The vote in Scotland on whether to secede from the United Kingdom and become a separate, independent country, is coming down to the wire. It is particularly interesting in Canada where similar referendum votes were held in the mostly French-speaking… »
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.
Call for return to basics in arithmetic teaching
It seems that all the “new improved” math teaching methods tried over the years, are not so improved after all Many students are entering university not even knowing where they are on a world map. Many other colleges and universities… »
Eminent visitor tours Canada
Canada has an honoured visitor this month. His Holiness Pope Tawadros II (Theodore II), the spiritual leader to the global Coptic Orthodox community © thecopticchurch.info His Holiness Pope Tawadros II (Theodore II), the spiritual leader to the global Coptic Orthodox community… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
New Canadian research into brain function and spatial relationship
We can do it, and do it with complete ease. Robots can’t, at least not yet. That is, determine where for example a glass of water on the table in front of us is in exact relation to where we… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Oops! Swedish photo to promote northern Canadian city
One of the great attractions to bring visitors to Canada’s far northern cities, is to view the spectacular light show of the Aurora Borealis, or “northern lights” view of the Aurora Borealis is shown near A photo of the northern… »
Arts: Susan Pinker- The Village Effect (book)
Want to live longer? Be healthier and happier? Develop friends, and maintain actual face to face relationships. That’s the basic story in Susan Pinker’s newest book. Psychologist, columnist, award winning author Susan Pinker © Susie Lowe- susanpinker.com Susan Pinker is a… »
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The LINK Online Sat. Sept.13, 2014
Your hosts this week are Wojtek Gwiazda, Lynn Desjardins, and Marc Montgomery Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, Defence Minister Rob Nicholson and Chief of Defence Staff Tom Lawson testified Tuesday (September 9) before a Hosue of Commons comittee about… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Nature to put on a big light show tonight
They are called the Aurora Borealis, but more commonly as the “northern lights”. The bright aurora displays occur when charged particles in bursts of solar wind from the sun’s surface collide with gases in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. The energy… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Wolf cull in Saskatchewan
The central prairie province of Saskatchewan is about to begin a temporary wolf hunt, starting Monday. Last winter was long and harsh and took its toll on wildlife. For wolves, a traditional prey, the whitetail deer, suffered greatly and the… »
Economy, International, Society
The miracle amid the tragedy of 9/11
The world was completely stunned by the incredible horror that unfolded in the United States with the terrorist attacks using commercial jetliners on Sept 11, 2001. In the confusion and the still unknowns on that day, the US Government closed… »
The world in pictures
Canada in pictures
