It was a fictional story first written in 1908. Anne of Green Gables is the tale of a young orphan girl adopted by an aging farm couple on Prince Edward Island, and her subsequent adventures. The story, popular at time,… »
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 Canadian Dream” fading for the middle-class
More and more middle-class Canadians are trying to maintain their middle-class lifestyle by borrowing against the future, while others are borrowing to reach that dream, or simply giving up altogether. A document obtained by the Canadian Press under the Access-to-Information… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
The Allergy Fix-Canadian documentary
Allergies, especially allergies to our own food, have been growing markedly in the past few decades. A new Canadian documentary travelled to several countries to look into the research trying to unravel the reasons behind this increase, and also at… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Proactive talks on Arctic fishing moratorium
International delegations from five Arctic coastal nations are meeting in Greenland this week to discuss Arctic fishing. Huge sections of international waters in the Arctic, once locked almost permanently in ice, are now opening up in the summer. As the… »
ARTS: Concertinas Made In Canada by Frank Edgley
Thanks to a Canadian, an old instrument is making a comeback in popularity. Well over a century ago, the concertina, more commonly known as a “squeeze-box” was a widely popular instrument, but over time had faded almost into obscurity by… »
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The LINK Online (Sat Feb 22, 2014)
This week, the full team is here, with Wojtek, Lynn, and Marc We start out with concerns about toxic chemicals in our environment. Pic: rci-pregnant-toxic Caption; Toxic chemicals affect brain development before children are born, say scientists. © CBC In fact… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health
Canadian doctors: control antibiotic use or face more superbugs
Unnecessary use of antibiotics is creating more superbugs Canadian medical professionals are warning there are an ever-increasing number of infections that are becoming resistant to treatment with the current drugs available. Dr. John Conly is the medical director of infection… »
Health, International, Society
The Canadian discovery that saved millions of lives
It was on February 11, 1922 that Dr Frederick Banting of Toronto, announced the discovery of insulin to treat diabetes. However his further research came to a tragic end on this day, February 21, 1941. The plane carrying Dr.Banting crashed… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Vancouver Aquarium becoming a major centre for ocean research.
The Vancouver Aquarium, already widely known and respected for its scientific research, has added a new capacity to that effort. After years of research for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Peter Ross (PhD) has joined the aquarium to… »
Ultrasound for baby sex determination: unethical according to Canadian medical groups
Canadian medical professionals are calling for an end of the commercial use of ultrasound for determining the sex of a foetus. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada and the Canadian Association of Radiologists have issued a joint statement… »
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