The World Wildlife Fund-Canada says that barren ground caribou in Canada are facing a dire future. In a press release today, WWF said that the caribou herds were once found in impressive numbers all across the Arctic, their numbers have… »
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.
International, Politics, Society
History- Oct.12, 1957, Canadian awarded for creation of U.N Peacekeepers
On this date in 1957, then Canadian external affairs minister Lester B Pearson received a telegram from Sweden. It informed him of his being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It was due to events of the previous year during the… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Politics, Society
Decline of journalism in Canada: Part 1 of 2
For years, decades in fact, small and medium sized newspapers have been closing their doors while radio and TV stations have also been reducing their journalist staff. In many cases this is because the operations have been bought by bigger… »
Scandal leads to zoo closing
The zoo in Bowmanville, Ontario, bills itself as the oldest private zoo in North America. Bowmanville is about 75 kilometres east of Canada’s biggest city, Toronto. The zoo began 97 years ago as an amusement park with a petting zoo.… »
Canada’s east coast: high winds, massive floods wreak havoc
It wasn’t hurricane Matthew, but it was however a low-pressure system created by the hurricane and that was plenty. Though not the actual hurricane, the winds were nonetheless over 100km/h over the region in many areas and were accompanied by… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Society
Documentary- Bugs on the Menu
Bugs on the menu? No it’s not some tiny creature crawling across a menu, the bugs are the menu. Ian Toews, director, cinematographer, co-producer Bugs on the Menu © supplied In a world where the population is growing, and resources to… »
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The LINK, Online Sat 08 Oct., 2016
Your hosts this week Lynn, Marc with a contribution from Carmel Senator Ratna Omidvar says changes must be made so there is due process in the citizenship revocation process. Canada’s Immigration Minister John McCallum told the Senate he would consider… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Extremely deadly opioid willingly exported by Chinese companies
There has been a rash of deaths across Canada and thousands worldwide as the extremely powerful synthetic opioid, fentanyl, has made its way into street drugs. Fentanyl can be up to 50 times stronger than heroin. Recently an even deadlier… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International
Zika mosquitoes discovered in Canada
One of the mosquito species known to carry the Zika virus has been discovered in southwestern Ontario. Aedes albopictus is also known as the Asian Tiger mosquito. This species is known as a carrier of the West Nile disease, but… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Seeking greater protection for animals in Canada: failed
Protecting animals, wild and domestic, from abuse would seem to be a good thing. Animal rights groups have been fighting for years to modernize Canadian law with respect to treatment of animals, laws which in some cases have had little… »
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