The arrival of summer means the start of forest fire season in Canada. Map showing extreme fire risk in Northwest Territories, Newfoundland and Labrador © Natural Resources canada This year while southern regions of the prairie provinces were deluged with rain,… »
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.
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Indigenous, Society
Sights, sounds, thrills overload- the Calgary Stampede
It’s billed as the greatest annual outdoor show on earth. Cowboy skills and western life are still the main theme with big prizes attracting the op professional cowboy competitors from around the world, but the Stampeded bills itself as having… »
Internet, Science & Technology
“Greener” nano-scale computing is on the horizon
Transistor technology is basic to all computing devices, but it is reaching its limits in terms of performance and miniaturization, according to Robert Wolkow (PhD) in the Department of Physics at the University of Alberta and principle researcher at the National… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Western Canada crops threatened by flooding.
After a deluge across Canada’s western prairie provinces, water flowing downstream continues to flood new areas. Map showing the number of road closures across many hundreds of kilometres in provinces in these two western provinces. Damage is extimated to be… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
An ancient killing reveals genetic anomaly
The jaw of a Siberian man who was killed about 4,000 years ago, has revealed some interesting facts. Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan using the Biomedical Imaging and Therapy (BMIT) beamline at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron were able to… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Society
“Dumpcano” costs mounting. Landfill fires in Arctic towns
They’re calling it the “dumpcano” a combination of dump (landfill) and volcano. In Canada’s far north the town of Iqaluit, Nunavut, a fire has been burning in the town dump since May 20, which townspeople have nicknamed the “dumpcano” Letting… »
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Seismic testing approved over Inuit opposition
Canada’s National Energy Board has approved a five-year plan for seismic detection of oil and gas reserves under the sea in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait. Inuit leaders have expressed widespread strong concern about the proposal, with the Qikiqtani Inuit… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Call to halt all high-seas fishing
A new report from the University of British Columbia says all fishing on the high seas should be stopped. The study was commissioned by the Global Ocean Commission and was conducted independently by Alex Rogers of Somerville College, Oxford, and… »
Canadians are cool, eh?
On this Canada Day of national celebration, a new survey shows Canadians think they’re pretty cool. The poll was conducted by the Ipsos-Reid polling agency for Historica Canada- a charitable instiution dedicated to increasing Canadians awareness and appreciation of Canadian… »
July 1st, Canada’s national celebration.
Across this vast land, millions of people will be celebrating Canada Day today. Canada’s Parliament building “Centre block” with its impressive “Victory and Peace” tower illuminated by the evening fireworks display during Canada Day celebrations in 2013 © CBC Today marks… »
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