The small southern Ontario town of Elmira was heaven for hundreds and hundres of guitar lovers this weekend as they crowded in a large hall in town. It was the sixth annual Ontario Vintage Guitar show, and there were guitars… »
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-April 27 1945: The crazy trio who helped a starving war-torn Holland
It was really quite mad. Throughout April1945, vicious fighting had been taking place as Canadians pushed across Holland, retaking city and village from the desperate but still determined German Army. Along the way, they encountered starving Dutch who were resorting… »
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Eric McNair-Landry-promoting Inuit history through kayaks
Centuries before Europeans ever ventured into the Arctic with their large ungainly sailing ships, the Inuit had devised a simply, fast, agile craft called the kayak, or Qajak. Eric McNair-Landry, born and raised in the Arctic on Baffin Island, Eric… »
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The LINK Online Sat.,April 25, 2015
Your hosts today, Marc and Wojtek. Canada’s Official Opposition NDP party leader Thomas Mulcair accused the government of voting against his party’s motion for a tax break for small businesses, then putting it in Tuesday’s (April 21) federal budget. © PC/Adrian… »
Armenian genocide 1915-2015, Canada remembers
Canadians of Armenian descent are attending various ceremonies across Canada today to mark the 100th anniversary of the beginning of what is now known as the Armenian Genocide. One hundred years ago today, the Ottoman Turkish empire began an almost… »
History: April 24-25 1951: Canadians stem the tide in Korea
As they had so often in the two world wars. outnumbered Canadian troops in Korea once again held their ground against the enemy. Some 40 kilometres north of the Republic of Korea capital, Seoul, and within sight of the town… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics
Canadian Uighurs claim Chinese intimidation
Montreal resident Arkin Kurban is one of six Uighur-Canadians who has claimed recently that authorities in China are attempting intimidation and blackmail to obtain information on Uighur communities in Canada. Uighurs are a mostly Muslim people speaking a Turkic language… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Scientific community concern over genetic manipulation
Scientists are always trying to push the boundaries of knowledge, but now some are calling for a pause in a specific area of research. The ability to now “edit” the human genome, or “genetic engineering” has the potential for great… »
History: Apr. 23, 1851, Canada issues first stamp
On April 23, 1851 the Province of Canada issued its first stamp. It was designed by none other than Scottish-Canadian Sir Sanford Fleming, the man who gave the world the idea of time zones. Although Canada was still considered a… »
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House prices in Canada, far above reality
A new Economist magazine says Canada is among an exclusive, but certainly not enviable club of seven countries where the housing market is dangerously over-valued. National average housing price in Canada in March = $439,144 (Canadian Real Estate Assoc.) The… »
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