A recent survey conducted for BMO Financial Group, revealed some surprising results about Canadian planning for retirement. The question of where the money will come from to fund a comfortable retirement, and how much you will need, is a complex… »
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.
Feb. 03, 1916: When Canada’s Parliament burned
The huge and impressive Gothic stone and wood Parliament had dominated the skyline of Ottawa, the capital of the young country for just over 50 years. Late in the evening of February 3rd, 1916, as the First World War raged… »
Book: How the Scots Invented Canada
This week show number 80 and on our spotlight on arts, culture and lifestyle in Canada, my guest is author Ken McGoogan. talking about his roots which led to his laterst book, “How The Scots Invented Canada”. It’s a bold… »
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The LINK Online (Sat Feb 01, 2014)
Once again,, a look back at some of the many interesting stories we covered this week, presented by Wojtek and Marc, with Lynn taking a well-deserved day off. The number of monarch butterflies that migrate from Canada and the U.S.… »
Quebec ignores concussion risk in school sports
In spite of increasing awareness about the risks of concussions in sport, especially in young players, at least one province in Canada is not tracking the situation. The mostly French-speaking province of Quebec, has about 30,000 young rugby-football players, and… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Groundhog Day, Feb. 2; more winter or soon spring?
Well, it’s hardly the best way to predict the weather over the next several weeks, but Groundhog Day, has always been a bit of fun if nothing else. Every year for the past several decades, groups of people in specific… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Building a better concrete toboggan- GNCTR 2014
It sounds like a university student prank..build a “concrete” toboggan, load a few people on board and race down a steep snow-covered hill. It’s actually an organised event called “The Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race”.(GNCTR) Started some 40 years ago,… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Warm weather forces change to Yukon endurance races
Two major international races have had to make significant changes due to unseasonably warm weather recently in the far north. The Yukon Quest is an annual 1,600 kilometre dog sled race between Fairbanks Alaska, USA, and Whitehorse Yukon Alaska. The… »
Canada Post stamps for Black History Month
Canada Post has created two more stamps in its ongoing series commemorating February’s Black History Month in Canada. The two stamps represent two of the earliest black communities in Canada, on opposite sides of the country. One is about the… »
Statistics Canada- Canadian household spending
Canada’s statistics gathering agency has just released its report on household spending by Canadians for the year 2012. Not surprisingly household spending was up from the previous year by 2.7%. The average Canadian household spent $75,443 in 2012 which included… »
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