In an effort to protect pollinating bees, Ontario farmers are being told to change some habits as they plant seeds this season. The vast majority of corn and soybean seeds now come pre-coated with a type of insecticide known as… »
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.
Jazz- conversation with Canadian jazz stars, Donato, Turner, Desmarais
This week on the arts, culture, and lifestyle column, we jazz things up a bit. Bassist Michel Donato © Donato website One of the major jazz festivals in North America and with an international reputation, is the annual Montreal jazz fest… »
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The LINK Online (Sat. April 19, 2014)
Your hosts this week, wojteck Gwiazda, and Marc Montgomery. Lynn is off for the Easter Good Friday holiday. Canada needs to invest in green energy or get left behind in the world’s clean energy revolution, say environmentalists. © Larry Downing/Reuters The… »
Canada’s public archives: new leader and difficult challenge
The federal government has announced that a Guy Berthiaume will take over as head of the Canada’s history gathering institution in June. Bertiaume will take over after former president Daniel Caron suddenly resigned last year following severe criticism on a… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Skyrocketing price of Saskatchewan farm land
What will a million dollars buy you in Canada in terms of property? In Fort McMurray, Alberta, the oil-boom centre of Canada, it’s not enough to buy an acre of industrial land, that goes for about 1.2 million. In Vancouver,… »
Police tips: Roadblocks for dummies
A police officer in the city of Victoria, British Columbia has posted some tips for drivers on the police website. The tips come from actual incidents he witnessed during the course of his duties while at various road traffic checkpoints.… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Global warming: 99% certainty “not natural”
A Canadian scientist has studied the issue of the causes of global warming and resultant climate change, from an entirely different direction. Shaun Lovejoy (PhD) is a professor of Physics at McGill University in Montreal, and president of non-linear processes… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
US rules on ivory, snag musicians
Musicians, especially of classical music, have been rethinking plans to travel in or out of the United States. Many of their instruments contain small bits of ivory and there is a fear they will be confiscated by US Customs. The… »
International, Politics, Society
Terrorist video threat against Canada and “America”
A new video has surfaced on the internet in which a fundamentalist Islamic fighter directly threatens Canada and then the US and Obama. Michel Juneau-Katsuya is a former senior manager and intelligence officer with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Facebook releases surveillance information
The social media giant, Facebook, has released its second report which indicates the number of information requests on users that are made by governments around the world. Facebook doesn’t go into specifics about the information, only basic statistics. The data… »
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