On this day in 1898, Canada send a small group of its fledgling permanent militia to protect Canada’s interests in the far north from potential U.S. occupation. Canada and the U.S. like to boast that through a history of friendly… »
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.
COVID-19: People are poisoning themselves with disinfectant cleanliness
People have become so fearful about this deadly virus that they’re disinfecting everything to far greater extent than ever before. Disinformation and misuse has led to a vast increase in the number of cases of accidental poisonings in Canada. Due… »
International, Politics, Society
Sombre ceremony this afternoon to honour CAF helicopter crash victims
Family, friends, and military members will gather at the Canadian Forces airbase in Trenton Ontario today for a ceremony to honour six military members. They were aboard a Canadian military Cyclone helicopter which crashed into the sea on April 29,… »
The too popular COVID fox family of Toronto
With the emergency health restrictions in place in Canada’s largest city, things on the usually heavily frequented “Beaches” area of Toronto became far less busy and ‘quieter’. For a pregnant fox, a spot under the boardwalk by the city’s east-end… »
Economy, Health, International
Canadian airlines: Covid, crisis, new flight rules
As we head into May, the crisis seems to worsen for Canadian and other airlines as travel restrictions, reduced flights, reduced revenue and overhead increases continue. The airline industry says it’s in crisis, with hundreds of planes worth billions of… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Health, Society
COVID-19: The 2020 summer of fun events that weren’t
Throughout Canada, the summer season is filled with a huge variety of events, festivals, parades, sports, exhibitions, fairs and other events. Due to concern over the SARS-Cov2 virus, in Canadan Canada’s major cities, almost all public events of any kind… »
Amidst economic turmoil, a new Bank of Canada governor
With the pandemic creating some of the worst economic conditions on record, the Bank of Canada governor Steven Poloz had to enact measures to help soften the blow of mass business closures and massive unemployement. This included dropping the overnight… »
China on the UN Human Rights Council raises concern (interview)
With China now being appointed to the Human Rights Council and the ‘consultative group’ there is concern by several countries that human rights abuses will not be investigated or properly condemned. China has itself has regularly been accused of abuse… »
Canada History: May 4, 1910: Canada gets a navy
Long before Canada became a country, many major sea battles had been fought in Canadian waters. First between British and French forces, and during the war of 1812 between British and Americans. In 1867 Canada became a federated country, although… »
Economy, Politics, Society, Sports
Liberal government announces immediate ban on certain firearms
With the 22 murders in Nova Scotia still fresh in Canadian minds, most of them by the perpetrator’s illegally obtained firearms, the Liberal government has moved to announce an immediate ban on what they are now calling ‘military grade’ firearms.… »
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