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The Link is a two-hour daily radio show aimed at connecting new immigrants to Canada and Canada to the world. Plug in to our show for immigration news and stories. Find out what’s new and exciting on Canada’s cultural landscape. And get the pulse on what’ Primary Format : Language : French Also Listed as: City : Unknown State/Province : Unknown User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of The Link Podcasts Methings.com listings of The Link Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

The Link - Thursday, December 22, 2011 Kidnap survivor Amanda Lindhout bringing more aid to Somalia, Nova Scotia's world-renowned arts college faces tough choices to remain independent, Indo Canadian Report - Book explores love murder case, Listener letters, Web Discoveries - Last minute online gift-giving ideas, Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Sports Slam December 22, 2012 Terry Haig is in with the latest news from the world of sport. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Last minute online gift-giving ideas Time is almost up and you thought you're finished your holiday shopping early - that's of course until you've realized that you've forgotten someone, somewhere on your gift list. Well there's no need to panic and scramble cause today on Web Discoveries, our Web Guru Andrew Fazekas has a selection of virtual stocking stuffers that will not only save you from disgrace but make you look tech savvy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Listener letters - Dec 22, 2011 Marc Montgomery and Kathy Coulombe read your letters, emails and comments about The Link! They also draw the names of the lucky winners in our giveaway. This week we’re giving away three hardcover autographed copies of Royal Canadian Air Farce veteran Don Ferguson’s new book, Air Farce - 40 Years of Flying by the Seat of our Pants. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Book explores love murder case In June 2000, Jassi Sidhu, from Maple Ridge, British Columbia, was murdered in India, allegedly for marrying someone her family deemed unworthy. Now Fabian Dawson, who broke Jassi's story in Canada, has a new book out about the case called "Justice for Jassi". The book tells the story of Jassi's murder from the point of view of her husband, Mittoo. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Nova Scotia's world-renowned arts college faces tough choices to remain independent Nova Scotia's College of Arts and Design, Canada's oldest independent fine arts school, is in financial trouble. The 125-year-old institution has been given three months to eliminate its deficit or be forced to merge with another Halifax university. As The Link’s East Coast correspondent Robert Jaros tells us, students and faculty members fear that would undermine the cultural industries in the Atlantic provinces. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Kidnap survivor Amanda Lindhout bringing more aid to Somalia Former Canadian journalist-turned-humanitarian, Amanda Lindhout, pays us a return visit as her Global Enrichment Foundation's Convoy for Hope prepares to deliver a Christmas shipment of aid to Somalia, the country where she was held hostage for 460 days after her brutal abduction in 2008. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Rescued puffin to soon leave Montreal bathtub and fly home to Newfoundland on an Air Canada jet, A short story in Arabic wins children literary award, Canadians take hockey underwater, Indo Canadian Report - Why the free trade agreement with India matters for Canada, Biblio-file -The Bombay Plays by Anosh Irani, Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Sports Slam December 21, 2012 Terry Haig is in with the latest news from the world of sport. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- The Bombay Plays by Anosh Irani In today's Biblio-file, Priscila Uppal introduces us to The Bombay Plays of Anosh Irani, a Vancouver-based writer originally from India, who explores the underworld of Bombay society in this award-winning cycle of dramas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Why the free trade agreement with India matters for Canada Last week, Canada's Minister of International Trade, Ed Fast, was in India for the third round of the Canada-India free trade negotiations. Peter Sutherland, a former Canadian High Commissioner to India and currently the Vice-Chairman of the Canada-India Business Council, explains why, despite decreased economic growth in India, the free trade agreement is still important to Canada. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadians take hockey underwater When one thinks of hockey, things that come to mind are the ice, the cold, the skates and heavy equipment, but certainly not water, a diving mask or snorkel! The sport of underwater hockey, also known as Oktopush, is gaining in popularity in Canada. Marc Montgomery talks to Kimberly Grattan, a member of Canadian Women's National Underwater Hockey Team, about this unusual sport and to find out what it has in common with Canada's national sport ice hockey.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A short story in Arabic wins children literary award A few months ago, the Rainbow Caterpillar Multilingual Children's Bookstore launched a new literary award for a short story written in a language other than English or French. The writing competition is now over and the winner has been selected. The Link's Toronto correspondent Lyne-Francoise Pelletier tells us about the winner, an Arabic short story called Sea of Pearls.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Rescued puffin to soon leave Montreal bathtub and fly home to Newfoundland on an Air Canada jet The puffin is the official bird of Newfoundland and Labrador, on Canada's Atlantic coast. So there was some surprise when a young one turned up in the heart of downtown Montreal more than 2,000 kilometres away from home. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins has more on how a rescued puffin will get home to the Atlantic Ocean. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Canada's top Mountie set to burnish RCMP's tarnished image, African-Canadian poetry anthology raises funds for Ghana, Indo Canadian Report - Suffering from Tourette's Syndrome as an Indo-Canadian, Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Sports Slam December 20, 2012 Terry Haig is in with the latest news from the world of sport. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Patricia O’Callaghan, Alain Lefèvre Singer and broadcaster Gilda Salomone shares her selection of some of the best new music by Canadian recording artists. (*NOT FOR PODCAST)x Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Suffering from Tourette's Syndrome as an Indo-Canadian Tourette's Syndrome is a neurological disorder which causes involuntary verbal and physical tics that can be quite shocking to others. Columnist Rashi Khilnani spoke with Mandeep Sanghera, about the challenges of living with Tourette's Syndrome, particularly in British Columbia's Indo-Canadian community. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- African-Canadian poetry anthology raises funds for hospital in Ghana African-Canadian poetry anthology raises funds for Ghana: A group in Edmonton, Alberta called Rhythm International, recently launched an anthology of poetry by African and Canadian writers. The collection is entitled Sun and Snow. The goal is to raise funds to help the hospital in the small town of DixCove in western Ghana. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada’s top Mountie set to burnish RCMP’s tarnished image In an unusually candid interview, the new head of Canada's national police force says the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is in urgent need of reform or risks becoming obsolete. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins looks at what's wrong with the RCMP and what Commissioner Bob Paulson says he will do about it.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, December 19, 2011 Environmental group encouraged by Arctic drilling report, War sparks huge decline in DR Congo elephant population, Montreal student among 9 Canadian Rhodes Scholars going "up to Oxford" next September, Feature Interview - Don Ferguson, Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Don Ferguson Royal Canadian Air Farce veteran Don Ferguson talks to Marc Montgomery about the new book, Air Farce - 40 Years of Flying by the Seat of our Pants. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Montreal student among 9 Canadian Rhodes Scholars going up to Oxford Meet Michael Noonan, one of Canada’s new crop of Rhodes Scholars. He explains the daunting process involved in being accepted for a Rhodes scholarship to pursue graduate studies at the storied university in England. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- War sparks huge decline in DR Congo elephant population The Link's Lorn Curry reports on a new study by a scientist in British Columbia which finds that war and conflict with humans have led to a 50% decline in the number of elephants in one reserve in eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo and even greater devastation in other areas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Environmental group encouraged by Arctic drilling report The National Energy Board has released its final report on offshore drilling in Canada's ecologically sensitive Arctic waters. The Pew Environment Group's Oceans North Canada says it's encouraged by the report's proposals but would like to see more rigorous requirements for dealing with potential spills. Marc Montgomery discusses the report with Oceans North Canada policy director, Trevor Taylor. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, December 16, 2011 Withdrawal from Kyoto accord will further tarnish Canada's reputation, former U.N. Ambassador warns, Montreal comedians take acclaimed holiday show on the road, Ottawa's Franco-Ontarians hope name-change will boost Association's membership, Canadian helps disabled Ugandans to become independent Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Montreal comedians take acclaimed holiday show on the road Did you hear the one about the Muslim and the Jew who had nothing to do at Christmas? They came up with a comedy show called "Kosher Jokes for the Halaladays". Montrealers Jeff Schouela and Eman El-Husseini, comedians with a lot of shows under their belt, decided to capitalize on the feeling of exclusion at the end of December, as well as the age-old conflict, as a source of humour. The venue for the first show in Montreal last year, was in the basement of a large downtown Catholic Church. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Ottawa’s Franco-Ontarians hope name-change will boost Association's membership The Ottawa-chapter of the French-Canadian Association of Ontario has changed its name to better reflect the growing diversity of francophones in the province. With an aging population and a high rate of assimilation, The Link’s Ottawa correspondent, Valerie Morand, tells us Ontario’s francophones are turning to French-speaking immigrants to increase their numbers.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian helps disabled Ugandans to become independent The Link’s Africa columnist, Awa Dlodlo, reports this week, on the CANUGAN Disability Support project. Founded about a year ago by Canadian Nazim Parekh, the project has already helped over 100 people living with disabilities in the western part of Uganda, by providing them with means of transportation and communication including tricycles, white canes and hearing aids.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Withdrawal from Kyoto accord will further tarnish Canada's reputation, former U.N. Ambassador warns Earlier this week, Canada pulled out of a global agreement on climate change - the Kyoto Protocol. The Link’s Marc Montgomery speaks with Canada’s former Ambassador to the United Nations, Paul Heinbecker, who led the Canadian delegation to the 1997 Kyoto talks.  He explains what this withdrawal means for Canada and its international reputation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, December 15, 2011 Syrian-Canadian activists suspect being watched by the Assad regime, A group in Halifax helps women find work by providing business clothes, Indo Canadian Report - Canadian Canola seeks to break into Indian market, Listener letters, Web Discoveries - Companies snatch new XXX domains to protect reputation, Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A group in Halifax helps women find work by providing business clothes Making a positive first impression is a key element of finding a job. In Halifax, Dress for Success helps disadvantaged women dress up for job interviews with business suits, shoes and accessories donated by professional women. And, as The Link’s East Coast correspondent Robert Jaros tells us, the group's support doesn't stop there. Volunteers also help the newly-employed develop their career and become financially independent. