Once again it seems like it’s a battle of a few “Davids” against a “Goliath”. In this case, a number of maple syrup producers against the provincial marketing board. Canada is the world’s leading producer of the delicious all-natural sweetener,… »
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.
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadian study: limiting baseball pitching innings doesn’t prevent injury
In major league baseball, hurtling the hard ball at speeds up to 160km/h puts tremendous strain on the body. In baseball, because of the potential for damage to joints, ligaments and muscles, pitchers are usually limited in the number of… »
April 09, Battle for Vimy Ridge survey shows importance to Canadians.
It is often cited as Canada’s “coming of age”. On the eve of one of the most important battles in Canadian history, a new poll shows that most Canadians agree with that assessment. In the early hours of a cold… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Climate change and polar bears: increasing hardship
Climate change which has reduced Arctic sea ice is causing some polar bears to change their diets. The polar bear diet consists mainly of fat, lipid rich, seals which they hunt on the winter ice. However as the ice is… »
Legislating an end to “gay conversion” therapy
DiNovo is the provincial NDP critic for LGBT issues, notes that California recently banned the same therapy, which has been widely condemned by psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers. © supplied :Cheri Dinovi’s Office Ontario politicians have voted this week in favour… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Going, gone! Canada’s western glaciers melting fast.
Canada’s western mountain chains are home to many of the world’s glaciers. A new study indicates that due to human-influenced climate change, they are melting quickly, and could lose most of their volumes in just a few decades, with up… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Lack of western snow concerns farmers
While another 2-10 cm of snow fell on Canada’s east coast overnight in what has been a record year for snow there, it’s a different situation out west. Not a typical sight in April, snowploughs out to remove another snowfall… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Simple test that may indicate very early signs of Alzheimer’s risk.
At Toronto’s York University, researchers have discovered that simple tests which require a conscious thought-directed physical movement can reveal potentially early signs of Alzheimer’s. In other words, difficulty in combining thought and movement, i.e., concentration to produce a specific inhabitual… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
The annual “Hawkwatch” in Niagara
In southern Ontario’s Niagara Peninsula, Hawkwatch has become an annual event for birdwatchers and nature lovers. Red pointer indicates the town of Grimsby along the Niagara escarpment which runs through the peninsula and then takes a sharp turn north just… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
April 6, National Tartan Day-Canadian idea catches on
The idea of a day to celebrate and promote interest in young Nova Scotians about their deep Scottish roots came from a meeting of the Federation for Scottish Clans in the maritime province in 1986. It then became an officially recognized… »
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