The Americans for all their wealth and technological power, had never seen anything like it. From a documentary “too good to be true” the Jetliner peels off like a fighter jet, in fact the later Cf-100 fighter jet bore some… »
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.
Opposition to Canada Post’s end of home mail delivery grows
From individual acts of protest to municipalities fighting back, opposition to the end of home delivery of mail is growing slowly across Canada. Canada Post, the federal government agency that has always delivered mail announced in December 2013 it would… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Geography, geomatics, and new Canadian learning technology.
A new concept in teaching geography and related subjects such as social studies is being unveiled today The Geoliteracy Project is designed to make the subjects more interactive and as such much more interesting for young students. The made-in-Canada 3-D… »
Supreme Court rules against city Council prayers
For as long as can be remembered, the city council in the town of Saguenay Quebec, has begun its meetings with a brief prayer, a relatively common occurrence across in cities and towns across Canada. Eight year’s ago, atheist Alain… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Appeal to start on Arctic seismic testing
The proposal from a consortium of three international companies to conduct seismic exploration off Baffin Island was first put forth in 2011. The companies are TGS-NOPEC, Petroleum Geo-Services and Multi Klient Invest. An air gun is used to create loud… »
Update: The search for lost WWI soldiers
Last year, historian, author, and documentary filmmaker Norm Christie said a long and painstaking research effort had led him to what he believes is the unmarked grave of some 44 Canadian soldiers. Since then several people have asked for an… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Survey: many immigrants to Canada arrive with no savings at all
A new poll by BMO Wealth Management (Bank of Montreal) finds that new immigrants come to this country with an average of $47,000 to help them in the transition to the new country. However that same survey showed that one… »
Universal condemnation of ISIS antiquities destruction
Wanton and ongoing destruction of world heritage Artefacts that have survived thousands of years of history have now succumbed to ISIS machine guns, sledgehammers, and bulldozers. ISIS’ destruction of ancient relics, including entire sites, has raised alarm among historians, museum… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
The “Atlantic conveyor” current: Slowing down is not good
It’s called the Atlantic conveyor, but in scientific terms it’s the Atlantic Meridonial Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Most have never heard of it, although the better known “Gulf Stream” which flows along the east coast of the USA and then heads… »
Historic lighthouse to be restored
It is one of Canada’s oldest continuously operating lighthouse locations It’s on Cape Sable Island, a tiny island just off the southern tip of Nova Scotia Red dot shows Cape Sable Island, a small island off the southern tip… »
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