Today is “Earth Day”- a time to reflect on the state of the world’s environment. The theme this year is “It’s our turn to lead”. Millions of people around the world will take part is some sort of “green” activity… »
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.
Best job? Beer ombudsman sought for Ontario.
What has to be one of the most interesting job titles in Ontario is being created. Ontario is seeking a “beer ombudsman”. In Canada, alcohol sales, including beer, are controlled by the provinces, and all sales are strictly government controlled.… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian discovery: maple syrup as powerful antibiotic delivery platform
It is one of the world’s great natural sweeteners, totally organic, renewable and sustainable, and Canadian Canada, and especially the province of Quebec, provides the vast majority of the world’s maple syrup, but now new Canadian research seems to indicate… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Floating nuclear power stations for Arctic?
An Ontario company is proposing the idea of small floating nuclear stations to power mining sites and towns in the Arctic. At a mining symposium last week in the Arctic city of Iqaluit in Nunavut, Dunedin Energy Systems suggested the… »
History: April 21, 1918, Canada and the end of the “Red Baron”
He was legendary at the time, and his legend has endured and grown ever since. He was the German WW1 ace, Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, Since his death there have been books, songs, plays and movies made about him,… »
The biggest hospital move in Canada
It’s called the new “superhospital” in Montreal. The McGill University Health Centre, MUHC, combines the previous university research centre and Royal Victoria Hospital, previously merged, but physically separated, into a single huge new complex. Panoramic view of the new MUHC… »
History: Canada’s satellite lead April 20, 1973
In the 1970’s Canada set up the world’s first geostationary (geosynchronous) non-military domestic communications satellites. On November 9, 1972, Anik-A-I was sent into orbit and on this date April 20, 1973, the 600kg Anik-A-II was sent aloft to join it.… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
E-waste a huge and growing problem
Almost 42 million tonnes of electric and electronic waste was dumped around the world last year. The news comes from a UN study released on Sunday by the United Nations University The report is called The Global E-waste Monitor 2014:… »
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History: Barry Ogden and the fastest sailing ship
It was the ship hailed by all sailors in the golden age of sail. She was the Marco Polo, and for years was the fastest ship in the world. She was a big ship indeed, just over 56 metres long,… »
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The LINK Online, Sat., 18, 2015
Your host today, Marc Montgomery India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper held a joint press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. © Sean Kilpatrick/CP An important state visit to Canada occurred… »
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