With the Sochi, Russia, winter games almost upon us, a new research paper looks at the effect climate change and warming temperature of the planet will have on the future of the winter Olympics..and where they can be held. The… »
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 sad end of a Canadian legend. Jan 29, 1946
The year was 1921, and while steamships were plentiful, it was still the era of the graceful sailing ships, especially perhaps in the Canadian maritime provinces, and northeastern US states. At the time she was built in the spring of… »
Donor human milk becoming more accessible to premature babies.
Medical staff has long recognized the benefits of human milk for babies, and especially so for premature babies. However, for a variety of reasons, some mother’s are not able to provide milk for their babies. Until the 1970’s there were… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Studying a boreal forest “ghost”
They’re sometimes referred to a ghost creature as their tracks are often seen, but the mysterious wolverines themselves, very seldom. In fact, surprisingly little is known about the creature. Matt Scrafford is a graduate student in the department of Biological… »
Anniversary of the famous “Canadian Caper” rescue
It was January 27, 1980. A Swissair jet left Tehran airport with 6 people on board holding Canadian passports, apparently a Canadian film crew. They were in fact American diplomatic staff who had been employed at the US Embassy but… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Decoding the first recorded plague
Researchers in Canada have managed to sequence the entire genome of a 6th century bubonic plaque that weakened empires and wiped out vast numbers of the world’s population. Hendrik Poinar is the principal investigator at McMaster University’s Ancient DNA Centre,… »
Economy, Health, International
British foods: not quite banned in Canada after all
Canadian Food Inspection Agency clarifies British food seizure Last week, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, ordered a number of British food items from the shelves of a specialty store in Saskatoon Saskatchewan. Prior to this month’s store visit by CFIA… »
Postal workers, citizens protest mail service cut
A mass protest was held in the national capital, Ottawa, on Sunday over the decision to end home delivery of mail in Canada. Reports indicate between two to three thousand postal workers and concerned citizens joined in the “March to… »
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The LINK Online (Sat Jan 25 2014)
This week the team is back with Wojtek, Lynn, and Marc presenting more interesting stories from and about Canada. “It is staggering that…half the world’s population own(s) no more than a tiny elite,” says Oxfam report. © Courtesy Oxfam Canada We… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada-France territorial dispute heats up- again
For decades a territorial dispute had simmered between Canada and France because of the tiny French islands of St Pierre and Miquelon which lie just south of Newfoundland In the past, this had mostly been about control of ocean for… »
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