A first in Canada As a multitude of efforts are being made to combat the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is testing a new technology Looking something like a Dalek from 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.
International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canada History: May 2, 2002: the passing of William Tutte, quiet war hero
Vital British codebreaker, renowned Canadian professor To the average person the name William Thomas “Bill” Tutte means nothing. In highly advanced mathematics circles and to math students in Ontario’s University of Toronto and University of Waterloo he is well known… »
Canadian taxpayers to face biggest deficit in history
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has released a shocking report for Canadians. The Liberal government deficit spending will have reached just short of $25 billion in the fiscal year 2019 which ends March 31, almost all of it prior to… »
COVID-19: City of Ottawa bans outdoor visits to its long-term care residents
The emergency health rules requiring social distancing have been particularly hard on elderly residents of long-term care and retirement homes. Prevented from having visits from family, many are also not entirely at ease or familiar with ‘electronic’ visits such as… »
COVID-19: Sniffer dogs for detection?
Testing underway in U.K. While vast efforts are being made around the world for technology to quickly test fof the SARS CoV-2 virus, there may be a faster and less expensive way for early detection. It is well-known that dogs… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
COVID-19: Promotion of conspiracy theory angers many Canadians
While the origins of the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus haven’t been absolutely determined, it is widely believed in scientific circles that it originated in Asian bats. Jason Kindrachuk,is a Canada research chair in emerging viruses at the University of Manitoba, Quoted… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
COVID-19 Canada holds its first ‘virtual’ parliament meeting
Due to concerns about the possible spread of the coronavirus, all large gatherings of people across the country have been halted. This includes church gatherings, sports events, school classrooms, in fact gatherings of any kind and that includes to hundreds… »
International, Politics, Society
Canada Post honours 75th anniversary of VE Day
The coronavirus pandemic has cancelled virtually all of the public commemorative celebrations that had been scheduled to mark this year’s major milestone of the end of WWII in Europe. In Canada efforts are being made to remember May 8. Victory… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
COVID-19: Mandatory vaccinations?
Vaccinations have become a thorny subject in recent years but now there is a possibility of creating an even more heated debate. With researchers around the globe working hard to create a vaccine against SARS CoV-2, a question arises as… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Canada History: Apr 28, 1939: the unexpected arrival of Soviet record flight
The year 1939 began in hope, The World’s Fair was being held in New York City, with the theme of “The Land of Tomorrow” to open on April 30. The still young Soviet Union was eager to promote itself as… »
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