It’s the Easter holiday long weekend, but the regular team is here with your hosts Lynn, Levon, and Marc © Courtesy: McGill University We’ve heard from scientific experts and from the Inuit who live there, that the Arctic is warming, and… »
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, Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Genetically modified American potato approved for Canada
After the approval af a genetically modified apple, the non-browning Arctic Apple, in 2015, comes news of another GM food. This one comes from the Idaho-based American agri-food giant, J.R Simplot company. This involves the phase-two development of a potato… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
History: The Great Escape March 24/25 1944
The place was near Sagan, Germany in Lower Silesia, (now Zagan Poland) and in March 1944 it was still cold with snow on the ground. But during the night of 24-25 March, one of the most amazing and daring escapes… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
UNESCO names 20 new biosphere sites, 2 in Canada
At a meeting in Lima Peru last week UNESCO named 20 new sites around the world as “biosphere reserves”. These are areas where sustainable development is taking place while also preserving much of the natural environment and decisions are taken… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Which are smarter- country birds or city birds?
A McGill researcher in Barbados on another project noticed that while in the city, certain birds had figured out some daring and innovative ways to get food. Intrigued, he wondered if birds of the same species but not living in… »
International, Politics, Society
Colourful-controversial Toronto politician Rob Ford dies
Toronto city councillor, mayor, and councillor again, Rob Ford has died at age 46 after losing a battle with cancer. Rob Ford was a big man, literally, figuratively, politically and was equally controversial. A millionaire, he considered himself a politician… »
History: March 22,1929- prohibition, rum running, high seas diplomatic row
The high-seas sinking of the “I’m Alone” In 1919, America had succumbed to the concept of prohibition, banning the manufacture, sale, or consumption of alcoholic beverages. The folly was that vast numbers of the American population still wanted to drink,… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Quasars and the fastest ultraviolet winds ever
More mysteries of black holes in the universe are being revealed and unravelled at York University in Toronto while leading an international team of astrophysicists The scientists have detected the fastest ever ultraviolet wavelength winds being pushed out from black… »
Economy, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Commercial drones: risk and new insurance category
The increasing use of drones for business purposes has opened up a whole new area of concern for owners, and for insurance companies. Normal business insurance coverage would not include liability for the relatively new field of drone use. To… »
Economy, Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Teachers concerned over WiFi health risks
School classes resume today, Monday March 21, in Canada’s most populous province, Ontario, after the March week-long “spring break”. But classes resume under a bit of a controversy. Teachers in the city of Kingston Ontario say they want the WiFi… »
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