In 2007 the Canadian tv show Second Regard wanted to explore the issue of Muslim anger in Europe following publication of certain cartoons of the prophet Mohammed. Second Regard is a programme on Radio-Canada, the French language public broadcaster. Loosely… »
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.
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Very costly student prank
What started out as a silly student prank on a dare, will end up costlng him and his parents around $50,000. In 2012, the then 14-year-old student in the west coast province of British Columbia had taken a small padlock… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Update: Gros Morne Park fracking debate
It is 1,800 square kilometres of rugged, awe-inspiring natural beauty. Canada’s Gros Morne National Park on the west coast of the Atlantic island province of Newfoundland and Labrador is so inspiring that in 1987 the United Nations declared it a… »
Canadian book on learning Old Irish gaelic
The new book designed to help those interested in learning about Old Irish © supplied Understanding ancient languages can sometimes solve certain mysteries about the origin of present day words. Ranke de Vries PhD, Professor in the Deapartment of Celtic Studies… »
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The LINK Online Sat Jan 10, 2015
Your hosts this week, Marc Montgomery and Wojtek Gwiazda Two terrorists holding Kalashnikov-type automatic rifles are seen in front of the Charlie Hebdo building exiting a car hijacked earlier in the day. They killed twelve people and severely wounded at… »
Happy 200th birthday Sir John A, founder of Canada…. Who?
Born in Glasgow, John A Macdonald, later Sir John, became a Canadian lawyer, and subsequently a politician and political leader in the rough and tumble colony of the United Province of Canada (Upper Canada/Ontario and Lower Canada- Quebec) in the… »
Too cold in Canada? Try balmy Mars.
Much of Canada suffered under an Arctic blast this week, with temperatures on the prairies dipping to near -30C with wind chills in the -40 range, and elsewhere towards easterns Canada temperatures and wind chills were not much warmer. The… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian scientists and satellite telescope confirm a ” super-Earth”
Canadian researchers have confirmed the existence of an exoplanet, a planet outside our own Solar System, that might be a “waterworld”. Jaymie Matthews, PhD, is a Professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of British Columbia, the Mission Scientist in charge of… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Tobogganing- legal chill stifles an iconic Canadian winter tradition
Since long before Canada was a country, Canadians across the entire country have enjoyed to fun of sliding down the hills in city parks. In recent years however, a couple of successful lawsuits against cities by people who have injured… »
Arts & Entertainment, Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Vigils held to commemorate the shootings at Charlie Hebdo
Je suis Charlie Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre addresses a crowd at a vigil for the victims of the Paris shooting. A large banner was hung from the balcony at city hall which read “Je suis Charlie”. © CBC In cities and… »
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