It’s perhaps not widely known but the mostly French-speaking province of Quebec has a very strong celtic background. Although the original names have been changed by various Francophone governments, a great many towns and villages throughout the province actually were… »
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, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Montreal to stink up the St Lawrence
The City of Montreal says a construction project will require it to dump a massive amount of raw sewage into the St Lawrence river. A major highway rebuilding project in the middle of the city requires the digging up of… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Canada has water, the U.S wants it.
Once again this year, severe drought hit west coast North America and the south-western US. This put enormous pressure on existing water supplies for agriculture and cities across a large section of the continent. Also again this year, the situation reached crisis levels… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
International defence of Inuit seal-hunting, goes to EU in Brussels
A new pan-Arctic Inuit organization is took its case on seal hunting directly to the European Parliament today. The organization called Inuit Sila is based in Copenhagen and has been defending and promoting Greenland Inuit seal hunters for three years, but… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Glossy magazines, skin cancer, and women
There she is, slim, and tanned in a small bikini relaxing in the sun. On the cover or the inside of any of several glossy magazines on the store racks and that’s the kind of photo you’re likely to see.… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Whales too have “culture”
People tend to adopt habits from those they associate with. This could be things like clothing, or speech patterns and dialects. A Canadian study of sperm whales has found out this “cultural” adaptation occurs with the whales as well. Also… »
Supreme Court case on Metis, non-status Indian rights
Could cost billions of dollars The Supreme Court of Canada will be hearing a major case when it begins it’s fall session in October. The suit began in 1999 on behalf of some 300-500 thousand Metis and non-status “Indians” in… »
Canadians cool to a “King Charles III”
A survey this month of Canadians shows they are still not that keen on Prince Charles succeeding his mother as monarch. The survey shows that 67 year old Prince Charles only gets 34 percent approval to take over as Canada’s… »
Election issues- Canadian’s opinions (more progressive than presumed?)
A new poll on a variety of issues in the current federal election shows Canadians generally favour a “progressive” position. The survey conducted by Forum Research, and released yesterday (September 28) asked some 1,557 Canadian voters for their opinions on… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Shortlist announced for biggest historical literature prize
Biggest award in the World. Worth US $75,000, the Canadian-based Cundill prize is the most prestigious award for historical literature in the world. From an initial international submission of 159 books, the shortlist of six has just been announced. The… »
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