On September 17, 2016, hundreds of people in a small northern Ontario town, came to honour the memory of Sgt Charles Henry Byce. Politicians, Byce’s family members, veterans, representatives of the Moose Cree and aboriginal drummers, along with residents of… »
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.
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Children’s fitness test: international results
It’s called the “beep” test, and it’s a global standardized evaluation of children’s general fitness levels. A major new analysis of results of such tests has ranked childrens’s aerobic fitness in 50 countries. Justin Lang is the lead author of… »
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History Sept. 22, 1988: apology to Japanese-Canadians of WWII
In the late 1930;s and early 1940’s western nations knew Japan was posing a military threat. The full scale of Japanese horrors in their attacks on China in the late 1930’s was not yet realized when on December 7, 1941,… »
The man with the golden bum
Ok apologies to James Bond fans.. but police were trying to figure out how someone was making off with gold from Canada’s mint. The case has been kept very quiet: the Royal Canadian Mint doesn’t like to advertise that they… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
CETA- free trade study refutes government optimism
The Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) is a free trade deal between Canada and the nations of the European Union. Worked out between the previous Stephen Harper led Conservative Party government , the deal is being promoted with equal enthusiasm… »
Bomb threat empties entire province’s schools.
A vague bomb threat has resulted in emergency evacuations of all schools in the island province of Prince Edward Island. A spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) say the threat did not mention any particular school so as… »
Economy, Health, International, Politics, Society
Fighting against hospital parking fees.
The high cost of parking at hospitals has been a contentious issue for years. As an example, Ontario’s Health Minister says the province’s hospitals take in about $100 million per year from parking fees. While parking lots require expenditures, and… »
International, Politics, Society
ISIS and the internet- turning a tool into a weapon
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… »
Economy, Health, Politics, Society
Canada’s biggest city: more people edging toward hunger
In spite of being Canada’s busiest and most populous region, more people in the city of Toronto and surrounding urban boroughs, are going hungry. The Daily Bread Food Bank, the North York Harvest Food Bank and 170 member agencies in… »
New designation for historic lighthouse
The East Point lighthouse on Prince Edward Island has just been named “Canada’s Confederation Lighthouse”. For many decades, even a century or more in some cases, Canada’s many lighthouses were a much welcomed beacon to sailors. With modern technology like… »
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