The proposed merger of two of the world’s biggest bio-tech and chemical companies has made world headlines. The merger, worth $66 billion, will see Bayer AG, involved mostly in chemicals. take over Monsanto Co. which is heavily involved in bio-technology.… »
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, Politics
Canada-US lumber deal, back again, still bad for Canada
A new assessment by an economic analysis group says the Canada-US softwood lumber deal threatens up to 22,000 jobs in Canada. It adds the deal has benefitted American producers, while harming Canadian producers and American consumers. The analysis was prepared… »
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National Film Board: Grasslands Project
Canada is sprinkled with small towns, many slowly fading, others determined to hang on in spite of the odds. Canada is also a huge country with vastly differing environments. One of the regions that has not received a lot of… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
the LINK Online Sep. 17, 2016
your hosts Lynn, Marc, Carmel Classrooms in southern Ontario schools have been so hot, getting down to work was not possible last week. © istock It’s been hot in central Canada this summer, It was hot in June in the final… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International
International leaders meet to fight AIDS, TB, Malaria
A major gathering of world leaders is taking place in Montreal It goes under the less than thrilling name of the “Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria” in an effort to end the… »
History: Sept 16 1974- RCMP gender barrier overturned
They were men, strong and tough, able to endure the harshest of conditions, but men, no women (at least on paper). For over 100 years, remote parts of Canada had been patrolled and even explored to some extent by members… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
North America’s land birds in decline
North America is losing its birds. While other studies have reported losses in seabirds, a new report says North America’s land bird population has been almost decimated over the last 40 years. Judith Kennedy is co-author of the report and… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
History Sept. 15,1885: Death of a star entertainer, a huge star
At over 4 metres (13 feet) tall at the time of death, he was big. In fact in the English language his name has come to mean anything big from jumbo jets, to jumbo shrimp..to, well anything big. Jumbo the… »
Arts & Entertainment, Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Lawsuit over sex-toy spying
Imagine you buy a sex toy and then find out it’s sending information over the web to the company about how you use it. The We-Vibe is a high-end vibrator which is also Wi-Fi and Bluetooth compatible. Through a downloaded… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Increase farm yields, reduce environmental impact: Food from Thought Initiative
The federal government is injecting substantial money into research intended to spur development of new technologies in farm practices. The basic idea is to achieve greater yields from crops and farmed animals while at the same time reducing the environmental… »
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