It was on September 8, 1978, that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared the site of a remote site in Newfoundland as a World Heritage site. L”Anse aux Meadows located on the northern tip of the… »
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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The LINK Online (Sat Sept 06, 2014)
This week your hosts are Wojtek Gwiazda and Marc Montgomery Two former Prime Ministers and four Canadian Indigenous leaders met journalists in Ottawa to launch a new initiative to make Canadians aware of Indigenous reality called ‘Canadians for a New… »
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Report: Canada has highest loss of virgin forest
A group called “Global Forest Watch” has given Canada a black mark for its degradation of virgin forest. In a recent report on it’s website blog the group says over eight percent of the world’s undisturbed forests were lost between… »
Rare sight, killer whales in Hudson Bay
Churchill Manitoba is well-known as the Polar bear capital of Canada. That’s because a particular segment of the Arctic Polar bear population gathers on the western shores of Hudson Bay waiting for the freeze-up before heading out for the winter… »
Concussion in youth sports, a public health and ethics issue
Two Canadian doctors say the issue of concussions in sport, especially in children is epidemic in scope and has become a public health ethical issue. Dr Paul Echlin, is the primary care sports medicine specialist at Elliot Sports Medicine Clinic… »
Canada’s WWII–era Lancaster back in the air.
It is one of the most iconic aircraft of the Second World War. A rare sight and sound not seen nor heard in some 50 years, and not likely to ever be repeated after this year. The only 2 remaining… »
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Simple colon cancer test: Poop that glows
Two researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, are working on what may become a lifesaver. It involves glowing poop, and colon cancer. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths for men in Canada, behind lung cancer,… »
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New Canadian cancer discovery
It is when cancer spreads from a tumour to elsewhere in the body that it most often proves fatal. This process of individual cells breaking off from one tumour and moving elsewhere in the body through the circulatory system is… »
And on a lighter note…
A new survey by a staff recruiting company, Office Team, and International Association of Administrative Professional (IAAP) has revealed that staff get some strange requests by their bosses. The survey asked secretaries and other office staff about unusual tasks they… »
September 3, 1939 the horror begins; loss of SS Athenia
The black clouds of war had been gathering over Europe for months. Germany forces had invaded Poland on September 1, and Britain, supporting Poland, entered into a state of war at 11am BST on September 3. 1939 The Donaldson liner,… »
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