or years, Canadian veterinarians have been expressing concerns about rare non-native diseases being brought into the country through imported animals. They are now reporting rare cases of Leishmania, a flesh eating parasite present in many tropical and subtropical countries, but… »
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, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Lobster dispute: Mediator appointed amid tensions
In the ongoing dispute between Indigenous and commercial lobster fishers in east coast Nova Scotia, the federal government has appointed a mediator. He is Alistair Surette, president and vice-chancellor of Université Sainte-Anne, a Francophone university in Pointe-de-l’Eglise, Nova Scotia, which is… »
Economy, Health, International
EU set to add COVID restrictions on travellers from Canada
Up till now, Canada has been listed as a ‘white list’ country whereby travellers can enter the European Union countries without restrictions related to COVID-19. This has meant Canadians entering the EU do not have to quarantine or provide mandatory… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Ontario to experiment with ‘digital’ wallet
Canada’s most populous province is launching a plan to have various provincial identifications and services go ‘virtual’. The idea is part of what the provincial government’s :Ontario Onwards’ programme. and the “COVID-19 Action plan for a People Focused Government” There… »
Hallowe’en 2020 across Canada, still a ‘go’, sort of
Due to the pandemic, almost all major public events have been cancelled in Canada since March, This has included festivals, exhibitions, sporting events, parades and so on, both big and small. Now, months later there have been, and still are,… »
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COVID-19 tracing app: Only 5 per cent reporting their infection in Ontario
Canada’s national COVID-19 tracing app has been downloaded over 4.5 million times across Canada though the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta have not accepted the federal app so far. Alberta at present has its own app called AB Trace… »
Liberal WE scandal may provoke snap election
The controversy over the WE contract, has in part already cost the job of the former finance minister Bill Morneau, and the folding of the Kielburger brothers WE Charity operations in Canada. The opposition Conservatives have been demanding the investigations… »
Lobster conflict in emergency Parliamentary debate
The escalating tensions in southwestern Nova Scotia over the lobster fishery resulted in an emergency debate in Canada’s Parliament last night. Due to COVID, such sessions continue to see only a limited number of members present in person in Parliament,… »
COVID cancels Canada’s university national winter sport championships
Except for the years of the two world wars, for the first time there will be no national university champions, and the first time since U Sports began in 1961. The U sports nationals are considered the highest level of… »
Violence escalates at the weekend in Nova Scotia lobster dispute
Indigenous group vs commercial fishers The ongoing dispute between Indigenous fishers and local commercial lobster fishers entered a new and violent chapter on the weekend. A lobster pound where Indigenous had stored their catch was burned in a suspicious fire,… »
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