The video posted on youtube on July 10 and shows three men fishing off a dock at the eastern tip of Lake Ontario at Wolfe Island, near Kingston. As one reels in a fish, a large, finned, shark-like creature looms… »
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.
Traffic accident insurance scams: a growing plague
In legal terms they’re called “induced collisions” You’re driving along, when a car passes you, pulls quickly in front and brakes hard. You can’t avoid hitting the back of the other car. Suddenly, the full load of passengers comes out… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Sharks in the Arctic: surviving climate change
Sharks are one of the oldest survivors on earth, with fossilized records dating back as much as 400 million years ago. Many scientists are concerned that with climate change, many of the earth’s species will not be able to adapt… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Labour union comes out against pipeline
In a press release this week, Canada’s largest private sector union says the Northern Gateway pipeline will bring more harm than good to the Canadian economy The proposed pipeline would run from a town called Bruderheim in Alberta, 50 kilometers… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Anti-bacterial products: more harm than good?
A new report by The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) has called for the banning of two very common chemicals used in a wide variety of household products. Kathleen Cooper is the senior researcher with CELA Kathleen Cooper, senior researcher,… »
Economy, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Medical tourism: the ethical issues
“Medical tourism” is a term and a phenomenon that is becoming more and more common in Canada. It’s the idea of travelling outside of Canada to receive medical treatment, either for cost reasons, or for faster treatment Jeremy Snyder (PhD) is… »
Industrial development adds haste to search for WWI dead
A Canadian researcher is hoping to locate the bodies of some 44 Canadian soldiers killed during the battle at Vimy in the First World War, and he says after 97 years, there’s an urgency to the task. The Canadian memorial… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
NWT: Worst forest fire season in decades
In the Northwest territories (NWT), the wildfire season continues to get worse. A massive fire approaches the east arm of Great Slave Lake on Saturday. Meteorolgists say they do not see much rain in the forecasts for the next two… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
You’re being scanned!
It’s called Automatic Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) technology. What it does is scan vehicle licence plates and compares that to a central data base and if a particular plate is being sought by a police or parking agency, it scores… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Politics, Society
The mystery of Camp-X, Canada’s secretive spy school
It is widely known as Camp X- but it had several other names including for example STS-103 (special training school) and Project J. What is was though, was a training school for spies. A new documentary by Yap Films of… »
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