As COVID-19 testing continues and numbers of positive cases are on the increase. doctors are urging that people who don’t exhibit symptom don’t line up for tests. At the same time, flu season is arriving with symptoms similar to COVID.… »
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, International
Canadian comedy show sweeps U.S. Emmy awards
For the first time in Emmy Awards history, a single show has won seven categories in the comedy section. It was also the first time that a single show won all four acting categories and the most awarded show in… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Asleep at the (semi-autonomous) wheel at 150km/h
A 20-year-old driver has been charged with speeding and the criminal offence of dangerous driving following an incident in July. Police in Alberta say it’s the first they’ve ever seen. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say they received a report… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Canada History: Sept. 18, 1936 – The fastest steam locomotive
No sooner had man invented motive power, than the quest began for who could achieve the fastest speed, on land, in the air, and on water. When it came to railways, Canada briefly was in world record speed territory. In… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International
Lobster dispute between Indigenous and commercial fishers boils over, again
Yelling, cursing, but no physical confrontation on or off the water Another contentious chapter in a very long dispute over Indigenous fishing rights and federal laws on conservation has begun. Thursday saw a handful of Indigenous lobster boats head out… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Reinvented: shipping containers as COVID safe visitation rooms for care homes
Old shipping containers have been repurposed for many other unusual uses, not the least of which is to be converted into actual homes. With the arrival of COVID-19, many long term care homes (LTC) across the country were forced to… »
Guaranteed basic income for Canadians costly: analysis
Costs could be between $131 to $464B–Fraser Institute The idea of a universal guaranteed basic income (or universal basic income) has gained momentum during the pandemic. This comes as Canada’s federal government has instituted a number of emergency funding programmes… »
Canadians donating less due to COVID and WE Charity scandal, survey
A new survey by the non-profit Angus Reid Institute seems to reinforce what charities have been saying: Canadians are giving less since the pandemic began. This is even as the need for various charitable services has increased during this time.… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics
Caribou in Jasper National park facing local extinction
Canada’s magnificent Jasper and Banff national parks have been home to vast numbers of wildlife since they were created over 100 years ago. They have been home to a subspecies of caribou, southern mountain woodland caribou, which have ranged through… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Society
Food unlikely to transmit COVID-19, says Canada’s food inspection agency
A notice this week from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says there is no evidence that food or food packaging can transmit SARS-CoV2 . It says that there have been no reported cases of food or packaging being associated… »
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