Player who broke the N.H.L. colour barrier dies at age 94 In the past, professional sports were almost an exclusive club where visible minorities were excluded. Famous black baseball player Jackie Robinson broke that sport’s colour barrier in Montreal Canada.… »
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.
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Society
Restaurant owner takes a drastic measure against wi-fi “campers”
Many businesses now offer free wi-fi as a customer service, but, how many times have you seen people in a coffee shop, a restaurant, or elsewhere who are occupying a space alone and silently staring into their laptop screens or… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
New Brunswick’s historic covered bridges..slowly disappearing
They’re all little older or a little younger than the 100 year mark, but they’re also slowly disappearing. They are the covered bridges of New Brunswick and these were once were fairly common in many areas of North America as… »
Canada to join dangerous Mali peacekeeping mission.
The large central African republic of Mali has been beset with bitter internal violence since Taureg uprising in the north in 2012. This was followed by a military coup in 2013, and although an election was held later, infighting among… »
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|The LINK Online March 16-17-18, 2018
Your hosts: Terry, Marie-Claude, and Marc (video of show at bottom) One of the world’s greatest minds has passed away. Stephen Hawking died this week at his home in Cambridge, England. Professor Raymond Laflamme, Canada Research Chair in Quantum Computing… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Ancient beer comes to life
Besides being Canadian, what does a university expert in Hellenistic and Roman history who can translate ancient Greek, and a craft brewery have in common? The answer is approximately 1,700-year-old Egyptian beer. Professor Matt Gibbs is Chair of the University… »
More sex enhancement products seized
Neighbourhood convenience stores are not the usual place to find male sexual performance products. In fact, it’s illegal. A chain of convenience store in Ontario has been raided by officials from Health Canada and more than 16 products have been… »
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Deliberately racially divisive, or necessary discussion in Canada?
An assistant professor from Saskatchewan has stirred up quite a controversy over a speech he was invited to give at Trent University in Ontario. The main title was “It’s OK to be Against White-ness” Michael Capello (PhD) is and anti-oppressive… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Canadian politician:questions of Sikh extremist sympathies
The leader of one of Canada’s three major federal political parties is finding himself in hot water today. Jagmeet Singh was elected as the leader of the left-leaning federal New Democratic Party (NDP) in October of last year, but certain… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
Day Zero for Cape Town water, what about Canada, and elsewhere?
Cape Town in South Africa is edging ever nearer to becoming the world’s first major city to run out of water, literally. This is due to an ongoing multi-year drought. Other areas around the world are also threatened with potential… »
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