Gazing up into a clear night sky, one can see millions of points of light. Stars. In fact that’s just our own galaxy which contains some 300 billion stars and planets. Now an astronomer in Canada has created a clearer… »
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.
The last Canadian soldiers arrive home
The small, final contingent of Canadian Forces personnel have landed in Canada. As the giant CC-177 Globemaster transport plane with the group of 93 soldiers on board flew over the national capital, Ottawa, it was ceremonially escorted by two CF-18… »
Hard winter forces another animal shooting
Police in the north-western Ontario city of Timmins have shot yet another lynx. This makes the third in a matter of weeks. A police spokeswoman, Kat Cantin, says the animal was killed in the interest of public safety. “Public safety… »
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Canadian researcher studies catastrophic “supervolcanos”
While mankind has experienced some massive deadly volcanic eruptions in our recorded history, Vesuvius, Krakatoa, Mt St Helen’s, and Pinatubo just to name a few, we’ve never experienced the devastation of a supervolcano. Martyn Unsworth has spent years studying supervolcanos.… »
More controversy in Quebec election
As the provincial election continues in the mostly French-speaking province of Quebec, another candidate for the Parti Quebecois has come under fire. The PQ advocates for the separation of Quebec from Canada to become an independent state and has recently… »
Worst and best cities in Canada to live in, 2014
Once again, a small port city on Canada’s Pacific has been placed at the bottom of the list of best places to live in Canada. Port Alberni came in last of the 2014 list of the 201 best cities compiled… »
Arts: The St Patrick’s Day Parade-Montreal
Today, across Canada there will be a lot of people sporting something green. It’s to mark St Patrick’s day, and along with it there will be a great many parades especially in big cities across the country. Certainly one of… »
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The LINK Online (Sat Mar 15, 2014)
Welcome to another edition of the Link online, today with Marc as both Lynn and Wojtek are taking a break. We start with a story connected to climate change and global warming. A Galapagos lava lizard. New research shows a… »
March 14, anniversary of the passing of a domestic terrorist and era
It was on March 14, 2013 that convicted murderer Paul Rose, the most visible and violent symbol of Quebec nationalism, died. With the provincial election campaign currently in full swing, the main issue once again in the mainly French-speaking province… »
Harsh winter proving deadly for wildlife
Its been an unusually long and extremely cold winter across much of Canada. In the northwestern area of the province of Ontario, there has been the feeling that the deer population was growing too large in the past few years.… »
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