A school board in the western Canadian city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, has voted to retire the name of “Redmen” for a local high school’s sports teams. Bedford Road Collegiate, one of Saskatoon’s oldest schools, adopted the logo and name Redmen… »
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.
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Police shoot two lynx in Timmins, Ontario, as long winter continues
Police in Timmins in northwestern Ontario, have shot and killed two lynx in separate incidents this month. Last week, police received reports of a lynx having killed a dog near a popular hiking trail at the north end of the… »
International, Politics, Society
Canadian study: The world is actually getting safer
It may not seem like it, but the world is becoming a safer place. That’s the finding in a new report by the Human Security Report Project (HSRP) at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia on Canada’s west coast. Andrew… »
Winter refuses to release grip on most of Canada
It’s been a long cold winter in most of Canada, and one that just won’t quit. Arctic-like cold has gripped much of Canada this year with many instances of temperatures in the -30 range and with windchill in some cases… »
Dramatic rise in obesity in Canada
A new study shows a very worrisome trend; more and more Canadians are becoming obese and the increase is dramatic. The lead author of the study is Dr Laurie Wells of the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University in St.John’s… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
Marine protected areas: more for show than substance?
A new study shows that a majority of the worlds marine parks and ecological preserves, are more window dressing than actually serving to protect vulnerable and important marine ecosystems. Rodolphe Devillers (PhD) is lead-author of the paper. He is an… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
Protecting Belugas in western Hudson Bay
Every year about 60,000 Beluga whales migrate to the southwestern coast of Hudson Bay. This is one of the largest concentrations of Belugas in the world. In summer they gather around 3 estuaries to feed, give birth and nurse… »
Literacy gap growing between boys and girls
A recent evaluation of boys and girls in grade 10 (age 15-16) across Ontario high schools shows a considerable gap in literacy. It’s called the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) The Fraser Institute which conducts school ratings says in… »
ARTS- book :Done With Slavery- author Frank Mackey
Many people might be surprised to learn that slavery did exist in the former French and later British colonies of Lower and Upper Canada. Author Frank Mackey in his Montreal office © courtesy F Mackey It ended well before Canada came… »
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The LINK Online (Sat Mar.1, 2014)
This week, Wojtek and Marc are your hosts, as Lynn enjoys a well deserved day off. Lynn however did leave us one of her stories and a beautiful one it is. That comes up a bit later as this week… »
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