This week your hosts are Lynn Desjardins, and Marc Montgomery, with a contribution on the show this week from Carmel Kilkenny sitting in for Wojtek. HERE The recent deliberately targetted killings of two Canadian soldiers in separate incidents has resulted… »
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.
A shocking horror story for Halloween
Ok so it happened during the summer, and its now been corrected, but video of the “incident” has just been obtained through “access to information” in time for this Halloween. And it is horrible.. horrible if you love fine whisky. An… »
Halloween, a scary time, but now for different reasons
October 31, Halloween, a time when children get dressed up in various costumes to go house to house in the evening, requesting “trick or treat”. Invariably, they get treats, chocolates and candy, sometimes apples or other healty alternatives. However, because… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
New health concerns over a recent tiny, and annoying arrival in Canada
Mosquitoes in Canada have become more than just an extremely annoying nuisance. As vectors carrying disease, they can be of great concern. Certainly in Canada in recent years a species carrying West Nile disease has been a concern. Now in… »
International, Politics, Society
Confucius Institutes: controversy continues as Toronto rejects their proposal
In a long drawn out discussion over the course of months, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has finally voted formally to cancel a planned partnership with China’s government-funded Confucius Institute. Earlier this year in Toronto, parents, teachers and students… »
Health, International, Society
Men’s health month
It’s almost November, and that means across Canada, and elsewhere, it’s almost “Movember”- moustache month. During the month men will grow moustaches in a combined charity fund-raising and awareness campaign about men’s health issues such as testicular and prostate concer.… »
International, Politics, Society
The Inauspicious MI-5 agent, quiet Canadian retiree
Roberts- aka King, made meticulous notes on dozens of people sympathetic to the Nazis and their activities and dgree of danger they posed © National Archives (Britain) Quiet, unassuming, inauspicious, that was Eric Roberts. In fact unlike a James Bond… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Ancient dinosaurs, fossil poachers, and a strange mystery solved
A 50 year old mystery involving ancient dinosaur bones and the very strange creature they belonged to, has finally been solved. Philip Currie is one of the most respected paleontologists in the world. He is professor and Canada Research Chair… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Anxiety relief: Pooches and passengers at Edmonton airport
You’re in a big airport, it’s busy, a bit confusing, and hectic, even if you’re waiting hours for your flight. In a first for Canadian airports, the Edmonton International Airport has joined others in a new programme to relieve travelers… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Food containers: when re-usable is not necessarily better
A new study has shown that the increasing use of re-usable commercial plastic produce containers, has a drawback; bacterial contamination of the containers After the first limited study of the containers last year found unacceptable levels of bacteria and pathogens,… »
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