December this year will mark the 100th anniversary of the publishing of one of the best known poems of the First World War. In May 1915, shortly after burying a best friend killed by a German shell, Lt. Col John… »
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.
Arts & Entertainment, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
History, Oct. 24, 1901 : The Queen of the Mist, daredevil woman of the Falls
The power and majesty of Niagara Falls has held millions of visitors in awe since it was first viewed by man. The first European to see them, Father Louis Hennepin in the winter of 1678-79, later wrote, .”.Betwixt the Lake… »
Tallying the cost of election promises
While most Canadian general election campaigns last about 5 week, the 2015 campaign lasted 11 weeks. It was the second longest general election campaign in Canadian history, and the longest since 1872. In that time the three main parties played… »
Memorial ceremony for murdered Canadian soldiers
A special memorial service will be held in the national capital, Ottawa, tomorrow Thursday October 22, to commemorate two Canadian Forces soldiers. The two were not killed in combat, nor in some distant country, but murdered here in Canada. It… »
Ding-a-ling cyclist: 18 criminal charges
Sometimes police get lucky, or criminals get perhaps less than smart. This month police in Edmonton Alberta spotted a man riding a bicycle on the sidewalk which is not allowed. They stopped him and found his bicycle also didn’t have… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
A new government, a new relationship with farmers?
Canada held its 42nd general election on Monday (Oct 19). It was one of the longest campaigns in Canadian history. The ruling Conservative party is out after nearly ten years in power, and the Liberals under leader Justin Trudeau, will form… »
International, Politics, Society
History: October 20, 1903- Britain betrays Canada
At least that’s how most Canadians felt when a special Commission handed down it’s decision on the Alaska panhandle dispute. On October 20 1903, the Commission of three Americans, two Canadians, and one Briton, handed down it’s decision on the… »
Novel “Sleep” with author Nino Ricci
With a Governor-General’s award for fiction with his breakout novel, “Lives of the Saints” in 1991, Nino Ricci has never looked back. In addition to four novels and two non-fiction books, he has been teaching and held several positions as… »
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the LINK Online Sat.,Oct 17, 2015
Your hosts this week are Lynn and Marc. Dr. Marc Rodger conducted a 12-year study showing that daily injections of blood thinners to prevent miscarriages don’t work. © Courtesy: The Heart and Stroke Foundation Dr Marc Rodger is a researcher and… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
History: October 16 Birth of the Canadian who revolutionized aviation
On October 16, 1870, a baby was born in Saint John New Brunswick to be named Wallace Rubert Turnbull. It’s not a name known to many at all, perhaps only a few in the field of aviation. Yet anyone who… »
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