With massive and often violent anti-police riots in the U.S, the situation in Canada seems somewhat different. While there have been highly questionable incidents in Canada of late involving police and people of colour or non-caucasian ethnicity, the movement to … »
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.
Canada history: Oct.10, 1970: Terror escalates in Quebec
Fifty years ago, Canada and especially the mainly French-speaking province of Quebec was gripped with fear A small group of French-speaking Marxist radicals advocating for the separation of Quebec to form an independent socialist country, had been terrorizing the province… »
Bank of Canada: Negative interest rate, ‘in the toolkit’
Around the world economies are suffering from the effects of the pandemic and central banks have lowered interest rates as one measure to mitigate the effects. Here in Canada, several reports have indicated that an economic recovery which seemed to… »
Study: Unwanted sexual, discriminatory behaviour at Canada’s military colleges
A report by the federal agency Statistics Canada looked at the situation in Canada’s two military colleges in 2019 regarding sex assault, unwanted sexualized behaviour and discriminatory behaviour. It found a relatively high percentage of usually minor but nonetheless offensive… »
Black Canadian sets record milestone in NHL professional hockey
In a time when discrimination is a major concern, a young black Canadian hockey player through his talent has broken a record of sorts in the National Hockey League. Quinton Byfield from Newmarket in southern Ontario, was first draught pick… »
Ontario proposing an end to (generally disliked) seasonal time changes
Every spring most provinces across Canada move the clocks forward one hour (March), and every fall (November) the clocks are moved back one hour (Daylight Saving Time-DST). The common saying for people to remember is “spring forward, fall back”. But… »
Immigration & Refugees, International
Canada may be accepting Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters as refugees
Canada may be willing to accept pro-democracy protesters into the country under asylum rules in what may be a sign of willingness to accept people fleeing increased Chinese control in the former British colony. The respected Globe and Mail newspaper… »
Canada announces national plan to ban some single-use plastics
The Canadian government plan to phase out single-use plastics which have been a major source of environmental pollution was thrown out of kilter with the arrival of the pandemic. Concerns over spreading the virus led to a resurgence of items… »
Indigenous group launch $4B lawsuit over huge hydro power project
The enormous project to dam the Churchill River in central Labrador to create a massive hydro-electric project is now the subject of a $4 billion dollar lawsuit by the indigenous Innu of the region. The massive project is a joint… »
Build at home: Canada’s shipbuilders angry at government foreign ship purchases
The Canadian Marine Industry and Shipbuilding Association (CMISA) is upset at the Canadian government over plans to buy a used light icebreaker from abroad for the Canadian Coast Guard. The CMISA represents shipyards and related suppliers from across the country.… »
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