It’s not “normal”. Winters in Canada are supposed to be long and consistently cold. In recent years, that’s not been happening. Yesterday a warm front a few degrees above zero moved through much of eastern Canada bringing with it extensive… »
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, Society
Jobs vs nature: a BC fight
A fight is dividing a small town in the interior of British Columbia. The fight is over toads, and logging. The provincial government has approved logging near the small Summit Lake, a few kilometers south of the town of Nakusp.… »
University grads, but lacking in basics?
They’ve graduated from the highest learning institutions, yet complaints continue from employers : the grads can’t write properly, are inarticulate, are weak in math, and lacking in analytical skills. In Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, and home to several major… »
Economy, Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Retail sales of marijuana in Canada?
The issue of medical marijuana use, and even recreational sales of the drug is starting to heat up in Canada. One of the biggest retail pharmaceutical chains in Canada is Shoppers Drug Mart. One of Canada’s largest retail pharmaceutical companies… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Society
Protecting people and polar bears from each other
It is an age old problem but one that has been getting worse with global warming. Polar bears need sea ice to hunt and survive. Each year the polar bears of Hudson Bay get into trouble and threaten people in… »
Calls to stop sales of killer’s book
Worst serial killer in Canadian history It came as a shock when it was learned that serial killer, Robert Pickton had a book published and that it was available online. Although another name is listed as the author, it is… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
History: First flight in British Commonwealth, Feb. 23 1909
He’s more known for the telephone, but on February 9th, 1909, inventor Alexander Graham Bell was a driving force behind the first powered flight of a heavier-than-air plane in the British Commonwealth. On that cold winter morning on the frozen… »
BHM: 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… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian lab to study zika and Canadian mosquitoes
A Canadian university is to study the potential of Canadian mosquitoes to acquire and transmit the Zika virus. Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario is the only academic institution in the country with a level-3 containment rating and an insectary.… »
International, Politics, Society
Canadian weapons in rebel hands?
Photos released by Houthi rebels in Yemen have raised further concerns about Canada’s legal arms sales to the middle east. Houthi images appearing in photos and videos showed weapons captured from “Saudi border guards”. What is disconcerting is that at… »
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