The huge, majestic moose, is one of Canada’s iconic animals. However outside of the island province of Newfoundland, Canada’s moose are in trouble, but not from hunters. The autumn moose hunting season has begun across much of Canada, but in… »
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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Experimental Canadian ebola vaccine begins human tests
An experiment vaccine against the Ebola virus developed by Canada will begin clinical testing on a small group of people this week. Canada’s Health Minister, Rona Ambrose, made the announcement of Phase-1 clinical trials today (Monday). Scientists at the Public… »
International, Society, Sports
Time to end fighting in hockey
Two hockey players face off, gloves are dropped and they start fighting, sometimes resulting in serious injury. This has long been common in the National Hockey League, the premier league in North America. It seems however, that the NHL, or… »
Bitter winter ahead for North America?
It seems both the Farmers Almanac, and the Old Farmers Almanac are predicting a fairly nasty winter for much of North America this season. After a particularly long and cold season last year, this is not news Canadians are happy… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Documentary: Gorilla Doctors- Mike Cranfield veterinarian
For the past few decades, a small group of veterinarians have dedicated themselves to preserving the small groups of mountain gorillas in Africa. Canadian Mike Cranfield is the director of the group which is featured in a new documentary on… »
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the LINK Online (Sat. Oct.11, 2014)
This week’s edition hosted by regulars Lynn, Wojtek, and Marc A divided Canadian House of Commons has passed a motion to go ahead with a government decision to participate in a air combat mission with the U.S. in Iraq. © Sean… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
New million dollar thefts: cooking oil rustlers
As measures are being taken to counter thefts of copper from telephone and power lines, a new type of theft is developing. Seen in the act by hidden Radio-Canada hidden cameras, a team drives up in a large van and… »
Update: New questions raised about Norwegian wilderness company
It was a story that made news around the world. Earlier this month it was alleged that Amaruk Wilderness Corp. the trekking company, originally thought to be based in Norway and operating in Canada, rejected a Christian woman from the… »
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UN report: ocean acidity increasing rapidly due to CO2
A new report from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in South Korea says that ocean acidification has risen alarmingly from absorption of CO2 in the atmosphere. This report says acidification is changing and will dramatically change the… »
Addiction group: Canada should legalize pot, but with strict controls.
Canada’s largest addiction treatment and research centre says it’s time for Canada to legalize marijuana. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) based in Toronto, Ontario says such legalization should however come with strict controls. The group studied cannabis… »
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