Across Canada many of the cenotaphs marking the fallen veterans of wars and conflict. They and other locations of significance, perhaps armouries or Royal Canadian Legion branches, or even city parks may also be the site for military monuments. These… »
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.
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadian experts discover dinosaur defence secret
Millions of years ago, it was a dino eat dino world. At the top of the food chain, the fearsome meat-eating T-rex, massive, powerful, fast, with jaws loaded with giant flesh ripping teeth. On the other side, plant-eating hadrosaurs, no… »
International, Society, Sports
Rising hockey star and debate about fighting
The issue of fighting in hockey has been raised once again due to an injury to a rising star. Hockey in North America is almost the only organized team sport where fighting in the game is not seriously condemned by… »
Painter Emily Carr- exhibition in England.
Carr was born in Victoria BC in 1871, and the province’s deep forests, aboriginal culture, and overall landscape greatly influenced her work © BC Archive/Royal BC Museum It’s being listed as the first major exhibition outside Canada for the great Canadian… »
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the LINK Online (Sat. Nov 8, 2014)
Your hosts this week Lynn Desjardins and Marc Montgomery, with Carmel Kilkenny providing one of her stories this week HERE Prime Minister Harper with Mayor Zhang Hongming and Governor of Zhejiang Li Qiang in front of the skyline of Hangzhou,… »
The special nature of Remembrance Day 2014
Every year Remembrance day is marked in solemn ceremonies at cenotaphs across Canada. Many thousands will also be watching the national ceremony from Ottawa. The Royal Canadian Legion which distributed commemorative poppies notes that this year the demand has skyrocketed.… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
Pipeline dispute: grimacing is assault?
Does a furrowed brow and frown constitute assault? Posting photos of themselves grimacing on Twitter, hundreds of people have heaped scorn on the energy company for it’s lawyers contention that grimacing constitutes assault. © K Nagata-twitter Well that’s what a subsidiary… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
How noise can harm bird survival
Most people may not realize it but audio communication is vital for young birds to survive. Researchers in east coast Nova Scotia found that ambient noise can disrupt communication between adults and nestlings, putting the nestlings at risk Andy Horn… »
Almost 100 years later, Canadian soldier identified
Pte Sidney Halliday of the 78th Winnipeg Grenadiers killed almost 100 years ago, finally identified through a ring and locker from his then girlfriend. Sidney Halliday of the 78th Winnipeg Grenadiers was 22 when he was killed near Hallu, France… »
Nov 6, 1917 Passchendaele: amid mud, blood, horror, Canadians prevail
It’s called the Third Battle of Ypres, but is more commonly known simply as Passchendaele, after the nearby village and slight ridge. To relieve pressure on the French forces, Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig commanding British forces, planned to attack… »
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