The lost ships of the 1845 voyage represent the only Canadian National Historic Site whose location is unknown to anyone. This August, the government, including the Coast Guard, the Navy, scientists, divers, researchers and agencies like the Royal Canadian Geographical… »
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.
Waiting for First Nations communities to reveal finances
A new law passed last year requires Canada’s aboriginal communities to post their financial statements online. This includes the salaries that the Chiefs and the band councillors pay themselves. The law called the “First Nations Financial Transparency Act” requires First… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Massive bee loss in Ontario
Highest documented loss in Ontario The latest report from Canada’s beekeepers shows overwinter losses in Ontario this year were the highest in Canada at 58% A typical winter loss in Canada is around 15%. Paul Kozak, provincial apiarist for the… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Mission on Mars (simulation) ends
It’s called “Hi-SEAS” but it’s all about space, in fact, a mission to Mars. the crew of six must eat, sleep, and work within the confined space of the small dome for 4 months. Lockwood says it could be “challenging”… »
Arts & Entertainment, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Hitchbot, on its way studying robot-human interaction
It’s equal parts, technology and social experiment. Hitchbot, a low-tech exterior with a high-tech interior, is a robot of sorts hitch-hiking on its own, several thousand kilometres across Canada from Halifax on the east coast, to Victoria on the west… »
July 28, 1914: When the world went mad
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the start of a war that would prove to be the deadliest in known history. Viewed from the Market Square, the Cathedral at Ypres in ruins amid a landscape shattered by millions of Allied… »
Lifestyle: “Hickory Golf”-enjoying the past
You might one day see what looks like a scene on a golf course from 1920. A group of men dressed in ‘plus fours”, colourful socks, maybe a tie, usually a large flat cap, or perhaps a Balmoral (Tam) They’ll… »
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The LINK Online (Sat. July 19, 2014)
Your host this week, Marc Montgomery. Wojtek Gwiazda and Lynn Desjardins are off, and Terry Haig and Carmel Kilkenny have been filling in. Canadian medical professionals and the FDA in the US say there is currently no evidence that consumer… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology
Deep space study of asteroid “Bennu”
It’s name is Bennu, and it’s known as a “near Earth” asteroid. NASA is planning to send an unmanned probe, OSIRIS-Rex, that will interecept the asteroid, collect a sample, and come back to earth. The probe will take a sample… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Society
Roaring good time in Toronto this weekend
Vast crowds of racing fans from across North America are already gathering in Canada’s biggest city, Toronto, for one of the most exciting car races on the continent. It’s the Toronto Indy-car race James Hinchliffe of Oakville, near Toronto, is… »
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