The Montreal “Festival des films du monde” (FFM) at one time was a a star-studded premier movie event in Canada. Its “star” however has faded considerably in the past few years while its competitor, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has… »
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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The LINK Online July 13-14-15, 2018
Your hosts, Carmel, Levon, Er Shen, and Marc Violence against school teachers: worrisome and growing concern The Canadian Teachers Federation represents over 230,000 teachers in Canada from kindergarten to grade 12. The CTF was becoming concerned about increasing talk of… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Indy-car racing: The big event in the big city
While Montreal has the Formula One racing event which attracts vast crowds to that city every year, Toronto is the place to be this weekend for car racing fans. The Toronto Honda-Indy race takes place this weekend in Canada’s biggest city… »
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NATO: defence spending claim and counter-claims
U.S President Trump once again ruffled some feathers at the NATO summit this week. Among other things he complained that other members were not meeting their financial obligations. His gruff talk however seems to have had some effect. Colin Robertson… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Immigration & Refugees, Politics
2010 Tamil migrant ship: expensive, toxic legacy
A tired tramp steamer called the MV Sun Sea was a the heart of an international incident in 2010. Originally built in 1980 the 53 metre-long ship was loaded with 492 Sri Lankan Tamil migrants in Thailand and then headed… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Tragedy strikes cross-Canada farm education trip
Henk and Bettina Schuurmans, both aged 55, were dairy farmers in Floradale, just outside Elmira, Ontario. Their cross-Canada trip aboard a farm-tractor came to a tragic end this week when they were hit by a large truck on a highway… »
Health, International, Society
Canadian schools: Report on violence against teachers
“(The teachers) are in the line of fire daily and this does not bode well if we continue the same path we’re on” M Ramsankar Schools aren’t what they used to be even as little as ten years ago. That’s… »
International, Politics, Society
Canadian on trial in Germany for Holocaust denial
Canadian-born Monika Schaefer, 59, of Jasper, Alberta, is now on trial in Germany along with her 63-year-old German-Canadian brother, Alfred, who now lives near Munich. They are charged under German laws against “inciting hatred”. Both have been charged relating to… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
Starbucks: joining the anti-plastic movment
The campaign against the millions of tonnes of plastic waste which enters the environment annually got another boost today. The huge international coffee outlet chain, Starbucks announced a plan today that it will begin phasing out use of plastic straws… »
Arts & Entertainment, Politics, Society
Being Prime Minister: what are they like as people?
Leaders lives behind the scenes. In public life, our leaders often put on a “public face”, but what are they like when the microphones and cameras aren’t there? That’s the premise of a new book called On Being Prime Minister… »
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