New warnings are being made about using social media to sell wildlife meat and fish online. On a Nunavut Territory Facebook page “swap and sell” site, one can find narwhal and whale maktaaq (blubber), caribou meat, arctic char, walrus, and… »
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, Health, Indigenous
Struggle to control dangerous stray dogs across northern Canada
It’s been a problem for many years in small communities all across far northern Canada. Stray pets and semi-wild dogs roam many communities and have occasionally caused serious injury and death. In January 2010, a 10-year old boy in the… »
International, Politics, Society
Government seeks greater anti-terrorism powers
Steven Blaney is the Minister of Public Safety Canada © CBC New legislation seeks more power for police, spy agencies Canada’s Public Safety minister, Steven Blaney announced today the government has prepared new legislation to give security agencies more powers of… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
New discovery in degenerative eye disease
According to the Foundation Fighting Blindness Canada, millions of people in North America live with varying degrees of irreversible vision loss because they have an untreatable, degenerative eye disorder that affects the retina. Part of the problem in combatting degenerative… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Society
Canada-EU closer agreement on seal products
It’s a long-standing dispute between Canada and the European Union over the issue of seal skin products. In 2009, the EU had placed a ban on importing seal-products, such as seal fur clothing, with the exception for indigenous peoples. This… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Hot fish on the move
Hot fish moving away from tropics A new study reinforces what fishermen are already seeing, which is that due to global warming they are catching different species of fish in their catch, fish normally seen in more tropical areas. This… »
Update: American online predator sentenced
A former licensed nurse and married father of two teen-aged girls is going to jail on convictions of assisting a suicide and attempting to assist a suicide. William Melchert-Dinkel, 52, was alleged to have gone online seeking distressed people, while… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian zero-emission public transit bus
A Canadian company has announced development of a new type of propulsion system for public transit busses. The Winnipeg, Manitoba-based company, New Flyer Industries, is one of North America’s leading manufacturers of heavy duty busses. The new concept involves batteries… »
The year the War came to Canada
In the dark of the early morning of October 14, 1942 the Second World War struck directly at Canada, again. In 1942, U-boats operating in Canadian waters had sunk 43 ships, many in the St Lawrence including 20 merchantmen, a… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Traces of human hormone disrupt aquatic ecosystems
A new study has found that the traces of synthetic estrogen from use of birth control pills, can have a dramatic effect on ecosystems The study, was published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B on Monday. Lead author… »
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