Imagine getting over 1,000 kilometres per litre of gasoline in a vehicle. Two Canadian university teams have done just that. They were participants in the 2016 Shell Eco-marathon Americas held this weekend in Detroit. Teams from the University of Toronto,… »
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.
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Book: non-fiction: Mark Winston- Bee Time-Lessons from the Hive
Around the world people are becoming increasingly concerned about bees. Without the pollination efforts of bees there would be virtually no crops, and massive starvation would result. But there is a lot more to bees than pollination and honey. Mark… »
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The LINK Online Sat. April 23, 2016
Your hosts Lynn Terry, and Marc Polar bear in the Beaufort Sea, near Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Apr 27, 2009. It’s April but the sea here is ice-free. The bears can swim for long distances, but prefer not to as it uses… »
History: April 22-25 1951: Canadians stem the tide in Korea
One of Canada’s greatest, yet least known, military achievements There was a wreath laying ceremony today (Friday 22) at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, the national capital. The Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Immigrant posing as teenage student caught
For six months the extremely tall international student had been attending a Windsor Ontario high school as a 17-year-old, in grade 11 at the school. At over 2 metres tall (6’9”) Jonathan Nicola was also a star basketball player for… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Memory and motion, why we sometimes knock over the glass
You see the salt shaker at your side, or glass of wine, while cooking but when you go to reach for it, you miss it, or knock it over. Between visually situating it, and moving to grasp it, there are… »
Tighter security measures at Canada’s border entry points
In the past few months controls for people entering Canada have been tightened up. This began last last year when a new system was instituted in Canada which follows an American system for screening air passengers. The new system uses… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
New study: Canada not doing so well environmentally
A new report released on the eve of Earth day by a Canadian think-tank says Canada is doing poorly when it comes to the environment and greenhouse gas emissions. Compared with other peer countries, the Conference Board of Canada report placed… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
The Great Earth Oxidation Event- Clearer evidence of timing
Scientists have known that the Earth’s atmosphere experienced a rapid increase in oxygen between two and three billion years ago. New research involving first time analysis of copper isotopes, has enabled the timing of that event to be narrowed to between… »
Quebec aboriginals oppose provincial gun registry
A vast northern area of the central province of Quebec extends into Arctic-like conditions. This enormous area of over 440, 000 sq km, is called Nunavik (Great Land) in the local Inuit language. Of the semi-autonomous region’s 12,000 inhabitants, about… »
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