Ukraine has elected a new president even as fighting against alleged Ukrainian pro-Russian rebels continued around the Donesk airport. Lubomyr Luciuk (PhD) is a Ukrainian and military specialist in the Department of Political Science at the Royal Military College in… »
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, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Rallies held to protest genetically-modified foods.
Millions of Canadians in cities acroos the country came out on the weekend to demonstrate against the proliferation of genetically modified organisms. They joined millions more in 52 countries and hundrerds of cities around the world in what in most… »
Asian heritage month: Adrienne Clarkson-from Hong Kong refugee, to Governor General of Canada
dianet”] 2011 As a former Governor-General, she is known for life as the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson © Andrew Rusk- Wiki commons On this occasion we meet a woman who as a very young child escaped with her parents from the… »
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The LINK online (May 24, 2014)
This week your hosts are Wojtek Gwiazda and Marc Montgomery. Lynn is on vacation, with Carmel Kilkenny filling in. Canada’s National Farmers Union is upset that a genetically modified alfalfa seed has been approved for sale in Canada. Bales of alfalfa… »
Arts & Entertainment, Environment & Animal Life
From tragedy, a “Star” is born
In Quebec’s Saguenay region, a car was travelling highway 170 when a moose suddenly appeared from the roadside. The impact was tremendous, destroying the car and while the passengers were not injured, the moose was killed instantly. However, the moose… »
School dress code, or human right?
At a high school in London, in southwestern Ontario, a teenager’s clothing choice has initiated a controversy. Maxwell Stewart was told by his high school that the made-to-measure lycra bodysuit was inappropriate. however he’s been told he can wear one… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International
WTO (mostly) upholds ban on seal products
In what appears to be a mitigated decision, the World Trade Organization appeal body has upheld the European Union decision to ban seal pelts, oil, and meat on moral grounds. The ruling today by the WTO Appelate Body will further… »
Supreme Court rules on mandatory retirement
A lawyer and partner in a law firm in Canada’s west coast province of British Columbia, has lost his case and will have to retire. It started when John Michael McCormick, a lawyer and a partner at the law firm… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
It’s a first for Canada, and it’s a girl!
They are still ecstactic at the animal park known as African Lion Safari in Cambridge southern Ontario, about 100 kilometres west of Toronto. They are announcing the successful birth of the first artificially inseminated giraffe in Canada. Although the baby… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canada’s glaciers, going, going….
Western Canada’s snow-capped mountains with their literally thousands of glaciers are always a spectacular sight. But that sight is changing, and rapidly. The glaciers in Canada and Alaska are melting at a phenomenal rate and an American state-of-the-union report on climate… »
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