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian Canola seeks to break into Indian market Canadian canola oil is set to enter the Indian market, providing a healthier alternative to the vegetable oils currently in use in the country. But canola is also more expensive than other vegetable oils. Rashi Khilnani checks how likely it is to compete with cheaper alternatives.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Syrian-Canadian activists suspect being watched by the Assad regime Activists of Syrian origin worry they are being watched in Canada. One Montreal man thinks Syrian authorities recently broke into his childhood home because of his activism here. The Syrian embassy in Ottawa insists there are no Syrian intelligence officers in Canada. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins has more about the fears of Syrian-Canadians activists. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Listener letters - Dec 15, 2011 Marc Montgomery and Kathy Coulombe read your letters, emails and comments about The Link! They also draw the names of the lucky winners in our giveaway. This week we’re giving away three hardcover copies of sommelier and wine columnist Natalie MacLean's book, Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World's Best Bargain Wines. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Companies snatch new XXX domains to protect reputation Our Internet guru Andrew Fazekas looks at the latest cyber news, from corporations scrabbling to keep their online reputations intact to a peek into the developing habits of Canadian internet users. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, December 14, 2011 The UN's involvement requested to stem violence against aboriginal women in Canada, Reader's of Toronto's Chinese daily get a distorted view of life in GTA, study, @World.ca - Attila Richard Lukacs, Indo Canadian Report - Osgoode Hall Law School increases presence in India, Biblio-file -A World Elsewhere by Wayne Johnston, Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- The UN’s involvement requested to stem violence against aboriginal women in Canada Amnesty International calls it a human rights crisis. Aboriginal women face more violence than do other women in Canada and hundreds have disappeared or been murdered over the last twenty years. Now two support groups say a United Nations committee has agreed to their request for an inquiry. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins has more on the issue of violence against native women in Canada. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Reader's of Toronto's Chinese daily get a distorted view of life in GTA, study April Lindgren, an assistant professor at Ryerson Journalism School, takes a hard look at local news coverage in Ming Pao, one of the largest ethnic newspapers in Toronto. As The Link's Toronto correspondent Lyne-Francoise Pelletier tells us, the study discovers the content of the Chinese daily paper suffers not only from a lack of local news but also from a diversity of topics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Osgoode Hall Law School increases presence in India Osgoode Hall Law School, which is part of the York University, is seeking increase its presence in India. Poonam Puri, professor of law at Osgoode Hall, tells Marc Montgomery about some of the school's new initiatives and why India is a priority for them. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A World Elsewhere by Wayne Johnston In today's Biblio-file, Priscila Uppal discusses Wayne Johnson's newest novel, A World Elsewhere, the story of an eccentric millionaire who constructs a bizarre mansion complex called Vanderland, away from the cares and chaos of American society at the end of the 19th century. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Veil ban at citizenship ceremonies stirs up controversy, Indigenous group wants Talisman out of Peru, ICR - Innovation key to survival for Quebec City's tiny Indo-Canadian community, Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Veil ban at citizenship ceremonies stirs up controversy The Canadian government says women swearing their citizenship oath cannot do so behind a face covering. Some Muslim groups are disturbed by the announcement and suggest it goes against Canadian law and values. We'll hear both sides of the debate over niqabs at citizenship ceremonies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Indigenous group wants Talisman out of Peru Peas Peas Ayui, the leader of the Achuar people in the Peruvian Amazon, travelled to Calgary recently to ask Canadian oil producer Talisman Energy to halt oil production on its traditional territory. Talisman says it is not operating in the area owned by the Achuar people and it has the support of other indigenous groups in the region. The case illustrates the complexity of resource development in areas where there are unresolved land claims and little in the way of government presence or s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Innovation key to survival for Quebec City’s tiny Indo-Canadian community Innovation key to survival for Quebec City’s tiny Indo-Canadian community: Keeping Indian culture alive where there is a small Indian community is a challenge, according to Girish Shah, a professor at Laval University in Quebec. He tells us about how, despite having no Hindu temple or Indian functions to go to, he and his wife kept their Indian traditions alive and taught their daughters about their roots. He explains by quoting the poet Lord Byron, why he may never leave Quebec City. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Matthew Barber, Harrison Kennedy and Michael Bublé Performer and broadcaster Gilda Salomone is in with her selection of some of the best new recordings by Canadian artists. This week we hear the music of Matthew Barber, Harrison Kennedy and Michael Bublé. ***NOT FOR PODCAST Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, December 12, 2011 Sitting for long periods of time bad for your health, Vancouver-based scientist wins a prize for stirring up controversy, Western countries' fear of Islamists in Egypt misplaced, Eric Margolis, Feature interview - Sommelier and wine columnist Natalie MacLean, Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Sitting for long periods of time bad for your health You might want to stand up for this one. A growing field of research suggests that spending too much time in that designer office chair or your comfy sofa can kill you, even if you exercise regularly and eat a healthy diet. Canadians spend more than half their waking hours seated. And the research suggests that increases their risk of death and health issues such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Vancouver-based scientist wins a prize for stirring up controversy Bruce Lanphear, a researcher at Simon Fraser University is the recipient of the 2011 Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy. As The Link's Lorn Curry reports, the scientist was chosen because of his ongoing fight to reduce human exposure to lead in the environment. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Western countries’ fear of Islamists in Egypt misplaced, Eric Margolis In late November, Egyptians began voting in the first parliamentary elections since the popular revolution ousted Hosni Mubarak in February, ending thirty years of his autocratic rule. The initial results of the first round of elections for the People's Assembly show Islamists emerging as biggest winners. The Muslim Brotherhood received about 40 percent of the vote, and the faction of ultra-conservative Salafis have taken a quarter of the early voting. Marc Montgomery speaks with Eric Margo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Sommelier and wine columnist Natalie MacLean The quality difference between a $10 bottle of wine and a $30 wine, is much greater than the difference between a $30 and $50 wine. A well known Canadian wine columnist Natalie MacLean travelled the world over to seek out the best wines you can get at reasonable prices. She talks to Marc Montgomery about the adventure, the colourful winemakers she met and the good and great wines she tasted, and her new book Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World's Best Bargain Wines. We have three hardc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, December 9, 2011 Japan apologizes for its brutal mistreatment of Canadian prisoners of war in World War Two, City of Gatineau's newly released code of conduct for immigrants stirs up controversy across Canada, Soviet nautical charts show disturbing familiarity with Canada's Arctic waters, Africa-Page - The Canadian government condemns Nigeria's law proposal criminalizing homosexuality, Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian government condemns Nigerian bill criminalizing homosexuality Last week, the Nigerian Senate approved proposed legislation to outlaw gay marriage and ban public displays of affection between homosexual couples. And on Wednesday, that bill was introduced to Nigeria's House of Representatives. If approved, it will make same sex marriage illegal and punishable by up to 14 years for the couple. The anti-gay bill elicited a strong reaction in Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird spoke out against it. But, as our Africa reporter Awa Dlodlo tells us ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Soviet nautical charts show disturbing familiarity with Canada's Arctic waters Soviet submarines have long been believed to have routinely patrolled the Canadian Arctic during the Cold War. Now, there is documented proof in the form of recently revealed Soviet era nautical charts, which are more detailed than even Canada's own charts. They confirm the extent of Russians' familiarity with Canada's Arctic waters. But with all the circumpolar nations, including Russia, claiming their sovereignty in the Arctic under the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea , ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- City of Gatineau’s newly released code of conduct for immigrants stirs up controversy across Canada The decision by the city of Gatineau, in West Quebec, to come up with a code of conduct for its immigrants has polarized opinions across the country. The statement of values produced by the city is meant to help the settlement of immigrants by spelling out what is acceptable and what is not, both in public and at home, including cooking smelly foods and killing people for honor. The Link's Valérie Morand has more on what this code is all about and the reaction it provoked. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian WWII veterans rebuff Japan’s apology for prisoner abuse For Hormidas Fredette Thursday’s official apology by the Japanese government for the horrible mistreatment of Canadian prisoners of war is too little too late. “There’s only a few of us left and it’s late for an apology and I cannot accept the apology,” said the 94-year-old Canadian veteran. Fredette was 23 when he was captured by the Japanese in Hong Kong on Christmas Day in 1941. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, December 9, 2011 Canadian analysts concerned about Afghanistan's future after international troops leave in 2014, Canada opposes an international ban on fishing endangered shark species, Indo Canadian Report - Indians to invest in Gold in Canada, Listener letters, Web Discoveries - Canada introduces tougher new online advertising guidelines, Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada introduces tougher new online advertising guidelines This week Canada's Privacy Comissioner announced tougher new guidelines for online advertising that works towards protecting the privacy of users and giving consumers more control over their personal information. Our Internet guru Andrew Fazekas explains what this all means for consumers and online companies wanting to do business in Canada. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Listener letters - Dec 8, 2011 Marc Montgomery and Carmel Kilkenny read your letters, emails and comments about The Link! They also draw the names of the lucky winners in our giveaways. This week we’re giving away three copies of multi-award winning band The Sultans of String’s new CD called “Move,” and four copies of Anita Rau Badami's book “Tell It to the Trees.” