Quebec provincial pollce officer killed during attack It was a conflict –a land dispute-that had its origins as far back as the early 1700’s. It reached a boiling point and international headlines on this day, July 11, 1990. That was… »
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 6,7,8, 2018
Your hosts today: Lynn, Levon, Leo, and Marc Remembering the first and almost forgotten WWII invasion of Europe It was the first mass invasion of Europe in the Second World War and helped in the planning for the later D-Day.… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
Calgary Stampede: Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth
The 106th Calgary Stampede is now underway. It opened with the huge parade through downtown Calgary Alberta under hot sunny skies to a huge and enthusiastic crowd. Billed as the greatest outdoor show on Earth, the entertainment event celebrating the… »
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Political head butting: Prime Minister and Ontario Premier meet
“Superheated” meeting It was the first meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and the new Premier of Canada’s most populous province. By some accounts, it was not a smooth meeting. Newly installed Ontario Premier Doug Ford had already snubbed… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Society
Ontario electric company wants to end paper billing
“save paper for what matters: kids and their imaginations” In an annual campaign, Hydro Ottawa which supplies electricity to over 330,000 homes and businesses in the national capital, is encouraging customers to go “paperless”. Declaring that children’s drawings (on paper)… »
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WW-II: Remembering a forgotten (almost) campaign July 10-Aug 7, 1943
Sicily landings 1943- Op Husky Almost everyone knows about the Normandy landing of D-Day in the Second World War but the prior invasion of Europe, if not forgotten, seems largely ignored. That was the invasion of Sicily and followed by… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
World Cup: Who are Canadians cheering for?
Canada is not in the World Cup and hasn’t been since a brief appearance and early exit in1986 after playing three games and not scoring a goal. So who do Canadians cheers for in this World Cup? Being a multi-cultural… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health
Eating like a human results in obese raccoons
Seems that city raccoons are living the human life-too much. In an urban setting there’s often a lot of household and fast food waste that makes a handy meal for the bold urban omnivores. All that human junk food also… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
Whither the Trans-Mountain line, and the future of new pipelines in Canada
There are some 840,000 kilometres of oil and gas pipelines in Canada. The future of new pipelines is now doubt with the pullout of Kinder Morgan who sold their partially completed Trans-Mountain line to the Canadian government due to legal… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Intriguing Canadian inventor killed
Bear suit inventor Troy Hurtubise was reported killed in a car accident on June 19 near his home of North Bay, Ontario. His is perhaps not a name immediately well-known to most Canadians, even though he’s been the subject of… »
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