He was a legend in Quebec cinema, as big as they come, and in Canadian cinema too, but in the space of a mere 48 hours, that legendary status has been shattered completely. Montreal-born, Claude Jutra, actor, writer, and documentary… »
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, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Record ozone loss over the Arctic?
Ozone is a colourless, odourless gas, and at ground level is a health hazard, but in the stratosphere it plays an important role in shielding the Earth from ultraviolet rays from the sun. Without the mitigating factor of ozone to… »
Nearly half of Canadians close to defaulting on bills
It’s a shocking finding but a poll last month found that nearly half of Canadians are within a mere 200 dollars of defaulting on bills and debt payments. It truly seems like a worrisome number of Canadians truly do live… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Insidious, harmful effects of everyday chemicals
As a society we have surrounded ourselves with chemicals, all theoretically designed to help make our lives easier in some way. More and more however, these chemicals initially thought to be harmless, are showing themselves to have unexpected side effects.… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Yukon Quest 2016: Another race for the history books
One of the toughest endurance races for man and beast has come to an end in Canada’s north. The 1,600 km (give or take) Yukon Quest International dog sled race has wound up with winner Hugh Neff, of Alaska, crossing… »
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Arts- Author Yann Martel on “The High Mountains of Portugal”
There are three separate but interlocking stories in Yann Martel’s latest book. Canadian novelist, Yann Martel In it, a man who has lost, and is someway lost, and is seeking something, a connection, a reason, a faith. The second part… »
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The LINK Online Sat.13.,2016
your hosts, Lynn, Levon, Marc Royal Canadian Air Force members of Air Task Force-Iraq and several members of the coalition participate in the SHAMAL SERIALS, a combat search and rescue exercise held for personnel of the Middle East Stabilization Force,… »
More students unprepared for college and real world
The idea that teenage students graduating from Canadian high schools are unprepared for college and university is being mentioned once again, this time by a Nova Scotia educator. Steffie Hawrylak-Young has been teaching communications at the Nova Scotia Community College… »
Valentine’s day: The cost of love
Whether you think Valentine’s day (Feb.14) is a truly romantic occasion, or just an artificial date made up by a giant corporate greeting card company to sell their product, it still a big event, and love doesn’t come cheap. According… »
Poetic justice? Texter crashes into cop, gets ticket
It’s not the first case of irony involving texting while driving, but it does make one wonder about people’s judgement. A woman who had been texting a friend rear-ended a police car, and then continued to text and sent the… »
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