With close to $100 million in funding, research into new plant breeding technology at the Canadian Wheat Alliance, is showing great promise Faouzi Bekkaoui (PhD) is the executive director of the wheat programme at Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) which… »
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.
More confusion-controversy over aboriginal land claim
It started earlier this year when the Quebec Cree aboriginal group filed a legal notice of a large new land claim. The new claim extended into neighbouring Ontario and covers 48,000 square kilometres where other aboriginal communities already had long… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Airship comeback: transport to remote areas in the Arctic
It’s something that has been talked about, and talked about for years. Cargo carrying airships- blimps, dirigibles, or hybrids, have several advantages over helicopters and fixed wing planes. This includes cargo capacity, cost, and small landing areas. This all be… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Summit calls for Pan-Arctic climate change monitoring
A large gathering of Arctic scientists, politicians, indigenous peoples, and other observers and stakeholders are calling for a pan-Arctic climate change monitoring system. Maribeth Murray (Ph.D) is a professor of Anthropology and Archaeology and Executive Director of the Arctic Institute… »
Health, International, Society
History: March 30, 1972; the last tot of rum for the Navy (RCN)
Since it’s earliest days, the Royal Navy supplied alcohol to its sailors. Originally it was a gallon of beer per day, beer preserving better than plain water on voyages. However, this took up a lot of room on board. As… »
Children and household chores- developing life skills
A new survey indicates something that many people have seen in their own lives; children today are doing fewer chores around the house. The survey taken earlier this year asked the opinions of over 1,700 Canadian adults and was commissioned… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Internet: who’s watching what you do, where you are
A unique institution in Canada which investigates issues involving internet security has found some things of concern for users regarding major Chinese internet browsers. Jeffrey Knockel is a PhD student and Senior Researcher at the Citizen Lab at the University… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
History, March 29, 1966; Clash of titans
In 1966, one of the world’s greatest boxers, World heavyweight champ Muhammed Ali was as skilled a showman outside the ring and he was as a boxer inside, and controversial in all regards. But although the champion, city mayors across… »
Arts & Entertainment, Society, Sports
Hockey lawsuit: fighting and concussions: new revelations
For years officials in the National Hockey League (NHL) have denied there was any connection to fighting in hockey and concussions. However, newly released emails among top NHL officials seem to indicate the officials knew of the link. Even after… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Ted Barris- non fiction- The Great Escape- A Canadian Story
It was the culmination of years of intensely secretive planning. It was an astounding achievement of hard work and incredible ingenuity. It was a tale of courage and daring, but also with the knowledge that for the most part it… »
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