Martin Frobisher, Arctic explorer leaves on his 3rd voyage June 3, 1578 The old British 19th century folk tale involving the fictional Dick Whittington and his cat, who left poverty behind in the country heading to London, a city of… »
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, Society
Leopard cubs: Resistance is futile, when it comes to kittens
Ok I admit it, I too am a sucker for cute baby animal photos. But how can you resist these two newcomers? These are rare snow leopard cubs, born at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, Manitoba on May 15. They… »
International, Politics, Society
History, June 2, 1866 Canada invaded, again!
Battle of Ridgeway and Fort Erie. It was several decades after the War of 1812 when the colonies in what is now Canada, once again had to fight armed invaders coming from the US . On this date in 1866,… »
Huge landmark ruling against tobacco companies.
Anti-smoking campaigners are hailing it as a major victory and a legal landmark decision against tobacco companies in Canada. Three major Canadian tobacco product manufacturers have been ordered to over $15 Billion to smokers in Quebec A Quebec Superior Court… »
Controversial political figure, Jacques Parizeau dies.
(with files from Lynn Desjardins) Jacques Parizeau has died at age 84. Premier of the mostly French speaking province of Quebec, minister of the economy in the separatist Parti Quebecois government of Rene Lesvesque before that, he was one of… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
“Franken-wheat” and gluten intolerance relationship debunked
Allegations of gluten intolerance caused by “changes” in modern wheat, not science-based Some are calling modern wheat a “Frankengrain” to be absolutely shunned. But researchers in Canada say that claims that modern wheat causes gluten intolerance because their protein content… »
World first: All flavoured tobaccos banned in Nova Scotia
The east coast Canadian province of Nova Scotia is the first jurisdiction in the world to enact a ban on the sale of flavoured tobaccos. This included menthol flavor. The ban came into effect today, June 1st. Other provinces are… »
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission ends
After six years of hearing testimony, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) wrapped up hearings this week in the national capital, Ottawa. A summary of the final report is expected to be released tomorrow. The commission was set up to… »
Mel Hurtig: Whither Canada, and a career in being Canadian
Mel Hurtig might be called “Captain Canada” Now 82 years old, he has been a successful businessman, a politician creating a national federal party, and is a respected lecturer and author of several books, and all this over many decades… »
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The LINK Online Sat. May 30, 2015
Your hosts are Lynn, Marc and Carmel Climate change protesters exhibited their solidarity with residents of Clyde River against seismic testing in New York City in 2014 © Greenpeace/hand out photo Ever since it was announced that an international consortium of… »
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