Environmental groups in Canada which have been fighting a lengthy battle over genetically modified salmon, finally had their day in court. An American-based international operation called Aqua-Bounty has set up a development facility in Canada’s maritime province of Prince Edward Island… »
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.
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian breakthrough against a deadly fungus
Most of the time when we hear about sickness, we think of bacterial infections, but moulds, or fungi can also be killers. There are about 1.5 million species of fungus, some of which are deadly, and some which can become… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Society
HISTORY- November 17, 1903: Sovereignty and order come to the high Arctic
The high Arctic can be a forbidding place, but just over 100 years ago, a tiny island in the Beaufort Sea was a busy place. There was a large Inuit (Inuvialuit) presence, and added to that were regular visits by… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Paris attacks and Canada’s plan to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees
With countries in Europe accepting hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees and other migrants, Canada has been slow to get involved. Under the previous government, some 10,000 refugees were to be taken in, but only after careful screening. Elected only… »
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Canadian voice to ISIS-DAESH message?
Following the recent deadly suicide terrorist attacks in Beirut, and then Paris, ISIS-(DAESH) released audio and written messages in Arabic, French, and English claiming responsibility. Although dozens of innocent people were killed in the Beirut bombings on Thursday, the voice… »
International, Politics, Society
Canadian security expert on reaction to Paris terrorist attacks.
The horrific attacks in Paris on Friday November 13 have shocked the world. It was the second deadly terror attack in France this year following the murders at the Charlie Hebdo magzine, and one of the most deadly attacks in… »
Health, Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
New study: More Canadian youth smoking hookahs; don’t think it’s a health risk
A new survey of over 27,000 teen-aged high school students across Canada showed that even as cigarette smoking has declined, hookah, or water pipe smoking of herbal shisha has increased. Leia Minaker (PhD) is a research assistant professor at the… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
De-escalation: No more guns for farm visits by environment officers
In an era where the tendency is to provide more weapons for officials, and where great concern has been expressed about the “militarization” of police forces, there’s been at least one move in the opposite direction. In Canada’s small eastern… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Remembrance Week: New book on the Canadian Photo and Film Unit of WW-II
It is an amazing story, of courage and daring, facing enemy guns and shells with only a camera in order to record history. After the war had already begun, Canadian officials recognized that to get Canada’s stories of the war,… »
Remembrance: Montreal hospitals commemorate two of their own.
During Remembrance Day today, staff, patients, and visitors gathered at the MUHC cafeteria for the ceremony to commemorate the centenery of the poem “In Flanders Fields” and remember two of their famous doctors, author Lt-Col John McCrae, and Victoria Cross… »
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