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Indians to invest in gold in Canada India is the largest consumer of gold in the world, but just how much of that gold is coming from Canada? Rashi Khilnani tells Marc Montgomery about Indian interest in Canadian gold, and why some Indian companies are looking to buy gold assets in Canada. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada opposes an international ban on fishing endangered shark species Overfishing in the North Atlantic has pushed the porbeagle shark to the brink of extinction. It is now illegal for European fishermen to catch it but the fishery is still allowed off the coast of Nova Scotia. As The Link’s East Coast correspondent Robert Jaros reports, Canada refused to join a worldwide ban aimed at protecting the shark at a recent international meeting. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian analysts concerned about Afghanistan’s future after international troops leave in 2014 The international community’s strategy to exit Afghanistan is on shaky ground, according to Canadian analysts. They fear Afghanistan could easily lapse into civil war after coalition countries leave in 2014 in the same way it did after Soviet forces left in 1989. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Muslim communities fight the spread of HIV/AIDS, Longest trail in the world connecting Canadians across the country, Indo Canadian Report - Conference explores challenges in Quebec-India academic partnerships, Biblio-file -Best Canadian Essays 2011 anthology, edited by Christopher Doda and Iby Kaslik, Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Best Canadian Essays 2011 anthology, edited by Christopher Doda and Iby Kaslik In today's Biblio-file,Priscila Uppal discusses the companion anthology to The Best Canadian Poetry in English anthology, this year's The Best Canadian Essays, edited by Christopher Doda and Ibi Kaslik and published by Tightrope Books, featuring eighteen essays from fourteen different magazines on topics as diverse as post-traumatic stress syndrome, the recession, the revolutionary voice of Maria Callas, the joys of smoking, the pitfalls of new motherhood, and much more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Conference explores challenges in Quebec-India academic partnerships 2011 is the Year of India in Canada, as agreed upon by the governments of both countries. The Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute organized a conference to explore the challenges of creating research and academic partnerships between India and the province of Quebec. It is called Getting involved in India in French with the Youth. Bilkis Vissandjee is one of the organisers of this bilingual conference and she joins Marc Montgomery in studio to tell him more about it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Longest trail in the world connecting Canadians across the country The Trans Canada Trail is the world's longest recreational trail. The project started back in 1992 to celebrate Canada's 125th anniversary. It stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic Oceans, through every province and territory. Once completed, it will stretch for 22,000 kilometres. Marc Montgomery checks in where the project is at with Deborah Apps, the Trans Canada Trail President and CEO; And Marc also chats with Dana Meise, a passionate hiker who knows the trail better ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Muslim communities fight the spread of HIV/AIDS The rate of HIV/AIDS infections in Muslim communities is considered to be relatively low in the greater Toronto area. Although this is good news, there are still Muslim women and men who are living with HIV/AIDS. In the era of an ever growing epidemic, education and prevention are key in the fight against the disease. The Link's Toronto correspondent Lyne-Francoise Pelletier tells us what Muslim communities have been doing to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Paul Anka, Evalyn Parry, The Good Lovelies Performer and broadcaster Gilda Salomone is in with her selection of some of the best new recordings by Canadian artists. This week we hear the music of Paul Anka, Evalyn Parry, and The Good Lovelies. ***NOT FOR PODCAST Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Author Anita Rau Badami explores domestic violence in her latest fiction Canadian author Anita Rau Badami tells us about her new book, "Tell it to the Trees," a portrait of domestic violence in a fictional, isolated town in British Columbia. Badami also tells us about how a life spent moving around India, and later, around Canada, has shaped her identity and her books. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Calgary dentist wins award for helping educate girls in Pakistan Dr. Noor Jaffer knew there was more to his professional life than his successful dentistry business in Calgary. Dr. Jaffer was already active raising funds for various international charitable causes, but he had no idea that a chance encounter with a long-lost friend and a book by an American mountaineer turned humanitarian would lead him to a remote valley in northern Pakistan and a medal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A major human rights watchdog abandons the Kimberley Process Global Witness is pulling out of the Kimberley Process. The human rights group says the process has failed to stop the trade in blood diamonds and there needs to be a new approach. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins looks at why governments failed to break the link between diamonds and violence. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, December 5, 2011 Oilsands worker in Western Canada unearths a rare fossil, Study shows that babies prefer to see wrongdoers get punished, Post-election violence feared in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Feature interview - Sultans of String, Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Sultans of String Almost from the very beginning of their coming together as a musical group in 2007, multi-award winning band The Sultans of String have been amazing audiences with their exciting blend of jazz and swing. Together the musicians blend African and Cuban rhythms and melodies with Arabic and Celtic influences and sometimes venture into pop and classical genres as well. Their music leader Chris McKool and guitarist Kevin Laliberté joined Marc Montgomery to talk about their just released third CD ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Post-election violence feared in the Democratic Republic of Congo On November 28, the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo went to the polls to elect a new president and a parliament. This was the second election since the official end of a bloody civil war in 2003, which cost some four million lives. Fear of widespread post-election violence remains high, as the final results are expected to be announced tomorrow. Marc Montgomery talks about the situation with Naomi Kikoler, a Canadian who's with the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Study shows that babies prefer to see wrongdoers get punished Babies as young as eight months of age prefer to see those who've mistreated others get their due. That's according to a new study done by researchers at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, and Yale University and Temple University, in the United States. The Link's Lorn Curry brings us the details. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Oil sands worker unearths a rare fossil Oilsands worker in Western Canada unearths a rare fossil: There was big excitement at an oil sands operation in northern Alberta recently. A heavy equipment operator stopped digging when she saw what turned out to be a large fossil. The bones appear to belong to a pre-historic reptile that lived in an ancient sea. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins tells us more about a sea that covered western North America and the creatures that lived there.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Attila Richard Lukacs: born in Canada, made in Berlin. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, December 2, 2011 The most lucrative award for history writing - the legacy of Canadian Peter Cundill, Real Christmas trees make people smarter, Canada's spy watchdog criticized for ineffectiveness, African Canadian women living with HIV/AIDS share their lives on camera, Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- African Canadian women living with HIV/AIDS share their lives on camera "The woman I have become" is a documentary film that follows the lives of eight women of African and Caribbean descent living with HIV/Aids in Toronto. The documentary first released in 2007, is still being used as an educational tool on HIV/AIDS in schools and clinics in Canada and abroad. Yet some of the women who shared their stories were afraid of being shunned by their community. Our Link Africa reporter Awa Dlodlo tells us why these women took that risk by being in the documentary. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada’s spy watchdog criticized for ineffectiveness We don't often hear about it, but Canada has in place a watchdog that oversees Canada's Security Intelligence Service. It's called Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC). Most recently, the controversy over the resignation of its chair put the agency in the public spotlight. The former SIRC chair, Arthur Porter resigned following numerous media reports that made public his dealings with a controversial lobbyist Ari Ben-Menashe. Andrew Mitrovica, a professor of journalism at Sheridan ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Real Christmas trees make people smarter, expert Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a botanist and medicinal bio-chemist. She's written several books on gardens and trees. In her latest, The Global Forest, she describes 40 ways trees can save us. Diana Beresford-Kroeger believes that there's more to Christmas tree than decoration. She shares an advice with The Link’s Carmel Kilkenny on how a real Christmas tree can help over the holidays, and following summer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- The most lucrative award for history writing - the legacy of Canadian Peter Cundill There's a new international award in Canadian literary circles and it's the most lucrative award for history writing. The $75,000 USD prize is the legacy of Canadian investment manager Peter Cundill who wanted to encourage history writing, for the general public. Now in its 4th year, the prize was recently awarded to Italian, Sergio Luzzatto for his book, "Padre Pio: Politics and Miracles in a Secular Age." The Link’s Carmel Kilkenny, has more on the prize, the book, and the man behin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, December 1, 2011 Rain relieves drought in the Horn of Africa but brings other misery, Fate of East Coast ferries worry environmentalists, South Asian Canadian AIDS advocacy organisation commemorates World AIDS Day, Listener letters, "Reliving" history one tweet at a time, Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- ‘Reliving’ history one tweet at a time This week on Web Discoveries we look at the buzz surrounding the new trend of experiencing major historical events using the power of this social media giant. Our Internet guru Andrew Fazekas explains what this new online pastime is all about.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Listener letters-20111201 Marc Montgomery and Carmel Kilkenny read your letters, emails and comments about The Link! They also draw the names of the lucky winners in our giveaways. This week we’re giving away three copies of William Marsden’s new book, Fools Rule - Inside The Failed Politics Of Climate Change. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- South Asian Canadian AIDS advocacy organisation commemorates World AIDS Day The Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention works with the South Asian community in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area to educate people about and support people living with HIV/AIDS. Rashi Khilnani tells us how the organisation is commemorating World AIDS Day, and about what it's like to be South Asian and HIV positive. