Was it bright and sunny, or a drizzly grey morning on June 13 1833, reports vary. Nevertheless, five men slipped quietly out of the small town of Perth Ontario, in what is now eastern Ontario. Two young law students and… »
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.
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Revelations of a 66 million year old forest fire
A team of researchers has uncovered traces of a forest fire 66 million years ago, and along with it the forest plants before and after the fire. The research team from was guided by Hans Larsson, associate professor at the… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Politics, Society
Montreal festivals- noise battle looming
Summer in the city and in Montreal that means several outdoor festivals. Unfortunately for some in and near the city, that means loud, very loud music. One of the big venues is situated on a small island in the St… »
Canadian estate may not go to US white supremacist group
Before he died 10 years ago, retired New Brunswick chemistry professor Robert Harry McCorkill willed his estate to a US white supremacist group, the National Alliance (NA) McCorkill was recruited into the National Alliance in 1998. He later lived at… »
Canadian is the (world) shin-kicking champ
Yes it’s spelled correctly, and yes competitors kick each others shins to win (painfully). The event takes place in Chipping Cambden in England’s Cotswold district as it has every year for the past 400 years as part of what is… »
Economy, International, Society
FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014:..and after?
Tens of thousands of fans from around the world are either already in Brazil, or are heading there for one of the world’s largest sporting events, the FIFA World Cup of football (soccer), which begins tomorrow. This time however, the… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Grey wolves: laid back on the islands, competitive on the mainland
It seems that the old adage of island life being more laid back may also apply to wolves. Biologists studying wolves on Canada’s west coast have discovered that British Columbia’s island wolves have developed genetic differences and differing behaviour from… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
World’s first global city-water usage map.
An international effort has now, for the first time, created a global map of the world’s cities in relation to their use of water resources. Three researchers from Canada’s McGill University were involved, professors Bernard Lehner (PhD) and Tom Gleeson… »
June 10, 1940: A less remembered declaration of war
Much attention has been focused on the 70th anniversary of the June 6th D-day invasion and the bloody struggle on the beaches of Normandy France. However, today marks a rather less remembered event, with an important connection to that momentous… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Whooping Cranes-slowly back from near extinction with record number of nests
Biologists are quietly optimistic about the numbers of whooping cranes nesting this year in Wood Buffalo National Park situated in northern Alberta and into the Northwest Territories. The Whooping Crane all but disappeared by the 1940’s with less than 20… »
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