With so much concern over the SARS-CoV2 virus spreading, a survey conducted by the firm Leger360 for the Canadian Press sought out those who actually tested positive for the virus and asked how it affected them.. Over the course 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.
Filmmaker resigns after Indigenous identity questioned
Michelle Latimer co-creator and director of an acclaimed indigenous TV series has resigned from the second season . Raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Latimer was the director of the series aired on the public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).… »
Economy, International, Sports
Pandemic has hockey seeking new revenue: Adverts on helmets likely
Oldtimers may remember back when hockey arenas were virtually free of advertisements. The walls bordering arena hockey rinks were all white save dozens of blackened scuff marks from pucks and other collisions. In 1980 however that began to change. A… »
COVID-19 Lockdown in Ontario for Christmas and beyond
Canada’s most populous province will be under a province-wide lockdown starting on 12:01 on December 26.. Premier Doug Ford made the announcement in the presence of the ministers of health and education, as well as the province’s chief medical officer… »
Professional NHL hockey to return in January
For hockey starved Canadians, some good news. The National Hockey League,, the top tier of north American hockey, will be starting up in January. Training camps are to being in two weeks, with the first matches to start on January… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Amazing discovery: new information about preserved ice age wolf cub
It was an unbelievable find. In July 2016 a gold miner near Dawson City, Yukon, found what he thought was dead puppy. It turned out to be an ice age wolf cub almost perfectly preserved. Scientists believe the cub was… »
Surprising find: Digging up WWI history in Ontario
It certainly came as a shock to the heavy-equipment operator who was digging the foundation for a new school in Amherstburg, southwestern Ontario. When his shovel brought up a large twisted piece of metal, he at first thought it was… »
Unpleasant Christmas present for porch pirate
As a result of COVID, there has been a huge increase in online sales, especially now as we approach Christmas. As a result lots of deliveries of packages are being left on the porches and steps of houses all across… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics
Controversial pipeline project temporarily closed down over safety issues
Canada’s Trans Mountain Expansion project has been controversial since it was first proposed in 2013 by U.S,-based Kinder Morgan. The project known as TMX seeks to build a second approximately 1,100 kilometre pipeline along the route of an existing one.… »
Toronto police make a record multi-million dollar drug and gun seizure
A man with no previous criminal history has been charged in one of the biggest single gun and drug arrests in Toronto. Police say that 22 Division learned of drug trafficking in an otherwise peaceful neighbourhood in the municipality of… »
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