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Fate of East Coast ferries worry environmentalists The MV Joseph-and-Clara-Smallwood and the MV Caribou sailed between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia for more than 20 years. Both they were decommissioned earlier this year and sold for scrap metal. The ships ended up beached in Alang, India, at one of the most infamous ship-breaking facilities in the world, known for its lack of environmental safeguards and poor labour standards. As The Link’s East Coast correspondent Robert Jaros reports, environmentalists say Canada should have ensured ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Rain relieves drought in the Horn of Africa but brings other misery After two years of drought, rain has finally come to the Horn of Africa. But the emergency is not over. The millions of people weakened by famine now have to deal with water-borne diseases too. Aid agencies are scaling up health support and hoping people will still make donations to help. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins reports on how Canadian agencies overcome challenges delivering aid to Africa. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Study finds a physical link between depression and heart disease; Toronto pastry shop shares delights of Persian sweets; Ottawa ponders new strategies to attract more international students; Initiative to promote Indian arts in Canada; A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of People by Gabe Forman; Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of People by Gabe Forman In today's Biblio-file, Priscila Uppal introduces us to a memorable cast of eccentric characters, from adulterers, to history buffs, to optometrists and sitting ducks, who populate Montreal poet Gabe Foreman's debut collection of poetry, A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of People. It was just awarded the Quebec Writer's Federation A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Initiative to promote Indian arts in Canada Arti Chandaria, a doyenne of the arts scene in Canada, has embarked on a new project to get Canadians interested in art from India. It's called the iARTS Project, and it aims to create a network of art lovers. Rashi Khilnani brings us the report.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Ottawa ponders new strategies to attract more international students As a part of Canada's Economic Action Plan, the Canadian government has created an expert advisory panel on Canada's International Education Strategy last October. The panel is to make recommendations to the government on how to develop and implement an international education strategy, including attracting international students to Canada. Marc Montgomery speaks with Amit Chakma, the president and vice-chancellor of the University of Western Ontario. He has been appointed as the chair of t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Toronto pastry shop shares delights of Persian sweets For the last 25 years, Shirini Sara has been the best-kept secret of the Persian community in Toronto. But the house of pastries is now stepping out of the shadows and bringing its unique culinary art to all. In this encore presentation which originally aired in December 2010, The Link's Toronto correspondent Lyne-Francoise Pelletier takes us on a delightful discovery. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Study finds a physical link between depression and heart disease A new study led by Concordia University in Montreal has discovered a physical link between heart disease and depression. This could mean some relief for people suffering from either condition. The Link’s Carmel Kilkenny tells us why the treatment of either must take into account the other. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Girls doing better in school not just at reading but at science too; Victim wants Guatemalan man accused of war crimes tried in Canada; Change in Indian retail law opportunity for Canadian companies; Gilda's Playlist - Aline Morales, Kent Nagano Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Aline Morales, Kent Nagano Performer and broadcaster Gilda Salomone is in with her selection of some of the best new recordings by Canadian artists. This week we hear the music of Aline Morales, Kent Nagano & Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Taurey Butler, and Coral Egan. ***NOT FOR PODCAST Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Change in Indian retail law opportunity for Canadian companies Last week, India changed its retail laws to allow foreign companies to open large stores in the country. Rana Sarkar, the president of the Canada-India Business Council, tells Marc Montgomery why this could be an opportunity for Canadian companies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Massacre survivor wants Guatemalan man tried for war crimes in Canada Canadian justice groups and a survivor of a central American massacre oppose the extradition of accused war criminal Jorge Sosa Orantes from Canada to the United States to face immigration fraud charges. Instead, they want him tried for war crimes in connection with the massacre of 200 villagers in Guatemala in 1982. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Girls doing better in school not just at reading but at science too Overall Canadian students are doing well in reading, math and science. But not all of them are. Girls have for decades performed better than boys in literacy and now they are pulling ahead in science too. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins looks at the latest assessment of students' performance. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, November 28, 2011 Food security concerns mount as extreme weather becomes increasingly commonplace, Report examines domestic violence in British Columbia's South Asian community, Orphaned African elephants find foster families in Canada, Feature interview - William Marsden, author of Fools Rule - Inside The Failed Politics Of Climate Change and Ian Jones' sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- William Marsden, author of Fools Rule Canadian journalist William Marsden tells us about his new book, “Fools Rule - Inside The Failed Politics Of Climate Change”. Described by its publisher as a rage-inciting polemic about the global failure to deal with climate change, the book explains that it only takes a few degrees of change in the median temperature to tip the world into an ice age, or a disastrous warming. http://www.randomhouse.com/book/208714/fools-rule-by-william-marsden Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Orphaned African elephants find foster families in Canada Baby elephants whose mothers are killed by poachers have little hope of surviving. Unless, that is, they are rescued by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, which operates a rehabilitation centre for them near Nairobi, Kenya. We talk to Belinda Bowes, a Montreal woman who has just returned from a visit to the centre where she is fostering a dozen of the traumatised orphans. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Report examines domestic violence in British Columbia's South Asian community A new study by researchers at the Justice Institute of British Columbia looks into the causes of domestic violence in the province's South Asian community. The Link's Lorn Curry reports on the Institute’s recommendations for improving outcomes for both the victims and the perpetrators. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Food security concerns mount as extreme weather becomes increasingly commonplace Oxfam has released a report warning that extreme weather is endangering food supplies worldwide. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins tells us about the agency’s admonition that the climate talks in Durban need to deliver action to prevent spiralling hunger. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, November 25, 2011 A former Canadian diplomat believes the military will not give up power in Egypt; The city of Ottawa battles to get hookah bars to comply with Ontario's anti-smoking laws; Retired military intelligence officer tracks down relics of Canadian military history; Africa Portal plans to expand to a wider audience; Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Africa Portal plans to expand to a wider audience An online service targeting researchers and policy makers working on African issues is celebrating its first anniversary today. Since its initiation a year ago, the website has recorded more than 59,000 different visitors who used the system. As our Link Africa reporter Awa Dlodlo tells us, the Africa Portal is planning on expanding and giving Africans more access to information that can help them make decisions based on well researched findings. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Retired intelligence officer tracks down relics of Canadian military history Harold Skaruup retired from the Canadian Forces this past summer. He grew up in a military family and spent 40 years of service in places from Cyprus, to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Afghanistan, serving as a military intelligence officer. Now he's devoting his retirement to writing and recording military history. He tells Marc Montgomery about one of his current pursuits, tracking down First World War German artillery pieces that were distributed to towns and cities across Canada. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- The city of Ottawa battles to get hookah bars to comply with Ontario's anti-smoking laws It's called hookah, sheesha or narguile depending from what part of the world you're from. The flavoured tobacco smoked using a water pipe is a popular social and cultural activity for many Muslims, particularly during the holy month of Ramadan. Water pipe use has increased considerably in Canada and therefore to keep up with the demand, hookah bars have followed. Using a water pipe is not illegal, but the same laws that apply to cigarettes apply to flavoured tobacco smoked in water pipes, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A former Canadian diplomat believes the military will not give up power in Egypt Tens of thousands of Egyptians rallied in Cairo on Friday to demand an end to military rule. They don't believe military promises to transfer power to civilians and neither does a former Canadian ambassador to Egypt Michael Bell. At the same time economic hardship could further thwart attempts to democratize the country. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins has more on the situation in Egypt and its importance for the entire region.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, November 24, 2011 Study questions how much salt is just right; Canadian scientist honoured for immune system discovery; Exhibit featuring Vancouver's unique Bhangra history extends successful run; Listener letters; Invading Mars, online; Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Invading Mars, online In a matter of a few days NASA plans on launching its latest robot to the planet Mars. Our Internet guru Andrew Fazekas gives us a look at how we can all join in on the Red Planet invasion by simply going online.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Exhibit featuring Vancouver’s unique Bhangra history extends successful run Vancouver has been home to a South-Asian community for over a 100 years. And the Desi community has grown rapidly in recent times. Now, their story is being told in a major and unique exhibit at the Museum of Vancouver. Called Bhangra.me: Vancouver's Bhangra Story  is an interactive exhibition on Vancouver's unique take on Bhangra music, dance and politics. The exhibit was such a success that it has been extended to run until January 1, 2012. Marc Montgomery speaks with Naveen Girn, the co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian scientist honoured for immune system discovery The human immune system is a marvel of defensive biology. But, it can also be deadly. That finding is what won the University of Calgary's Paul Kubes the 'Health Researcher of the Year' award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Kubes, who is also the lead researcher at the Alberta Sepsis Network, tells Marc Montgomery about his work which shows why white blood cells sometimes can lead to death rather than healing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Study questions how much salt is just right Studies confirm that too much salt is bad for your heart. But a new Canadian study associates too little sodium with heart problems as well. But, as The Link’s Lynn Desjardins reports, doctors say more study is needed and they are not changing their recommendations that we reduce our salt intake. