collaborate on such… »
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