In a press release today PEN Canada has denounced the murder of writer Nahed Hattar. The Jordanian writer was killed on the weekend as he approached the steps of a court building in Amman. He had been charged with “insulting… »
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, and the world’s, water crisis Part 2 of 5
In her new book, Boiling Point: Government neglect, corporate abuse, and Canada’s water crisis” Maude Barlow details the variety of situations that threaten Canada’s and the world’s supply and access to fresh water. “The water crisis is at our door… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Slander lawsuit pits Islamic school against feminist
A court case began this week over events that stretch back to 2012. An award-winning author and avowed secularist Djemila Benhabib is being sued by a private Islamic school in Montreal over remarks she made during a radio interview in… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Canada, and the world’s, water crisis: Part 1 of 5
Nothing on earth can survive without water. Not plants, not animals, not fish. Humans can survive only about 3 days without it. Even though the Earth is filled with lakes and rivers, and rain falls from the sky, we’re running… »
History: Oka crisis ends
It began with argument over land between a Mohawk reserve and the small town of Oka, about 60 kilometres north-west of Montreal. The small area of land claimed by the Mohawk reserve of Kahnestake had been in dispute for centuries.… »
Trouble over aboriginal finances on Alberta reserve
The question of where federal funding is going once it is sent to indigenous reserves, has arisen once again. A controversy is brewing at the Alexander First Nation in Alberta where an outside financial forensic audit determined over $2 million went to… »
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Documentary film: How ISIS recruits
The young man who has lived next door for years suddenly grows a beard and starts criticizing western life; the young woman you’ve seen growing up, stops wearing make-up, begins to dress much more conservatively. One day, they disappear. It’s… »
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The LINK Online- Sat. Sept 24, 2016
Your hosts this week, Lynn, Levon, and Marc With mergers in the bio-tech and chemical pesticide industries, over 60 percent of the world’s seed and pesticides will be controlled by only three companies, with an emphasis on genetically modified seeds.… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Pokemon go..more troubles
It has become a worldwide fad game, but Pokemon Go is also getting many people angry. With people absent-mindedly walking into traffic, driving erratically, or bumping into other pedestrians as they walk with heads down, the latest incident involves a… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadians and science literacy: We’re No 1…um..maybe not.
This is Science Literacy Week in Canada running from September 19-25th. The purpose is to celebrate science, highlight scientists and science communicators, demonstrate how exciting science is, and showcase the excellence and diversity of Canadian Science. Although libraries, universities, and… »
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