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, November 23, 2011 Indigenous groups review progress made since rights declaration, Canadian researchers develop Unified Theory of Biodiversity, @World.ca - Venture capitalists Chris Albinson and Anthony Lee introduce Canadian companies to Silicon Valley, Biblio-file - Priscila Uppal reviews Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan, Ghanaian women's rights increase through Canadian partnership and, Ian Jones' sports slam. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Ghanaian women's rights increase through Canadian partnership The Ontario NGO, Crossroads International, reduces poverty and advances women's rights by working with local partners around the world. One of their partners is ABANTU for Development, a Ghanaian organization that focuses on increasing women's participation and representation in politics. The Link's Lyne-Francoise Pelletier spoke with Hamida Harrison, the programme manager at ABANTU.    Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan Winner of the $50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize, Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues tells the story of black jazz musicians in Berlin and Paris at the start of World War II, and a man haunted decades later by the fate of a talented young trumpeter taken to the camps. The Link’s resident book-reviewer Priscila Uppal looks at why this book has struck a chord with readers around the world. (Thomas Allen Publishers, trade paperback, $24.95) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian researchers develop Unified Theory of Biodiversity Meet evolutionary ecologist Dr. Pradeep Pillai, the lead author of an important new research paper that describes the intricate food-webs of predators and their prey. He tells Marc Montgomery how this unified theory of ecological diversity will also help us to better understand the effect our human activities are having on these complex relationships. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Indigenous groups review progress made since rights declaration Leaders from indigenous groups in Africa, Latin America and Canada gathered in Montreal last week to compare notes on what's happened in the 4 years since the UN's Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Link’s Carmel Kilkenny reports on the advances they’ve made and the challenges they still face.    Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Forty years after adopting "Official Languages' legislation, bilingualism making little headway in Canada; Canadian government slaps tougher sanctions on Iran; and, Ian Jones' sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian government imposes tougher sanctions on Iran The Canadian government has joined the United States and Britain in introducing strict new sanctions on Iran. The move comes in response to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency which suggests that Iran is working to build nuclear weapons.   Marc Montgomery speaks with Houchang Hassan-Yari, an Iranian born specialist in military and strategic issues at the Royal Military College of Canada. He explains these latest sanctions and how they're likely to affect Iran's capacity to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Bilingualism making little headway in Canada Forty years after the adoption of legislation making English and French the nation’s official languages, few Canadians speak both languages fluently. We look at why and what the future holds for bilingualism in this country with the executive director of the Association for Canadian Studies, Jack Jedwab; who has just edited a book on the subject. ‘Life After Forty: Official Languages Policy in Canada’.  It will be published next month by McGill-Queen's University Press. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, November 21, 2011 Canadian study documents declining ocean resources; West Coast NGO helps Ghanaian girls go to school; Concordia University researcher calls for redesigning communities with southern exposure; Feature interview - Jerry Langton, author of Gangland; and, Ian Jones' sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Jerry Langton, author of Gangland How is a drug deal and murder somewhere in Canada connected to Mexico? In his new book, Gangland - The rise of the Mexican drug cartels from El Paso to Vancouver, Canadian author Jerry Langton looks at the history of Mexico and details how its powerful drug lords are using violence to impose their will in North America and elsewhere.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Concordia University researcher calls for redesigning communities with southern exposure A Canadian research network is now able to explore "solar-optimized building" thanks to Concordia University’s new solar simulator. While the simulator allows research to continue with sunshine available at nearly the flick of a switch, the goal includes low-tech passive solar innovations that have been used by humankind for millennia.  Diane Bastien, a PhD candidate at Concordia, explains that simply redesigning communities with a southern exposure, and even legislation guaranteeing ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- West Coast NGO helps Ghanaian girls go to school For the last few years Create Change, an NGO based on Canada's West Coast, has been working to help girls in northern Ghana get an education. The Link's Lorn Curry reports on a visit to Vancouver by four of those girls, in town to talk about how education has changed their lives. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian study documents declining ocean resources The Earth's oceans have seen some dramatic changes in the past century. The water has become warmer and its chemistry has become more acidic because of increasing amounts of pollution. These changes have been hard on marine life, with fish species being forced to find new, more liveable habitat.  We talk to the University of British Columbia's Professor Rashid Sumaila, the lead author of a new study which examines how these environmental changes are reducing fish catches and what can be do ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, November 18, 2011 Bashar al-Assad's days are numbered in Syria, Houchang Hassan-Yari; Survey of Canadian-Muslims sparks controversy; Canada calls a two-year time-out on family reunifications; Raymond's music pick - Les Colocs; The Link's Africa page - Rare African art exhibit in Old Montreal; and, Ian Jones on sports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Rare African art comes to exhibit in Old Montreal Africa page editor Awa Dlodlo tells us about an exhibit born of the collaboration between French-Canadian photographer Claude Gauthier and Congolese-Canadian art collector Guy Mushagalusa Chigoho. Gauthier was captivated by the African masks he saw Chigoho’s gallery and the pair decided to create the  ‘Spirits of the Mask-Dancers’ photo exhibit which is on display until December 4th  at the Centaur Theatre in Old Montreal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Les Colocs Raymond Desmarteau, who hosts The Link’s French-language sister-programme, Tam Tam Canada introduces us to the music of another French-Canadian recording artist. This week: Les Colocs, a band whose music defined the 1990’s on Québec’s musical scene. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Survey of Canadian-Muslims sparks controversy A survey conducted by an Ottawa think-tank has found that nearly two-thirds of Muslims in Canada would favour some form of Sharia law here. Ottawa correspondent Valérie Morand details the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s survey and explains why some organizations are disputing its findings. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Bashar al-Assad's days are numbered in Syria, Houchang Hassan-Yari As violence in Syria intensifies, so too does international pressure on president Bashar al-Assad to end a bloody eight-month crackdown on pro-democracy protests. France has recalled its ambassador to Damascus and The Arab League, which has suspended Syria from its ranks, is giving the regime three days to end the repression and allow teams of observers to enter the country. International relations expert Houchang Hassan-Yari of the Royal Military College of Canada says time is running out ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada calls a two-year time-out on family reunifications Canada is making some radical changes to the rules governing immigrant family reunification, in a bid to reduce the backlog and cut wait times for sponsored parents and grandparents. Immigration lawyer Guidy Mamann has reviewed these changes and tells us who will be most affected by them.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, November 17, 2011 Canada should play bigger role in development innovation, Tim Fauquier; Brown Canada to showcase South Asian Canadian history; Listener letters; The rise of Hacktivism; Ian Jones' sports; Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- The rise of Hacktivism Weather you consider them heros or villains, the online hacking group known as Anonymous is gaining global attention as they practice civil disobedience. Our Internet guru Andrew Fazekas takes a look at what this faceless collective is about, and how they may be influencing for good or bad, the social fabric of the internet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Brown Canada to showcase South Asian Canadian history A new two-year project seeks to document the history of people of South Asian origin in Canada. Called Brown Canada, will encompass multimedia, social media and theatre to share the stories of South Asian Canadians. But why the term brown? And what happens when two South Asian groups disagree on what history was like? Rashi Khilnani looks for the answers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada should play bigger role in development innovation, Tim Fauquier Last week, in Canada's national capital Ottawa, The World University Service of Canada had gathered experts from Canada and around the world for a forum on international development. The discussions focussed on how to innovate sustainable development to make it more effective. Marc Montgomery speaks with Tim Fauquier, a professor teaching a graduate course on international development project finance at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa, wh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Canada's bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership meets resistance; Canada could profit from the delay of the Keystone XL pipeline, Jeff Rubin; A profile of Catherine Mercier; Canadian charity provides irrigation systems in India; The Dog on the Bed: A Canine Alphabet by Richard Teleky; Ian Jones' sports; Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- The Dog on the Bed A Canine Alphabet byRichard Teleky: In today's Bibliofile, Priscila Uppal discusses a new book for the dog-lover in your life. In The Dog on the Bed: A Canine Alphabet, award-winning author Richard Teleky takes us through the As to Zs of the dog-human relationship, with short, engaging essays on everything dog from dog books to dog movies to dog activism to dog training, war dogs to the language of dogs, and much, much more. (hardcover, Fitzhenry and Whiteside, $24.95) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian charity provides irrigation systems in India OneProsper International is a Canadian charity that targets hunger in India by giving farmers access to irrigation technology. Marc Montgomery speaks with its founder, Raju Agrawal, about why he left his career in finance for agriculture. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A profile of CBC China correspondent Catherine Mercier Meet Catherine Mercier, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Beijing correspondent. She speaks fluent Mandarin, Russian and German; and prior to Beijing, Catherine has held such prestigious postings as the CBC's United Nations correspondent in New York. She shares her experiences with host Marc Montgomery.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada could profit from the delay of the Keystone XL pipeline, Jeff Rubin The proposed expansion of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the United States has been postponed. Marc Montgomery speaks with Jeff Rubin, the former Chief Economist of CIBC World Markets, who says the delay of the pipeline expansion to the United States is good news for Canada. It could mean a billion dollars a month more to Canada, if a pipeline were to be built to the Pacific Coast, for export to Asia, for example. Currently refineries in the U.S. Midwest pay the West Texas Intermed ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada's bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership meets resistance Canada wants to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Some groups are heralding the move as a way to increase trade with Asia. Others are worried it will boost the powers of investors and limit government powers to act on behalf of citizens. