Plastic has been a boon to mankind used in everything from containers, to bags, to car and plane parts, to clothing and so much more. However, it has also become an environmental disaster. While single use plastic shopping bags have… »
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, Immigration & Refugees, International
New wave of illegal migrant crossings into Canada
This past Easter weekend is perhaps the harbinger of a new crisis to come this summer in illegal entry into Canada. Border officials say they now fear a mass migration of Salvadorans from the U.S. later this year. During the… »
Health, International, Society
Festivulve in Montreal
In celebration of women’s “private parts” It’s billed as a fun yet educative event, a festival, to celebrate vaginas and it seems it’s unique and could be a sort of world first in that regard. Organiser Mel Goyer says it’s… »
Canada’s “alien” collector coin
Canada’s Royal Canadian mint continues its trend of creating unusual collector coins. The latest is to highlight one of Canada’s most famous UFO encounters. Shaped somewhat like a guitar pick, it also glows another image under ultraviolet light. Only 4,000… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics
Climate change and Carbon tax: confusion reigns in Canada
A recent poll in Canada shows significant differences of opinion on the issue of climate change, carbon taxes, and other mitigation policies. The poll was conducted by Abacus Data for the Ecofiscal Commission, a group of economists who are strongly… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Immigration & Refugees, Indigenous, Society
Statistics Canada- 100 years of vital data gathering
Canada’s national agency which compiles statistics on virtually all aspects of Canadian life, turns 100 this year. It’s a fascinating record of data on how a nation has been growing, and changing. Anil Arora is Chief Statistician of Canada Statistics… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Concern over serious fish decline off Newfoundland
They’re a tiny fish, but a critical link in the food chain. Conservationists, fishermen and the government are all concerned about a huge decline of up to 70 per cent, in the capelin population off the coasts of Newfoundland and… »
Police not wanted in Toronto gay pride parade
Toronto police have been asked by several community groups to withdraw their request to join the city’s annual gay pride parade slated for June 22-24. Canada’s biggest and most diverse city, Toronto, Ontario, is home to the country’s largest annual… »
Ontario budget pledges money for high-speed rail
Provincial election on horizon In a pre-election budget, the provincial Liberal government of Kathleen Wynne is promising $182 billion in infrastructure projects over ten years. Biggest among the project is the promise of $11 billion as an initial investment to… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology
Taking your meds: new technology and technique to help you remember
Doctors are constantly frustrated by patients who don’t take the full programme of medications prescribed. For one thing, with antibiotics it can lead to bacterial resistance, but in cases like transplants or grafts, it can be life threatening. A recent… »
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