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Sustainability at McGill University starts from the ground up
McGill University’s efforts to implement sustainability programs on campus have been decades in the making and are gaining impetus. “There have been dozens of individuals who have been taking the...
View ArticleDrug smuggling increasingly popular among truckers bound to Canada from Mexico
Border agents have been finding more and more cocaine hidden in fruits and vegetables in trucks coming from Mexico. In recent years, at least a dozen truckers from the Greater Toronto Area have been...
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Not all Canadians ‘fascinated with pandas’, CBC readers say
They were greeted with much fanfare on their arrival in Toronto on Monday, but not everybody is pleased with the two giant Chinese pandas loaned to Canada for the next ten years. CBC readers sent...
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New intermittent fasting diet not best way to achieve long-term weight loss,...
The intermittent fasting diet or 5:2 diet, which asks people to fast for two days and eat whatever they want for five, is gaining popularity in Canada, but dietitians are not as impressed as people...
View ArticleCanada withdraws quietly from UN-convention that fights droughts in Africa
As of last week, Canada is the only country not to take part of a United Nations convention that fights droughts in Africa and elsewhere. The withdrawal was made discreetly on the recommendation of...
View ArticleCanadian hospitals ‘parking fees, a penalty for having a disease’
Some ailing Canadians prefer to miss hospital appointments to paying high parking fees, Marketplace, CBC’s investigative consumer program found. “It’s bad enough that you’re having to seek treatment,...
View ArticleUN regrets Canada’s withdrawal from drought convention
The United Nations has reacted to the decision by the Harper government to pull out of the Convention to Combat Desertification by calling it “regrettable.” On Thursday, foreign Affairs Minister John...
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True fame comes and doesn’t go after fifteen minutes, study
People who achieve real celebrity don’t fade away after their “fifteen minutes of fame” are over, a new study shows. Even if they are not as famous as Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie, their...
View ArticleThe LINK ONLINE
This week Marc Montgomery is joined in studio by Gilda Salomone and Terry Haig as we take a look at some of the interesting stories making news across Canada. We hear about a Canadian scientist whose...
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Building design influences recycling behaviour, UBC study
A recent study conducted in two very different cafeterias at the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus shows that people are more likely to be environmentally responsible in a “green building”. A...
View ArticleA thing of wonder: rare blue lobster caught off Antigonish, Nova Scotia
At first, Sheldon Trenholm of South River, Nova Scotia didn’t know what it was. Then he realized the bright blue thing thrashing in his trap with seven or eight lobsters, was indeed another lobster....
View ArticleCanadian talk-show host George Stroumboulopoulos debuts on CNN
George Stroumboulopoulos, a long-time TV personality in Canada, is CNN’s newest talk-show host. “Stroumboulopoulos”, his hour-long interview show premiered on Sunday evening on the U.S. cable news...
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New iPad app highlights work of animation pioneer Norman McLaren
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has just released a free iPad app based on the work of Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director Norman McLaren. The app McLaren’s Workshop features 51...
View ArticleBullied for being Canadian?
A teenager who was recently pulled out of school in the U.S. says he was teased by two of his teachers for being Canadian. Noah Kilpatrick, 15, was born in Ottawa, but moved to Watertown, N.Y. with his...
View ArticleEarly exposure to alcohol ads harmful to young girls, researcher warns
A Canadian researcher warns that underage girls are increasingly exposed to alcohol ads, with damaging consequences to their health. In an editorial published on Monday on the Canadian Medical...
View ArticleHelp wanted: Canadian Lululemon posts job ad for new CEO
“CEO WANTED, CLICK HERE TO APPLY”. This ad was printed in block lettering all over Lululemon’s website on Friday. The Vancouver-based yoga chain is looking for a new ‘head boss person’, less than a...
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The LINK Online
ListenCarmel Kilkenny sits in for vacationing Marc Montgomery to bring you news from Halifax, Montreal, and Ottawa. We begin with an exceprt from Wojtek Gwiazda’s interview with Karen Cho. She is the...
View ArticleLargest iceberg cluster in 5 years drifting south off Labrador
About 250 icebergs, the largest cluster in 5 years, are drifting through transatlantic shipping routes south off Labrador, says the coast guard. “The shipping that is going through there are reporting...
View Article‘Ordinary Canadians’ invited to spend a week in First Nations reserve
A group of young aboriginals who wanted “ordinary Canadians” to experience what it’s like to live in a remote First Nation reserve will be welcoming their first guest this week. More than 40 visitors...
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Sharing backyards: a popular Canadian innovation in urban farming
Sharing backyards, a pioneering project that connects homeowners who have a yard with people who want to grow food, but have no land, is spreading across Canada and abroad. “It’s something like...
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