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins reports on concerns the deal would be good for investors and bad for democracy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Laying claim to the Northwest Passage; South Asian Canadian health activist succumbs to cancer; Edmonton man invents unique Canadian weather index; Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Edmonton man invents unique Canadian weather index It began as a joke, but Colin MacIntyre has given the world an invaluable tool. The Long John index is a weather rating system that helps people decide if it's cold enough for long underwear. The Link’s Frank Rackow brings us the details of this unique Canadian weather service. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- South Asian Canadian health activist succumbs to cancer Dr. Abhijit Guha, a prominent South Asian Canadian health activist, died of cancer last week. Dr. Guha was a co-founder of South Asians for Life, which encourages those of South Asian origin to get tested to see if they are matches for bone marrow transplants. Marc Montgomery speaks with Dr. Prateek Lala, Dr. Guha's colleague and friend, about the organisation and their relationship. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Laying claim to the Northwest Passage The lure of melting sea ice is attracting a growing number of ships to the Northwest Passage, prompting experts to say it's time for Canada to assert its sovereignty over the Arctic strait. The Link's Marc Montgomery discusses the subject with University of British Columbia international law professor Michael Byers, a project leader with ArcticNet, a consortium of scientists from 27 Canadian universities, and 19 government agencies and departments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, November 14, 2011 A Canadian grad student finds an easy and effective way to fight anemia in Cambodia; Canadian documentary features ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo; New RCI web documentary gives voice to young Muslims; From Russia with song; Ian Jones' sports; Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- From Russia with song Sophie Milman has been singing for most of her life. Born in Russia, she spent her childhood in Israel, and now she's at home in Toronto, Canada. Her success as one of the great new jazz singers came as a bit of a surprise to her initially. But her popularity is keeping her on the move these days with shows lined up in the United States over the next couple of months.  After a great night here in Montreal recently, Sophie Milman came by our studio and talked to Marc Montgomery. We have thr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- New RCI web documentary gives voice to young Muslims Radio Canada International launched a new web documentary last week. The webseries "Me, the Muslim Next Door" introduces the viewers to Dania, Eduardo, Jamilla, Laila, Mehdi, Rizwan and Suad, seven young Canadian Muslims living in Montreal and Toronto. This bilingual audiovisual webdoc provides a platform for young Muslims to speak for themselves on the matters of love, religion, culture, politics, community and family. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian documentary features ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo The International Criminal Court, in The Hague, was added to the international justice system in 2002. It has been a source of controversy ever since. So has its chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo of Argentina. Canadian filmmaker, Barry Stevens, spent a year following Luis Moreno Ocampo. He was at the first trials of the newly formed ICC for his documentary called Prosecutor.  It's screening today at a special public event organized by The University of Toronto Faculty of Law in presence ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A Canadian grad student finds an easy and effective way to fight anemia in Cambodia Iron deficiency is a severe problem in many other developing nations. Cambodia is particularly hard-hit. The Link's Lynn Desjardins tells us about a Canadian graduate student who has figured out a unique way to get more iron into people's diets. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, November 11, 2011 The Canadian government wants to tighten the rules for permanent residency to prevent marriages of convenience; Remembrance Day means... thoughts and memories from veterans and other people at the groundbreaking ceremony for the National Wall of Remembrance in Kingston, Ontario; Montreal's National Circus School and the Canadian try-out tour; A Canadian cooperative reaches out to women in Chad living with obstetric fistula; Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A Canadian cooperative reaches out to women in Chad living with obstetric fistula Obstetric fistula is a condition that, according to the World Health Organisation, afflicts more than two million women around the world. It goes untreated in the developing countries of Latin America, Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and often leads to social isolation. Our Link Africa reporter tells us how a Montreal-based organisation, called the Styl'afrique Co-op, is raising money to help victims of this condition in Chad. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Montreal's National Circus School and the Canadian try-out tour Over the last two weeks, representatives from Montreal's National Circus School crisscrossed the country looking for potential students. The pre-selection auditions are a way for young people, aged 9 to 17, to show their talent.Those selected take the mandatory exam to enrol at the prestigious school and the younger ones are invited to take part in the summer camps run by the school. The Link’s Ottawa correspondent, Valérie Morand tells us what it takes to make the cut at the Nationa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Remembrance Day means thoughts and memories from veterans and other people at the groundbreaking ceremony for the National Wall of Remembrance in Kingston, Ontario Remembrance Day means thoughts and memories from veterans and other people at the groundbreaking ceremony for the National Wall of Remembrance in Kingston, Ontario. Yesterday Marc Montgomery attended the ceremony for a new and innovative memorial project to remember the fallen Canadian soldiers from all wars, at the Communications and Electronics Museum in Kingston. Marc Montgomery brings us thoughts on Remembrance Day from officials, veterans, and guests. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- The Canadian government wants to tighten the rules for permanent residency to prevent marriages of convenience Several advocacy groups are concerned. Canada wants to stop people from fraudulently using marriage as a way of obtaining permanent residency. But the groups believe the proposal would increase the risk of spousal abuse. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins tells us about more the concerns and how the Canadian government handles these immigration issues.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, November 10, 2011 Back to basics: Teaching health professionals how to use a stethoscope; A virtual wall of remembrance to honour Canada's fallen soldiers; First Sikh commander of Canadian regiment honours fallen friends by living life to the fullest; Listener letters; Scientists get help with Galaxy Zoo from armchair astronomers; Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Scientists get help with Galaxy Zoo from armchair astronomers Our Internet guru Andrew Fazekas looks at how researchers have recruited hundreds of thousands of volunteers from around the globe to help classify galaxies, and have in the process made unexpected discoveries. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- First Sikh commander of Canadian regiment honours fallen friends by living life to the fullest Lt.-Col. Harjit Singh Sajjan is the Commanding Officer of the British Columbia Regiment. He's served Canada overseas in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Afghanistan, winning commendations for his work. He's also Canada's first Sikh regiment commander. He speaks with Carmel Kilkenny about his experiences in the Canadian military. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A virtual wall of remembrance to honour Canada's fallen soldiers November 11th is the day in Canada when we pause to commemorate soldiers who have died in the service of our country. To further that aspect of remembering and honoring our fallen, a new memorial is taking shape. A groundbreaking ceremony takes place today at the Canadian Forces Base in Kingston, Ontario in fulfilment of a promise to get a project started by Remembrance Day of this year. It's called The National Wall of Remembrance Project. Marc Montgomery travelled to the site in Kingston ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Back to basics: Teaching health professionals how to use a stethoscope Invented almost 200 years ago, the stethoscope has become an icon of the medical professions. But nowadays many graduates of medical schools don't really know how to use this valuable diagnostic tool. The Link's East Coast correspondent Robert Jaros tells us about a new book, Teaching Heart Auscultation to Health Professionals, co-authored and edited by pediatric cardiologist Dr John Finley of Dalhousie University, in Halifax. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, November 9, 2011 Exploding population of elderly inmates new challenge for Canadian penitentiaries; Study takes a closer look at aboriginals living in Toronto; Stratford festival director mounts passionate defence of Shakespeare; Canada and India inch closer to a free trade deal; Generation X: Tales for an Accelerate Culture by Douglas Coupland; Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Stratford festival director mounts passionate defence of Shakespeare The big Hollywood movie Anonymous is now in theatres bringing to life what's known as the "Oxford debate." But, for Antoni Cimolino, Director General of Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival, as he tells our reporter Carmel Kilkenny, there's no debate, but there is a great benefit in the discussion: was the bard of Avon the true author, or was it one of the other several contenders. And why does it matter? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Generation X Tales for an Accelerate Culture by Douglas Coupland : Book reviewer Priscila Uppal reads Douglas Coupland's internationally bestselling 1990 novel Generation X: Tales for An Accelerated Culture to ask if the novel, which centers of the lives of three over-educated and under-achieving twenty-somethings running away from their pasts in the Mojave Desert of California, is still relevant today. (paperback, St. Martin's Press, 1991, $15.95) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada and India inch closer to a free trade deal Ed Fast, Canada's Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Getaway, is currently on a week-long mission to India. He speaks to Marc Montgomery from Mumbai about the challenges of Canada-India trade, and the Comprehensive Partnership Economic Agreement that is in the works between both countries. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Stratford festival director mounts passionate defence of Shakespeare The big Hollywood movie Anonymous is now in theatres bringing to life what's known as the "Oxford debate." But, for Antoni Cimolino, Director General of Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival, as he tells our reporter Carmel Kilkenny, there's no debate, but there is a great benefit in the discussion: was the bard of Avon the true author, or was it one of the other several contenders. And why does it matter? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Study takes a closer look at aboriginals living in Toronto The largest study ever conducted on aboriginal people living in Toronto has discovered a divided community. As The Link’s Toronto correspondent Lyne-Francoise Pelletier tells us, while the city has a thriving aboriginal middle class, for many urban aboriginals meeting basic daily needs still remains a challenge. