Where there is money available, it seems fraudsters are not far behind. The federal government created a funding programme to help those affected by job loss during the pandemic, but fraudsters have managed to divert some people’s cheques. Canada’s federal… »
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.
Liberal government-WE scandal continues but public opinion seems unchanged
The scandal involving the Prime Minister and his finance minister and the WE Charity came to light last month, and as more information has been revealed, it seems to have had little effect on Canadian opinions about the government and… »
Political scandal causes sponsors to reassess their association with WE Charity
In light of the deepening political storm about the Liberal government’s contract and connections to the WE Charity, longtime sponsors have begun to distance themselves from the organisation. WE Charity is an international development charity focussing on developing countries and… »
Economy, International, Politics
A major setback for the Trans Mountain pipeline
The long battle to build the Trans Mountain pipeline (TMX) in Canada got another severe jolt this week. One of the major insurers for the project, Zurich, has said it will not renew coverage for the pipeline. Coverage will expire… »
Uncategorized
Canada’s national COVID tracking app in beta testing now
Under development for months, a national COVID tracking smartphone app was supposed to be rolled out starting in the province of Ontario at the beginning of this month. Such applications are designed to warn phone owners if they’ve been in… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
New comprehensive global warming study: Worst case unlikely, but best case gone
Global warming increase narrowed to between 2.6°C and 3.9°C, For years, decades even, people and scientists have been arguing about global warming and where the Earth’s climate is heading. Estimates based on a doubling of the atmospheric C02 level from pre-industrial… »
Canadians say their finances improving, but experts say situation fragile
New surveys this week have shown consumers are back to buying and the economy has picked up considerably this month, although still well below pre-COVID levels and even though quite a number of businesses have closed for good. The latest… »
COVID-19: B.C issues safe sex guidelines; DIY is best
The public health agency in west coast British Columbia says sex “ can be very important for mental, social and physical well-being” and has come up with guidelines for pandemic sex. The agency is therefore offering suggestions to limit spreading the… »
Final chapter in ‘chair girl’ saga infuriates citizens and Toronto mayor
It was a shocking stunt that made news around the world. Last year, a young Toronto woman threw two chairs off a high rise balcony on to a busy street far below which immediately beside one of the busiest highways… »
Internet, Science & Technology
History: July 22, 1947, Canada joins the tiny nuclear club
The world’s first full-scale heavy water reactor Canada was among the pioneers of nuclear energy from the very beginning. This began with the perhaps now slightly dubious honour of initial research into nuclear weapons during the Second World War when… »
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