Francis Pegahmagabow was honoured this week. He was Canada’s most decorated indigenous soldier of the First World War. Francis Pegahmagabow shortly after the end of the war wearing his many medals © wikicommons On June 20th, a small ceremony was held… »
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.
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Pine beetles: unsuspected additional threat to boreal forest
Canada’s vast boreal forests are under attack. The enemy is the pine beetle which is destroying many millions of trees in British Columbia and Alberta and spreading eastward. A new study has found that young pines are not surviving even… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
History: June 24,1916, Canada’s record breaking “million dollar” actress
America’s Sweetheart- was Canadian In 1916, most women still hadn’t the right to vote and were barely considered as anything more than housewives, or perhaps secretaries (although that was changing slightly with the war effort). However, on this date, Gladys… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Record wildfire season?
Climate change predictions seem to be coming true. Last year was a record year for destructive wildfires in Canada, and this year seems on target to break that record. Generally drier conditions throughout Canada’s boreal forest, combined with lightning have… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
University initiative on water shortage
British Columbia is most often pictured as a province with high snowy mountains, with inviting deep blue lakes, and rushing salmon filled rivers, in other words, plenty of water.. That has been the case, but it’s a picture that may… »
Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Society
History: June 23, 1985: Canada’s worst terrorist air tragedy
On June 23 1985, hundreds of happy passengers boarded a flight in Canada destined for India. The Air India 747 designated as Flight 182 left Toronto with a stop in Montreal for more passengers before heading across the Atlantic to… »
Playing good old “hickory” golf- low tech, and colourful clothes
You might one day see what looks like a scene on a golf course from 1920. A group of men dressed in ‘plus fours”, colourful socks, maybe a tie, usually a large flat cap, or perhaps a Balmoral (Tam) They’ll… »
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The LINK Online, Sat., June 13, 2015
Presenting the show this week, Lynn, Carmel, and Marc Reports that news host Evan Solomon was fired over ethical concerns have focused attention on the issue of journalistic integrity © CBC the profession of journalism has taken quite a knocking about… »
History: June 12-13, 1944 The Victoria Cross to P/O Andy Mynarski.
Born in Winnipeg in 1916, Andrew Mynarski followed the hundreds of thousands of other young Canadians and signed up to fight in Europe against Nazi oppression. After a brief stay in the infantry with the Royal Winnipeg rifles, he transferred… »
Arts & Entertainment, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
Attempt to end captivity of whales, dolphins in Canada
A bill in the Canadian Senate seeks to prevent further captive displays of dolphins and whales in this country. Liberal Senator Wilfred Moore of Nova Scotia, speaking at a news conference Thursday after introducing the bill, said, ” I’ve long… »
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