It’s a unique collaboration between a university and an non-governmental environmental group. Toronto’s York University has teamed with Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC) of Guelph, Ontario, to work towards preserving Canada’s most endangered species. Shiela Colla (PhD) is an assistant professor… »
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, International, Society
The Best Canadian whisky 2015
The annual Canadian whisky awards were held this past weekend with surprising and not so surprising results. Recently the whisky world was jolted when a Canadian whisky was named best in the world. A World whisky winner, Canada’s Crown Royal… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Society
History: Jan. 18, 1971-When Canada stood up for Canadian music
Until 1971, just about the only way a Canadian musical artist would be heard on Canadian radio, was if through a combination of extreme talent and good luck, they had already made it in the US. It was extremely frustrating… »
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Documentary WASTED- alcohol addiction by Maureen Palmer
Maureen Palmer of Vancouver-based Bountiful Films has produced a very intimate documentary on alcoholism called “Wasted”. It’s more intimate than anything she’s done before as it focusses on her partner in life, Mike Pond. The book Wasted by Greystone Publishing… »
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the LINK Online, Sat. 16 Jan., 2016
Your hosts this week, Lynn, Levon, and Marc Syrian refugee children are seen during a lesson at Fatih Sultan Mehmet School in Karapurcek district of Ankara, Turkey, October 2, 2015. Out of 640,000 Syrian children in Turkey, 400,000 are not… »
Debt: Canadians warned, but who warns the government?
The personal debt load of Canadians rose to close to 164 percent by late last year according to Statistics Canada, the federal statistics agency. That means that for every dollar of disposable income (after taxes and necessities) they owed $1.64.… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International
International battle heats up over use of glyphosate herbicides
Glyphosate is a chemical used in a number of products, notably “Roundup” by Monsanto. It’s one of the most widely used farming herbicides in the world and has been marketed since the 1970’s. Glyphosates are also used in the forestry… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
University of Alberta co-discovers ancient saltwater crocodile: big, nasty.
It was the largest of ancient saltwater crocodiles, but strangely, not related to saltwater crocodiles of today. It was big, probably around 10 metres long, with rows of large bullet-like teeth. Unlike some teeth, these seem designed not to pierce… »
Big night for small but dedicated group of “Old Time” country music fans
It’s a weekly tradition in Montreal that usually flies below the entertainment radar so-to-speak. However, for a relatively close-knit group of country music fans in the city, this coming Monday night will be a big night indeed, and yes the local… »
Health, International, Society
O rare bottle, one only for all of Canada
Tonight’s the night (whisky lottery draw) Canadian aficionados of the “water of life”, at least well-to-do ones, are very interested in a very special bottle of whisky. On May 28th in 1963, the famous Scottish distillery Balvenie placed a special batch of… »
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