The Canadian government agency, Health Canada, has approved a new rapid test technology for COVID-19. Being able to quickly detect a positive infection in someone quickly can save lives by more quick reaction in isolation and treatment to avoid 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.
Economy, Health, International, Politics, Society
COVID-19: Some countries easing restrictions, Canada not quite yet
Wuhan China which had been the centre of the global pandemic and which had been placed on lockdown for 10 weeks, has now eased travel restrictions. Several countries in Europe are now preparing also to ease some of the restrictions… »
COVID-19: Gun sales increase, crime doesn’t
In the 2011 movie “Contagion” society broke down in the face of a pandemic. A very similar pandemic is now sweeping the world but unlike the movie nothing like the societal breakdown has occurred at least not in this country.… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Politics, Society
COVID-19: Senior’s residences under investigation in Quebec
High death rates prompt investigations The conditions in the mainly French-speaking province of Quebec at long-term health care centres and privately run retirement homes is being called into question over the high death rates from COVID-19. At a press conference… »
Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Society
The Supreme Court decides not to hear challenge to Quebec secularism law
Hopes of Supreme Court ruling to grant an injunction against a controversial Quebec law were dashed today when Canada’s highest court said it will not hear the case. The Supreme Court does not give reasons for decisions not to hear… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
China-backed hacking of the world’s servers uncovered
Undiscovered hacking possibly for a decade Blackberry Ltd. says it has discovered what it claims is Chinese-backed hacking of the world’s servers. Originally known as Research In Motion based in Waterloo Ontario, the company says its researchers have discovered how… »
Are Canadians willing police ‘informers’?
Snitch lines busy over COVID-19 With severe restrictions placed on business and individual movement in efforts to reduce the spread of the virus, several cities across Canada have set up so-called ‘snitch’ lines where people can phone in or text… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Immigration & Refugees, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Call to WHO to ban wild animal markets to save lives
Saying that these wild animal markets in Asia and Africa have been the source of deadly pandemics, some 200 organisations have joined in an open letter to call for an end to the sale of wild animals in markets for… »
University creates online tool for students now at home to keep up math skills
With schools closed across the country due to the pandemic, parents are concerned about children falling behind on lessons. While schools and teachers are trying in most cases to provide online lessons, additional resources are always helpful. To that end,… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Health, Politics, Society
Montreal: More COVID-19 cancellations
Even as the original source of the virus, Wuhan China, emerges from a COVID-19 lockdown, and Austria and Denmark begin to ease their restrictions, in Canada, the opposite still holds. Major events in cities across the country have been cancelled… »
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