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Exploding population of elderly inmates new challenge for Canadian penitentiaries Canadian penitentiaries were built with young inmates in mind but the number of older offenders has exploded. As they get older, inmates face difficulties with mobility, health care, and bullying. A special investigator says Canada needs to do more to meet its legal obligations to aging offenders. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins has more on the problems of older inmates and Canada's obligations to all prisoners. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, November 8, 2011 The Sierra Club demands moratorium on shale gas drilling in Canada; Calgary filmmaker features high-profile Indo-Canadians; Expert warns of dire environmental ramifications of agriculture in India; Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Expert warns of dire environmental ramifications of agriculture in India While fossil fuels and the like are often blamed for negative effects on the environment, Professor Navin Ramankutty of McGill University says there is an unlikely culprit on the polluting scene: agriculture. Professor Milind Kandlikar of the University of British Columbia tells us how this is a problem in India. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Calgary filmmaker features high-profile Indo-Canadians Punam Kumar Gill has launched a series of on-line short film portraits with a profile of Canadian celebrity chef Vikram Vij. The series will also include a film about singer Kiran Ahluwalia. As The Link’s Frank Rackow tells us, Gill hopes the idea of a film portrait will also attract people who want to commission similar films about themselves or their loved ones. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- The Sierra Club demands moratorium on shale gas drilling in Canada A leading environmental group wants an end to the drilling for shale gas until it is found to be safe. Sierra Club Canada says the government needs to protect public safety and water resources before it allows companies can go ahead with this type of drilling called fracking. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins tells us what the industry says in defence of hydraulic fracturing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, November 7, 2011 European financial crisis drama shifts from Greece to Italy; Vancouver NGO helps heal Haiti's mental scars; Jennifer Welsh of Oxford University; Rethinking humanitarian aid: interview with Samantha Nutt; Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Rethinking humanitarian aid: Interview with Samantha Nutt Marc Montgomery talks to Canadian Dr. Samantha Nutt. She is a founder of War Child, and a veteran of many years of humanitarian work with the United Nations and international NGOs. As a result of her work and research in some of the worst conflict zones in the world, she has looked into some of the root causes of conflict, why they can be so prolonged, as well as some questionable practices by aid organizations. Her critical look at these issues is contained in her new book Damned Nations: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Vancouver NGO helps heal Haiti's mental scars Almost two years after a massive earthquake devastated large parts of Haiti, the rebuilding effort is underway. But there may be an even bigger challenge ahead for the country: dealing with the psychological repercussions many of Haiti's children are facing in the aftermath of the quake. The Link's Vancouver-based correspondent Lorn Curry reports on work being done by a Vancouver aid agency Phoenix Vision to help those children.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- European financial crisis drama shifts from Greece to Italy Europe's debt crisis deepened on news that Italy's borrowing costs have spiked. Analysts say it will take a long time to solve the economic problems. The Link's Lynn Desjardins looks at why the financial crisis happened and where it's taking up. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, November 4, 2011 Israeli navy boards Canadian and Irish ships attempting to sail to Gaza; A Canadian to lead the efforts to strengthen world financial institutions; Study finds arriving in Canada before the age of 9 critical to the academic success of immigrant children; Montreal music competition paves a way for unknown world music artists; Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Montreal music competition paves a way for unknown world music artists The Link’s Africa page editor, Awa Dlodlo tells us about Syli d'or, a music competition for musicians who would like to be discovered and gain a large audience of fans. A competition created by Nuits D'Afrique Poductions, Syli d'or is inviting people who play music with influences from all over the world and live in Canada to enter this competition. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Study finds arriving in Canada before the age of 9 critical to the academic success of immigrant children Children who immigrate to Canada stand a better chance to succeed in high school if they arrive in the country before the age of nine, according to a new study published by Statistics Canada. As The Link’s Ottawa correspondent, Valérie Morand reports, the chances of immigrants not graduating from high school increases progressively after the age of nine, rising by more than one percentage point for each subsequent year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A Canadian to lead the efforts to strengthen world financial institutions Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney will head the Financial Stability Board. He will press for regulation to avoid the kind of bankruptcies which have triggered major recessions. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins tells us why that's important and how Mark Carney is expected to protect the taxpayer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Israeli navy boards Canadian and Irish ships attempting to sail to Gaza The Israeli Navy boarded two ships heading to Gaza Friday, frustrating the latest attempt to break through its maritime blockade of the Palestinian territory. The Canadian-owned Tahrir and Irish-flagged Saoirse with 27 activists, crew and journalists on board left Turkish territorial waters on Wednesday and were on their way to Gaza to challenge Israel’s naval blockade of the strip. Dylan Penner, an Ottawa-based spokesperson for the Canadian Boat to Gaza, said they lost contact w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, November 3, 2011 Residential school survivors tell their stories in Halifax; Canadian boat headed to Gaza to break Israeli blockade; Listener letters; Taking a peek at the future of handheld computing; Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Residential school survivors tell their stories in Halifax About 200 survivors of Canada's infamous residential school system testified at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing in Halifax. The Truth and Reconciliation hearings are part of a national healing and restitution process for Canada's aboriginal peoples. They shared memories of how, as children, they were forcibly taken from their families, stripped of their culture, and subject to physical, emotional and sexual abuse.  And, as The Link's East Coast correspondent Robert Jaros re ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Taking a peek at the future of handheld computing With hundreds of millions of smart phones in the world and tens of millions of tablets in the hands of technophiles, many of us just can't get enough of our digital devices. But with all the advances in miniaturization and speed, our Internet guru Andrew Fazekas looks at what the future may hold for mobile web devices to make them even better. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Listener letters 2011-11-03 Host Marc Montgomery and Carmel Kilkenny read your letters, emails and comments about The Link! They also draw the names of the lucky winners in our giveaways. This week we’re giving away two autographed copies of The Grandest Challenge: Taking Life-Saving Science from Lab to Village by Dr. Abdallah Daar and Dr.Peter Singer, published by Doubleday Canada. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian boat headed to Gaza to break Israeli blockade The Israeli navy is preparing to intercept two ships carrying 27 pro-Palestinian activists sailing to the Gaza Strip. The Canadian ship Tahrir and the Irish ship Saoirse sailed from Turkey Wednesday and are presently in international waters. The ships carry a small cargo of humanitarian aid. And the activists on board both ships have vowed to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza. Marc Montgomery speaks, via satellite phone, with Ehab Lotayef, one of the Canadians on board of the Canadian s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Why is Canada losing its reputation for honesty?; Ontario adopts healthy school menus; Singer-songwriter Ember Swift talks about her life in China as she prepares to launch her 11th CD "11:11"; Priscila Uppal's Biblio-file book review of The Paradise Motel by Eric McCormack and Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- The Paradise Motel by Eric McCormack Book reviewer Priscila Uppal discusses this uncanny, intelligent, and macabre 1989 novel about a man who hears a horrific tale from his estranged seafaring grandfather. The Paradise Motel describes that man’s search for the stories of the four survivors of the tragedy. As Priscila tells us, the subsequent fate of these MacKenzie children gets stranger and stranger and plunges our narrator into the depths of fear, memory, and imagination. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian and Indian photographers compete for prestigious prize The Art Gallery of Ontario's annual photography prize, the Grange Prize, pits two Canadian photographers against two photographers from another country. This year, the fourth year of the contest, the Canadians competed with two photographers from India. Marc Montgomery speaks with Keri Ryan to find out who won the prize, and what the photographers learned from each other. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Singer-songwriter Ember Swift set to launch new CD '11:11' Ember Swift’s 11th album features some of the pieces she's written and performed in Mandarin. Visiting China she says, she immediately felt a connection. Now it's her other home. We hear music from the new album and find out why Ember Swift is so happy to be part of the growing music scene in China. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Healthy food choices in Ontario schools The province of Ontario has adopted a new food policy aimed at making schools healthier places for all students. The Link’s Lyne-Francoise Pelletier tells us about the new provincial School Food and Beverage Policy guidelines which ban unhealthy choices like fried foods, candy and sugary drinks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada losing its reputation for honesty Canada used to place first for honest business practices overseas. Now, the country has slipped into sixth place on a scale devised by Transparency International that measures bribery and corruption. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins reports on how companies can battle corruption overseas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Canada could end UNESCO funding over Palestinian membership, Calgary company brings electronic books to small retailers, Indo Canadian Report - Canadian company invents $60 tablet computer for India and Ian Jones' sports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian company invents $60 tablet computer for India India has been getting most of the credit for inventing Aakash, the cheapest tablet computer in the world, retailing at approximately $60, but the reality is that Aakash is a Canadian invention. Raja Singh Tulli is the Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of the Montreal-based firm Datawind, and a co-inventor of the tablet. He speaks about his passion for internet connectively for all, and about the origins of Aakash, a true India-Canada collaboration. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Calgary company brings electronic books to small retailers The explosive growth of e-book sales is yet another challenge for small, independent booksellers in Canada. The Link’s Frank Rackow tells us about a new product from a Calgary company that could allow those retailers to gain access to the rapidly growing digital publishing market. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada could end UNESCO funding over Palestinian membership Having won membership in the United Nations’ cultural body UNESCO, the Palestinian envoy now will seek to join other UN agencies in an effort to boost the Palestinian Authority’s bid for recognition of Palestinian statehood. