Lester B Pearson is considered one of the best Canadian Prime Ministers. During his time as national leader, (1963-68), he brought in several major programmes including universal health care, the Canada Pension Plan, the student loan plan for university education,… »
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.
Working towards a new policing model
Policing in Canada today is much different than it was just a few decades ago. The federal government asked the Council of Canadian Academics to study issues surrounding policing, specifically, “Given the evolution of crime, the justice system, and society,… »
Canadian northern guides lead farm tractor to the South Pole
They live in Iqaluit, in Canada’s high Arctic, but recently found themselves guiding an attempt to drive an ordinary farm tractor to the South Pole in Antarctica. Dutchwoman, 38 year old Manon Osservoort and team at the south Pole 10;30… »
Tacky Christmas sweater challenge
Who can gather the greatest number of tacky Christmas sweater wearers? A few decades ago, grandmothers (mostly) would lovingly knit Christmas sweaters for the men in their families (mostly); husbands, sons, grandsons. Companies now sell “kits” to turn any jumper… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
The Canadian voices behind a Christmas classic.
It’s an annual Christmas event and has been every year since that first broadcast in 1964, fifty years ago. Very few Canadians, and even fewer Americans who have watched the animated Chrismas special for five decades, realize that the voices… »
Cars, commuting, and dissatisfaction with life
It seems some people actually don’t mind the commute to work behind the wheel. Most people however do not enjoy it and a new study has found a direct connection between commuting and satisfaction with life. Indeed, the longer the… »
The most famous poem in WWI
Arguably the most famous poem of the First World War, In Flanders Fields” was penned by a distraught, but patriotic, Canadian doctor and was published for the first time on December 8, 1915. Inscription of the complete poem in a… »
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The McMichael Art Gallery and collection: world class
Officially opened as a provincial art gallery/museum in the summer of 1965, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection is dedicated to Canadian artists. A recent donation of several important works by artists in the province of Quebec has added new depths… »
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The LINK online Sta Dec. 6, 2014
The full team is back this week with Lynn Wojtek and Marc A homeless man watches people walk past as he sits along the sidewalk on East Hastings Street in downtown Vancouver. © Jonathan Hayward/CP A provincial court of appeal in… »
Arts & Entertainment, Politics, Society
Montreal comedian receives threat
A bilingual Quebec comedian, Samir Khullar whose professional name is Sugar Sammy, is a successful stand-up comedian based in Quebec. Just prior to a performance in the city of Sherbrooke Quebec, last night ,someone phoned in a threat to the… »
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