Saskatchewan is one of Canada’s prairie provinces. A light-hearted look at life and the people in the prarie province © MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc It’s often thought of the flat prairie province, with fields of golden wheat. Indeed the provincial coat… »
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.
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The LINK Online, Sat. 09, July 2016
Your hosts today, Carmel, Levon, and Marc After over two years of fighting, South Sudan has a lack of food with one in three people not having enough to eat. © Lucy Beck/CARE The world’s youngest country, South Sudan, is celebrating… »
KB-882: Who will save this war veteran?
Will our Canadian heritage Lancaster KB-882 be left to crumble and die in Canada, or be taken out of the country? While it appeared that last year an aviation museum in Edmonton, Alberta, would move the plane and begin restoration,… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Society
Fort McMurray wildfire: Costliest natural disaster in Canadian history
The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) has released its preliminary report on damage claims from the Fort McMurray wildfire in northern Alberta. The giant forest fire in western Canada was dubbed ‘the beast” because of its size, speed, the destruction… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Stopping the leaks: tax money and leaking municipal pipes.
Fresh potable water is becoming increasingly critical around the world. In Canada, as is the case in most major cities, municipal water supply systems are buried in pipes underground and are out of sight. Many of these systems are ageing… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Government sued over pesticide use: neonics and bee deaths
A class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids has been blamed for what beekeepers claim is a “catastrophic” loss of pollinators. Now, four Canadian environmental groups have filed lawsuits against the federal government over the issuing of permits for pesticide use containing… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Banning a dog breed: Is it a bad dog or bad owners?
Owners of the breed known as pit bull say the dog is getting a bad rap. Several municipalities in the mainly French speaking province of Quebec either already have by laws in place, or are now planning to ban the… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Calgary Stampede 2016 – the greatest show on Earth
The Calgary Stampede, one of the biggest spectacles in Canada also bills itself as the greatest annual outdoor show on earth. No-one seems to doubt that either. This year from July 7 to the 17th, it’s an event filled with… »
History: July 6 2013 – Canada’s deadly train disaster
Images of violent inferno in the middle of small Quebec town were seen around the world on this day three years ago. Known as the Lac Megantic rail disaster, a freight train carrying highly flammable fuel crashed and exploded in… »
Canadian drivers: I’m nice, it’s the others who aren’t
Canadians generally are seen as polite. In reality that might not always be the case when they’re behind the wheel of a car. Still, a new survey by insurance broker Kanetix.ca shows that Canadians think they’re personally polite when driving,… »
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