Canada Post has recently released the latest in its beautiful series of postage stamps on World Heritage sites in this country. Stamps with various sites are being released in domestic rate stamps, US rate stamps, and international letter rates. The… »
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.
History: the enduring mystery of Canada’s “Van Gogh” , July 8, 1917
He was handsome, strong, a real outdoorsman, a brilliantly talented artist, and mysteriously dead in the prime of life, Tom Thomson’s story could not be more intriguing. Called by some as Canada’s Van Gogh, or the painting version of Keats,… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Report: Canada ill-prepared for Arctic oil spill
A report prepared for the government on Arctic oil drilling contains some interesting revelations. Obtained under Access to Information laws, the document called “An Emergency Response Biomonitoring Plan for Accidental Spills” is dated May 23, 2014, and was prepared for… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
Climate change: your food will cost more- lots more
For lovers of delicious ocean salmon, or beef get ready for a shock. A drought, a record in some areas of the Canadian prairies, means much lower hay crops and less grazing area for cattle. Producers are scrambling for feed,… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadian Pharmacists:boys need HPV vaccine too
This month the Canadian Pharmacists Assocation (CPhA) called on the federal government to expand vaccination against the “human papillomavirus” (HPV) to include boys and young men. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease in Canada. Approximately 3 out of… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian research links oral health to cardiovascular health
For many years now, medical professionals have known there was a link between oral health and cardiovascular disease. What they hadn’t understood was exactly how that link worked. While it is important to understand that it is certainly not the… »
International, Politics, Society
Proposed Monuments continue to cause controversy
Two major monuments envisaged for Canada continue to elicit controversy and resistance. In once case the large monument slated for Cape Breton Highlands National Park in east coast Canada, had seen some big names withdrawn. That monument to Canada’s war… »
Wildfires- bad, getting worse
Smoke, evacuations It is easily heading towards one of the worst wildfire seasons in Canada. Throughout much of northern and western Canada, an unusually hot and dry spring has meant a record start to the forest fire season and warnings… »
Studying society’s morals of the past; Jessica Steinberg
We often think of the Victorian era as one being very moralistic and prudish, but that attitude was around long beforehand. Jessica Steinberg (PhD, ASECS fellow) at the McMaster University library ancient books collection in Hamilton Ontario © JD Howell- McMaster… »
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The LINK Online, Sat., July 4, 2015
Your hosts this week, Lynn, Carmel, and Marc When it comes to Canadian stereotypes, the comedy characters Bob and Doug McKenzie got it right by wearing toques, plaid shirts, parkas and saying “eh” a lot..and drinking lots of beer © CBC… »
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