It was late at night, about 10;35 PM Eastern Standard time on the 14th of April when the bored wireless operators in a lonely Marconi radio station at Cape Race Newfoundland, received a signal that was unbelievable. Instead of banal… »
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.
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Electric cars, not always “greener”
While many are extolling electric cars as the way of the future to reduce greenhouse gases, a new study points out that’s not always the case. Chris Kennedy (PhD, B Eng) is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
Concern over Alberta’s grizzly bears
Much has been said about the loss of habitat for caribou in this country and how fragmentation of habitat has caused population declines. Conservationists are once again making the same call, but now also for western Canada’s grizzly bear population.… »
History April 13, The RCMP “always get their man”
The phrase has long been associated with Canada’s federal police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) which came into existence in 1920. The idea is that criminals can’t escape from the “Mounties” who, once sent to track down a… »
ART- Cape Breton N.S. artist Onni Nordman
Sydney Nova Scotia painter Onni Nordman is a workaholic. He spends endless hours in his studio beside the cottage on a cliff in Cape Breton with the sea and sky he shares with his wife and manager Paula Muise. Cape… »
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The LINK Online Sat., Apr.11, 2015
Your full team is with you this week to present the show, Wojtek, Lynn, and Marc. Former Conservative government Senator, Mike Duffy, arrives for his first court appearance at the courthouse in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Duffy faces… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Elite Arctic yacht race planned
“…because of climate change, we can”. Not for the faint of heart, and definitely not for the light of wallet, an elite and extreme yacht race is being planned for 2017. Tracing the path of the proposed extreme sailing race… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
History: April 10, anniversary of Jack Miner- pioneering conservationist
John Thomas Miner was born on April 10, 1865 in the US. As a young man he moved to Essex County in Ontario Over time- Jack Miner as he was called, became known as the father of of North American… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Dog owners chastised by judge after it attacked them
In the west coast province of British Columbia, a judge has blamed a couple in the town of Kelowna for the attack by their own pit bull that left one of them with severe injuries. In what is deemed as… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Winter road salt and environment: revision needed
Canadian winters can be very harsh, and like this year, long. To make sure that the economy keeps rolling, and that roads are safe, vast amounts of salt are spread to melt through potentially dangerous snow and ice, or to… »
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