“What is the 40-year lag, and what is its affect on oceans?” To answer the question, we contacted Boris Worm (PhD). He is a professor of marine conservation biology at Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia and heads the Worm… »
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, Indigenous, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Ecological emergency: call to save remaining West Coast old growth forest
Environmental groups are sounding an urgent alarm over logging of ancient trees, the “old growth” forest, throughout Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia. The Sierra Club of B.C., in a press release said, 2,430 sq.km of rainforest were logged on… »
Beer battles in Canada: getting your suds up!
It’s summer in Canada, a season when a nice cold beer is a favoured refreshment. In Canada beer sales are provincially regulated, and while the country promotes free trade deals internationally, the strange fact is that there are many trade… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Control or ban? International discussion on commercial fishery in the Arctic Sea
Arctic states and several other invited fishing nations met in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, to continue discussions on regulation for commercial fishing in international waters of the high Arctic. There was no final agreement, but “good progress” was apparently made. Never an… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Society
The annual Calgary Stampede comes to a wet closure.
Another successful “greatest annual outdoor show on earth”, albeit, a damp one. The GMC Rangeland Derby (chuck wagon races) final was as exciting as ever, and muddy! © Calgary Stampede-CBC A wagon hits a barrel and flips in an early heat… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous
Inuit elders tell their experience of Arctic climate change
A new book looks at the human side of climate change in the Arctic. It’s called “The Caribou Taste Different Now-Inuit elders observe climate change.” While scientists continue to document and gather data on Arctic changes, two researchers talked to… »
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The LINK Online
Your hosts, Lynn, Terry, Marc The Chinese military has embarked a vast buildup and modernization programme becoming the world’s third superpower. © scmp.com The situation in the South China Sea became a little more tense this week An international court in… »
The world’s largest Viking ship, stalled by US bureaucracy?
The 35-metre long Draken Harald Harfagre made its voyage successfully across the Atlantic without a lot of modern day aids and comforts to the shores of Newfoundland. The plan was to continue up the St Lawrence and into the Great… »
History July 17, 1944- The Canadian who changed the course of WWII
July 17, 1944 in Normandy France was a beautiful summer day. To the west, the Allies were in a bitter struggle but continuing to push inward from the beaches and coastal towns against determined resistance from German forces. Since January… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
A ‘crabby’ experience, eco-tourism in Nova Scotia
Come to beautiful Nova Scotia on Canada’s east coast and catch crabs. It’s a new project by Parks Canada to deal with the invasive European green crab. Visitors pay $30, and get a bumpy 20 minute all-terrain vehicle ride down… »
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