During Canada’s recent federal election campaign, the crisis of migrants and refugees rushinginto Europe from Africa and the Middle-East was in full flood. Aid agencies were calling for the then-Conservative government to speed up the process of bringing refugees to… »
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.
Now “51″ ways to leave your lover”
With apologies to singer Paul Simon, and his song 50 ways to leave you lover, there is now an additional way to end a relationship, targetting roughly the 18 to 35 year old crowd. It’s something that could only happen… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Ontario farmland: threatened by urban sprawl
Southern Ontario is the most heavily populated area in Canada. The region is colloquially known as the “Golden Horseshoe”, the relatively prosperous area stretching from just east of Toronto, around the end of Lake Ontario, through Hamilton to St Catharines… »
International, Politics, Society
Can we beat doping in sport?
Recently world headlines told of another major scandal involving doping in sport A special independent commission led by Canadian Dick Pound for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) revealed a host of doping problems in the Russian amateur athletics system. Though the report… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Warming climate again listed as threat to Polar Bears
A new report has once again indicated climate change as a principle threat to polar bears. The news came in the release of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) “Red List of Threatened Species” The IUCN was founded in… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Updated update; GM Salmon approved as food in USA
It was only last week that Canadian ecological agencies were in court challenging Canadian government approval for a company which has created genetically modified salmon at its operation on Prince Edward Island. The groups say the government ignored its own… »
Health, International, Society
Political correctness cancels free yoga classes
“Cultural appropriation”, and then, language issues Since 2008, Jennifer Scharf has been giving free yoga lessons at the University of Ottawa, that is until this year. Yoga instructor Jennifer Scharf- “people are just looking for a reason to be offended”… »
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The LINK Online, Sat., Nov. 21, 2015
Your hosts this week, Lynn, Levon, and Marc (Please see special notice at bottom) A mother bathes her child near a stack of rubbish in Ciliwung river in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta May 28, 2009. © Beawiharta Beawiharta / Reute… »
Canada Post vs Workers; War of words continues over home mail delivery
Canada’s mail delivery service, Canada Post, has reported a loss in the first nine months of this year amounting to $20 million dollars. The Crown Corporation had been phasing out door-to-door delivery and installing community mailboxes in towns and cities… »
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World’s first: Bagged electricity underwater
Well, not quite electricity, rather potential energy, which was electricity, converted to compressed air, stored in bags underwater, then reconverted to electricity later. Canada’s largest city, Toronto, is the site for a unique two year energy trial. Ontario Hydro, in… »
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