The Flying Bandit In a strange twist, one of Canada’s most notorious criminals, was actually admired by Canadians. In the 1950’s and 60’s he stole planes, robbed banks, staged prison breaks and committed one of Canada’s greatest robberies. Born in… »
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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Oscar wins for the Revenant, (and for Alberta)
When the film the Revenant won Oscars for Leonardo DiCaprio as best actor, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for best director, and Emmanuel Lubezki for cinematography, hundreds of others in Alberta felt like they had won too. They were crew members and extras… »
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Beating blue-green algae with iron
It’s becoming an increasingly serious issue. Often toxic, blue-green algae blooms are becoming more common in lakes around the world. A team of Canadian scientists have come up with a promising solution. Diane Orihel (PhD) is the Banting and Liber… »
Calls for an end to solitary confinement in prisons
This time last year the Commissioner for the Correctional Service of Canada was to submit a report to the Public Safety Minister on revisions to solitary confinement. This came as a result of a young woman, Ashley Smith, who committed… »
George Elliot Clarke- “the Motorcyclist” novel
George Elliot Clarke is a man of many words. Staunchly proud of his “africadian” roots in Nova Scotia, Clarke has gone from literary success to literary success. His latest work is a novel loosely based on the life of his… »
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The LINK Online, Sat. 27 Feb. 2016
Your hosts this week, Lynn, Levon, Marc A special note to start off this week, as we have news from Eilis Quinn, editor of the RCI site, “Eye on the Arctic”. She has news of the app for “EOTA” that… »
National women’s sports event catches up with breastfeeding
Once known as the Canadian Women’s Curling championship, this major national event has had to make some changes to accommodate breastfeeding competitors. The round robin event has women’s teams from all provinces and territories, and several of the women have… »
Climate disasters to cost more, much more
Governments have money set aside for natural disasters and to pay for emergency situations that they cause. In Canada, the government has been setting aside about $100-million a year for such extreme weather events. The trouble is, such extreme weather… »
Annual Teddy Awards for government waste
Once again, one of Canada’s most embarrassing awards ceremonies have been held. The “Teddy” awards are given out to mark the worst examples of government waste of taxpayers money. Aaron Wudrick is the federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation… »
History Feb 25, 1945: Canada’s voice to the world official start
On this date, Feb 25, 1945, Canada joined many other nations in having a world broadcasting presence. Initially known as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation “international service”, the shortwave broadcaster later became known as Radio Canada International in 1972. View from… »
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