To mark this anniversary of service, members of the 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group have embarked upon a 2,250km snowmobile trek across northern Ontario. Many Canadians who know about the Rangers think they only patrol along the Arctic coast, however… »
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.
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Nitrogen, farming, and climate change
We may not realize it, but the soil doesn’t “sleep” in Canadian winters. This is especially so during the several freeze-thaw cycles in fall and spring. With global warming these cycles are occurring more often and a Canadian scientist is… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Cleaning up Canada’s Cold War radar sites
The bombers never came. Following the Second World War, tension built between the western allies and the Soviet Union and wary of the Soviet intentions, the US and Canada embarked upon a massive radar detection screen. For decades at various… »
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Canadian researcher creates flexible glass
Could it mean the end of cleaning up broken glasses and windows? A research team at McGill University in Montreal has developed a new technique which could mean that when you knock over a glass, it might only suffer a… »
Economy, Indigenous, Internet, Science & Technology
Not just the Arctic Ocean ice affected by warming.
While most ice studies in the Arctic have been focused on the lessening sea ice, a new study looks at lakes in the Arctic and how warming and climate change is affecting them. Researchers at the University of Waterloo in… »
Polar bears and the ripple effect of climate change
For years people have been concerned about the fate of polar bears in the face of climate change. The bears need the frozen sea in order to hunt seals and survive, but as ice is forming later in the season… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Understanding the importance of wetlands
Where once wetlands were felt to be “wasted” land, or a nuisance, we are now beginning to realize the extremely beneficial role they play in the environment Philippe Van Capellen is a professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental… »
Canada honours winter sports pioneers
On the eve on the Sochi, Russia, winter Olympics, Canada has honoured 3 of its winter sports pioneers. In celebrating and commemorating these athletes, the Minister of Transport and responsible for Canada Post, the Honourable Lisa Raitt said “It’s difficult… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Buying blood: the thorny issue re-ignites in Canada
Donating blood can save lives. In Canada, voluntary donors fill out a a simple questionnaire. accepted on trust, which designed to screen out high risk individuals. Unlike the situation in the United States, currently in Canada people donate blood for… »
Dispelling the myth that blacks are ill-suited to northern climates
Since 1995 and as a result of a motion in Canada’s parliament, February has been designated Black History Month in Canada. It has been so designated in order to recognize the contribution of black Canadians to this country inclulding such… »
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