You’re looking for a job via your computer and the internet, and you get a response. Many sooner or regrettably later find out it’s a scam. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre recorded over 1,700 complaints of employment fraud in 2019. Of… »
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, Politics, Society
National police to limit, but not stop use of facial recognition technology
It came as a bit of a surprise both to politicians and the public that several police forces across Canada had been using facial recognition technology, primarily from the U.S.-based Clearview AI company. Concerns have been raised about its use… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International
Air pollution- a silent pandemic
As the world fights a battle with the Covid-19 virus, researchers point out that deaths from air pollution constitute a lesser realised but very serious chronic threat worse than most diseases. Researchers estimate that some 8.8 million premature deaths annually… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian company’s hologram tech meetings save time, money, pollution
Shades of Star Wars. Many people will recall the futuristic idea of somewhat scratchy hologram messages from the 1977 film. Technology however has already far surpassed that image. This was evidenced as an entirely believable “live” performance of rapper Tupac… »
Economy, Indigenous, International
Huge backlog of goods due to rail blockades in Canada
Now that the rail blockades over an indigenous pipeline dispute have ended, the country is facing a huge backlog of goods waiting to be moved by rail to their destinations. Over 1,000 rail workers who had been temporarily laid off… »
Canada changes its clocks again
The expression is “spring forward, fall back”. That phrase signifies the practice of changing the time forward one hour in spring, and turning clocks back one hour in fall. The idea has always been to align daytime work schedules more… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
The LINK Online Mar. 6,7,8, 2020
Your hosts Stephane Parent, Vincenzo Morello, Marc Montgomery (video of show at bottom) Facial recognition technology: privacy questions growing Several Canadian police forces have admitted to experimenting with facial recognition technology, but only after news investigations. Questions are arising about… »
The annual government waste awards announced
Once again it’s time for the “Teddy” awards. Named after a government bureaucrat known for charging personal expenses to the taxpayer, the awards are announced annually by the non-profit advocacy group the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). This was the 22nd… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International
History Canada: Mar. 6, 1934: Canada’s epic reindeer project
While we have long seen American movies of cowboys moving great herds of cattle to market across the unspoiled western prairie landscape, one of the greatest herding efforts ever finally ended on March 5, 1935. It must surely rank as… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Multi-million dollar class-action settlement for vaginal mesh
Hundreds of Canadian women have been awarded a settlement of $21.5 million related to a medical device called ‘trans-vaginal mesh”. The polypropylene screen is used to as a sort of sling to support and treat stress urinary incontinence or pelvic… »
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