Although not quite the end of the year several news services are already releasing data on their biggest stories of the year in Canada. The Canadian Press, a major news wire service, said the top business story for the year… »
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, Society
Canada not so “green” compared to other countries
A major report released today says Canada is not doing very well on the environmental front. The environmental performance review by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) puts Canada rather far down the list of the OECD countries… »
Solitary confinement struck down as unconstitutional
A long legal effort to change rules on solitary confinement of prisoners has won a substantial victory. The non-profit civil liberties and constitutional rights organisation, The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has been fighting the battle to end the practice… »
University freedom of speech: complaint was fake – controversy continues
A somewhat shocking finding has been uncovered in an issue which made major domestic and even international headlines. The incident involved university attitudes toward freedom of speech, academic freedom, and transgender concerns. An independent inquiry into the incident at Ontario’s… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Christmas bird count-Canada
If you see a few people out in the field or in your neighbourhood looking through binoculars and taking notes, they’re not spying, they’re counting birds. Every year about this time, indeed from December 14 to January 5 in specific… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Immigration & Refugees, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Chagas disease: study reveals new concerns
With world travel so easily available, and through immigration, there are very few diseases now that are limited to one geographical area of the world. This is the case with “chagas” disease. Momar Ndao (PhD, DVM) is a scientist from… »
Penny ends, rounding begins, profits made
It turns out, it’s what many people suspected all along. When the federal government phased out the use of the one-cent coin in 2013, many people thought it would benefit business to the detriment of consumers, as business would “round-up”… »
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The LINK Online, Dec.17, 2017
Your hosts Lynn, Levon, Marie-Claude, Marc (video of show at bottom) While Canada is discouraging the use of coal at home and around the world, pension funds and corporations are investing in it. © PC/Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press/file The use of… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Politics, Society
Ticket bots banned in Ontario
Major concerts and events sold out in minutes So there’s a show you’ve been waiting to see, or an event, and as soon as the tickets go on sale…they’re sold out. But you can buy them on other sites, scalper… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Another dismembered foot washes up on west coast
mystery: human foot in running shoe: #13 It’s been a rather disturbing mystery to most. Since 2007 several dismembered feet still laced in running shoes (trainers) have been found washed up on shores in and around the lower mainland of… »
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