A recession in Canada is defined technically as two business quarters in a row (2 x 3 months) where the economy shrank. Yesterday it was announced that in the first six months of this year, Canada was indeed in a… »
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.
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Aboriginal rights vs. property owners rights
A dispute between an aboriginal man and cottagers in southern Ontario has been heating up into a dispute about native rights and rights of property owners. Pigeon Lake is in a scenic area known as the Kawartha Lakes region of… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Earthquakes and fracking: a danger to what extent?
According to the British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission, two recent and noticeable earthquakes in the northwestern part of the province were caused by gas extraction operations.The Commission said Progress Energy’s fracking operation caused a 4.4 magnitude quake in August… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous
New housing design for Arctic conditions, Inuit lifestyle
Typically, building design in Canada’s far north has consisted more or less of designs from the south. These have not been particularly well-suited to the climate, nor to the lifestyle of the majority of residents who are Inuit or aboriginal.… »
Green Party- a distant voice in election trying hard to be heard
In an era where most people are aware of the environment and humanity’s effect upon the Earth, the one Canadian party which prioritizes environmental issues is still a distant runner in the upcoming election. Most media coverage, political debate and… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
A wall between US and Canada?
An American presidential hopeful has brought up the idea of building a fence between the US and Canada, similar to the one with Mexico. Republican presidential hopeful Scott Walker is the governor of Wisconsin. Wisconsin governor and Republican candidate for… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Psych experiments: failure to reproduce same results
In science, results of experiments are peer-reviewed before acceptance and publication for a wider scientific audience where they may act as source of information for other scientists and/or basis for further research by others in that field. However, when another… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous, International
Mrs. Universe: Canadian aboriginal crowned
A Canadian woman from the western province of Alberta has been crowned Mrs Universe, 2015. Ashley Burnham (nee Callingbull) 25, is from the Enoch Cree Nation west of Edmonton and is an actress, model and motivational speaker. She is… »
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The LINK Online Sat., Aug. 29, 2015
Your hosts this week Frosh week activities at universities often involve drinking challenges. © Vitalii Tiagunov/Shutterstock It’s the end of summer vacation, and tens of thousands of students are returning to colleges and universities across the country. It’s also a time… »
Major change proposed for Inuit writing
For eons, the Inuit in the circumpolar world had no written language. In the 1700’s missionaries introduced writing to Greenland Inuit, and later efforts spread to the Canadian Arctic and Alaska. However, as the areas were exposed to differing missionaries… »
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