Arcade Fire surprises Montreal fans with secret show
World-famous band Arcade Fire started to market their newest album more than a month ago, when letters spelling out the word “Reflektor” were seen on the sides of Montreal buildings. So when music fans...
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‘Children are not for sale’: Canadians walk to end human trafficking
ListenNext Saturday, hundreds of Canadians of all ages will be walking in Toronto to draw attention to the plight of victims of human trafficking in Canada and abroad. “We often think of human...
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Charter of values would ban kippas, turbans, hijabs for public servants in...
After weeks of debate and speculation, the Parti Québécois finally unveiled details about the proposed charter of Quebec values at the national assembly this Tuesday. If adopted, the legislation would...
View ArticleThe real dangers of Halloween
On Halloween day, October 31st, Canadians are supposed to scare and be scared. But, in their desire to look as terrifying as possible, they may be facing real dangers. Costume contact lenses, for...
View ArticleForaging moose drive song birds from national park
The singing birds of Gros Morne National Park, on the west coast of Newfoundland, are not happy these days. An increasing population of foraging moose is changing their forest habitat. The moose are...
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Costumes honoring Canadian astronaut popular on Halloween
Canadians young and old are dressing up as astronauts for Halloween, and the idea came from Canada’s most popular astronaut himself. Last week, Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian commander of the...
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Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain slams Canadian seal hunt ban
A boycott of Canadian seafood products because of seal hunting has attracted support from 42 high-profile US chefs, but certainly not from celebrity chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain. On Monday,...
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Mixed performance behind Canada’s 20th place on gender equality index
ListenA recent report by the World Economic Forum places Canada in 20th position among 136 countries on gender equality. The Global Gender Gap Report has been released since 2006 and looks at four...
View ArticleU.S. Senate confirms Bruce Heyman as ambassador to Canada
Canada will soon have a new U.S. ambassador. On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Bruce Heyman, a partner at Goldman Sachs in Chicago. Soon after the announcement, Heyman took to...
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School in Haiti honouring New Brunswick Mountie “a good Canadian story”
Two nuns from Haiti are in Dieppe, New Brunswick to sign an important agreement that will benefit hundreds of young Haitians. Sister Gisèle Chaperon and Sister Kaline Honoré will work at the future...
View ArticleVandals spray-paint swastikas over Parti Québécois posters, in Longueuil, QC
Parti Québécois candidate Bernard Drainville’s office in Longueuil was the target of graffiti. Thursday morning, campaign posters in the former Minister for Democratic Institutions’s riding were...
View ArticleAboriginal children charged $46 extra per room in Quebec hotel
A group of young Innu hockey players and their parents were charged $150 per room, per night for rooms that cost $104 for other customers, at the Château Roberval Hotel, in Lac-St-Jean, Que. The...
View ArticleThe LINK ONLINE
This past week, Carmel Kilkenny, Terry Haig, and Gilda Salomone all filled in at various times, but presenting the show today are Marc Montgomery and Wojtek Gwiazda. We start out with a look at the...
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There’s more to Vancouver Maritime Museum’s exhibit than ‘whale bone porn’
The Vancouver Maritime Museum’s (VMM) current exhibit, Tattoos & Scrimshaw: The Art of the Sailor, has dozens and dozens of interesting art pieces. But it is one small display, containing nine...
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Wild bird loses leg in golf accident, gets prosthetic limb
Veterinarian Ken MacQuisten said this sandhill crane is ‘unusually tame for a wild bird.’ © cbc.ca Veterinarian Ken MacQuisten said this sandhill crane is ‘unusually tame for a wild bird.’ A sandhill...
View ArticleInuit to study polar bear denning habits in Nunavut
A group of Inuit in Clyde River, Nunavut, has decided to research denning habits on the north and east side of Baffin Island in Nunavut. They want to understand how many cubs are born in the dens. The...
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Surplus of dentists brings changes to the profession in Canada
A recent report on the practice of dentistry suggests that “the average dentist may be closer to the edge of a [cliff] than the average Canadian.” According to the “doom and gloom” study done by...
View ArticleCouple finds 3 bear cubs near Fredericton, New Brunswick
A New Brunswick couple was heading home to Springfield, outside Fredericton, last Thursady, when they found three bear cubs near the highway. Zen Fedory and his girlfriend Krissy Green said they...
View ArticleScammers in B.C. try to sell gold claiming it belonged to Ossama bin Laden
Gold buyers beware! A group of scammers in Kamloops, British Columbia, is trying to sell fake gold chains, claiming they belonged to Osama bin Laden. Police in B.C.’s Interior have issued a public...
View ArticleGiant Chinese pandas touch down in Toronto
Female panda Er Shun eats bamboo at the Panda House at the Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China earlier this year. The Toronto Zoo began playing host to Er Shun and male Da Mao on Monday, just over a year...
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