A settlement has been reached this week in the Quebec class action lawsuit against the Depuy ASR hip replacement system. These were subject to a worldwide recall in August 2010 due to problems with the metal on metal devices. 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.
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Tracking the world’s fishing fleet
For the first time, fishing vessels world-wide can be tracked. Researchers from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia along with other institutions, have developed the new global fishing dataset. Kristian Boerder (PhD candidate) at the Boris Worm Lab at Dalhousie is… »
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Society
Canadians clearly divided on accepting American DACA asylum seekers
A new poll shows Canadians are divided on whether the country should accept people currently living in the U.S under temporary protected status and who may be forced to leave. There are two U.S programmes involved both of which are… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
This Sunday, Soil Your Undies!
No, not like that!- It’s an annual campaign by the Soil Conservation Council of Canada (SCCC) for people to check the health of the soil on their property. This could include your lawn, garden, flowerbed, agricultural field, or soils in… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
One degree Arctic temperature increase causes big lake change
Scientists working in the high Arctic found that a huge lake is undergoing some profound changes as a result of a mere one degree increase in the average Arctic air temperature. Martin Sharp (PhD, FRSC) is a professor in the… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics
Oil pipeline fight- dramatic announcement
Pits company, Alberta, and federal government against B.C, environmentalists, and First Nations The ongoing and bitter fight over a new pipeline from Alberta to the west coast of British Columbia heard a major announcement today. The Texas-based Kinder-Morgan said it… »
International, Politics, Society
First World War battle of 101 years ago remembered
It was a tremendous and typically horrific battle, but by the end of the day, the Canadians had succeeded where others had failed at a stupefying cost in lives. The place was a piece of high ground near Vimy France,… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
The LINK Online Apr 6-7-8, 2018
Your hosts, Lynn, Levon, Marie-Claude, and Marc (Video of show at bottom) Former ISIS capital Raqqa in ruins The Daesh or ISIS Islamic militants had used Raqqa as their self-described capital for their plans to create a caliphate in Syria.… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Society
“Fresh” contribution for the Yukon mummified toe drink
“Sourtoe” cocktail to get new British toes in reserve A competitor in this year’s Yukon marathon has said he’ll contribute his three amputated toes to the Dawson City bar, the Downtown Hotel which offers the shrivelled toe drink. The name “sourtoe”… »
University to hire a “conjuring arts” professor
Carleton University in Ottawa is looking for someone to fill a newly created chair. The “magician” or conjuring arts chair is to help understand how people are led to believe something that didn’t happen. The idea is related to how… »
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