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins looks at what it means for Palestinians to have achieved full membership in a UN agency. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, October 31, 2011 Middle East will burn if West intervenes: Syrian president; New website connects Vancouverites through a virtual neighbourhood; Canadian astronaut scrambles out of storm's way; Dr. Abdallah Daar and Dr. Peter Singer; Ian Jones' sports; Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Dr. Abdallah Daar and Dr. Peter Singer Two doctors in Canada have come up with a simple concept, but one that is far from being practised, that is that the value of a life should be equal no matter what their circumstances or nationality. They believe that both current treatments and medical advances in treatment and medicine are not reaching a vast majority of the world’s population, mostly in developing countries. They began a series of simple, but yet radical challenges to the medical world to change that. Dr. Abdallah ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian astronaut scrambles out of storm's way David Saint-Jacques and five other astronauts and scientists taking part in a "pretend" space-mission on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean had to cut their adventure short last week because their ocean-floor base was in the path of Hurricane Rina. The NEEMO 15 mission at the Aquarius Reef Base off the east coast of Florida was a sea-floor simulation of a deep space mission. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- New website connects Vancouverites through a virtual neighbourhood A new website by Vancouver documentary film maker Nettie Wild is helping newcomers and long time residents of the city's South Hill area get to know each other and people from around the world. The Link's Vancouver-based correspondent Lorn Curry reports how the people of Vancouver's South Hill area are using the web to help neighbours connect and how you can join in.     Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Middle East will burn if West intervenes: Syrian president Syria's president Bashar al-Assad has warned that outside intervention in his country would cause a political earthquake. According to human rights groups, his government's crackdown on opposition has cost over 3,000 lives so far and the Arab League is calling for an end to it. NATO says it will not intervene as it did in Libya because there is no United Nations resolution calling for it. The Link's Lynn Desjardins looks at how Syria is different from Libya and whether the West is likely t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, October 28, 2011 BPA exposure affects unborn girls, Canadian company boosts eco-tourism in remote parts of the world, Canadian seeks to mitigate Congo's inevitable election violence, Africa-Page - Canadian journalism students intern in Africa, Ian Jones' sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian seeks to mitigate Congo's inevitable election violence It's not a matter of whether there will be violence after next month's elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There will be, experts say. The question is whether it'll degenerate into another civil war. The Link's Marc Montgomery talks to senior public policy analyst Glenys A. Babcock, the President and CEO of the Toronto-based non-profit organisation, Pragmora, who’s just returned from the impoverished African nation with ideas on how to put the country on a path to peace. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian company boosts eco-tourism in remote parts of the world Wide-eyed tourists traipsing through delicate ecosystems can do a lot of damage. But, the Vancouver-based firm, Greenheart, helps protect pristine environments by building treetop walkways and ziplines in conservation areas and national parks to encourage more eco-friendly tourism.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- BPA exposure affects unborn girls New research suggests girls exposed to large amounts of a particular chemical while in the womb exhibit worse behavioural symptoms than those who aren't. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins explains how elevated levels of the BPAs used in plastics have been associated with higher levels of anxiety, depression and hyperactivity. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, October 27, 2011 Newfoundland's Grassy Place 'ecological oasis' gets Nature Conservancy protection, Shipbuilding contract may launch an economic renaissance in Atlantic Canada, The international Bollywood show ‘Bharati' premieres in Canada, The possible death of free WIFI hotspots and how the Web can help save the whales on Web Discoveries and Ian Jones' sports slam. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- The possible death of free WIFI hotspots and how the Web can help save the whales Our internet guru Andrew Fazekas tells us about a new a wildlife conservation initiative using an online photo-sharing site and explains how tablets may be creating tiered internet-access hotels. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Bollywood-inspired musical premieres in Canada Bharati, a musical inspired by the magic of Bollywood, introduces audiences to some of the different regions and cultures of India. After over 400 performances across Asia and Europe, Bharati has made its North American debut in the city of Montreal. Columnist Rashi Khilnani attended the performance and examines whether a show which aims to introduce people to India, will still be a hit in Canada where there is already a large population of Indian origin. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Shipbuilding contract may spark economic renaissance in Atlantic Canada A $25-billion contract to build combat ships for the Canadian Navy will not only create thousands of jobs for decades to come, but could potentially revitalize the economy of the Atlantic provinces and make the region a global player in defence and marine industries. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Newfoundland 'ecological oasis' gets Nature Conservancy protection Grassy Place, a hidden valley in a remote corner of southwestern Newfoundland, is being set aside as a wildlife sanctuary after being taken over by the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Grassy Place is home to a number of 'at risk' species of plants and animals who will now be protected from human encroachment. The Link's Marc Montgomery talks to Doug Ballam, The Nature Conservancy's programme manager for Newfoundland and Labrador, about their plans for this valuable wilderness area. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, October 26, 2011 We remember the War of 1812 as Ontario prepares to commemorate the bicentennial of the conflict which some say led to the birth of Canada, We hear about efforts by Montreal's Concordia University to recover Nazi-plundered masterpieces from the private collection of the late Montreal art dealer Max Stern, Rashi Khilnani tells us about Diwali and how Indo-Canadians celebrate the Hindu Festival of Lights with elegant galas, Our Biblio-file feature this week: The Link's book reviewer Priscila U ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Best Canadian Poetry Anthology 2011 As this year's guest editor, The Link’s book reviewer, Priscila Uppal, read through hundreds of issues of literary magazines and journals to compile the 2011 edition of The Best Canadian Poetry in English anthology. She tells us about the collection which features works by established and emerging poets from across the country in styles ranging from lyric to anecdotal, experimental, concrete and visual poetry. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Indo-Canadians celebrate Diwali with elegant galas Diwali, the festival of lights, marks the start of the Hindu New Year. The festival is celebrated by millions of people around the world, and some here in Canada. The Link’s Rashi Khilnani tells us how some Indo-Canadians have been taking part in what seems to be a growing trend: Diwali galas, where they can dress up, give back and generally enjoy themselves. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Ontario prepares to commemorate the War of 1812 The battles of the War of 1812 were fought mostly around the Great Lakes region of Ontario. The war is often cited as the conflict that eventually led to the birth of the nation we know today as Canada. But what was this conflict really about? The Link’s Lyne-Francoise Pelletier decided to investigate as Ontario gets ready to commemorate the war's bicentennial.  She spoke with University of Toronto history professor Chris Pennington. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian university assists in restitution of Nazi-looted art Montreal's Concordia University continues to carry out the dying wishes of the late Max Stern, a German-Jewish art dealer who settled in Montreal after the Second World War. The school, one of the three university beneficiaries in Stern's will, has been involved in the restitution of several works from his private collection, the most recent being a large-scale painting believed to be "The Masters of the Goldsmith Guild in Amsterdam in 1701" by Dutch portrait painter, Juriaen Pool II (1665- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link, Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Calgary designated a Canadian cultural capital for 2012, A new magazine, Convivium, seeks to add a Catholic voice to mainstream Canadian discussion, Canada Post unveils new stamps to mark Diwali, and Ian Jones' sports slam. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada Post marks Diwali with new stamps Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights, the biggest celebration of the year for people of that faith the world over. Canada Post is honouring Diwali by issuing two new stamps. Canada Post's Keisha McIntosh-Siung tells Marc Montgomery a little bit about them and explains why the Post Office decided to issue these stamps. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- New publication seeks to add a Catholic voice to mainstream Canadian discussion Convivium is a new magazine that aims, not to reinforce the separation of Church and State; but to encourage cooperation between the two. We talk to the magazine's publisher, veteran journalist Peter Stockland, about the magazine's mission, and its place in Canadian discourse. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Calgary designated a cultural capital for 2012 The western Canadian city of Calgary has been named a cultural capital of Canada for next year. Municipal officials hope to use the spotlight and the funding to change people’s perception of their city. Nicknamed Cowtown, Calgary is sometimes stereotyped because of its cowboy and rodeo culture. But, The Link's Alberta correspondent Frank Rackow tells us, Calgary’s artists say there is another story to be told about this fast-growing, economically vibrant and increasingly diverse ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, October 24, 2011 Canadian researchers help Andean farmers dealing with environmental degradation, The failure of a Sharia-compliant mortgage company in Toronto worries homeowners, Ian Jones tells us about his new project: @World.ca and its first edition profiling Stella Arthur of Asia360, The end of Wheat Board monopoly divides farmers in Western Canada, and Sports slam with Ian Jones. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- End of Wheat Board monopoly divides Canadian farmers Canada's Conservative government has begun the process of abolishing the Canadian Wheat Board, an institution that's been buying then re-selling Canadian grain for over 60 years. But, the decision to dismantle the Board has deeply divided Canada's Western farmers. We hear from both sides of the debate as Terry Haig speaks with the Grain Growers of Canada and the National Farmers Union as well as with Dr Jared Carlberg of the University of Manitoba's Department of Agribusiness and Agricultur ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Stella Arthur of Asia360 The Link's Ian Jones tells us about his latest brainchild, @World.ca, RCI's new web-based multi-media column which focuses on Canadians living abroad. In the first installment, Ian introduces us to Stella Arthur, the CEO of Asia360, a new news and current affairs magazine and website which aims to become the 'go to' source for Asians seeking information about Asia! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Failure of Sharia mortgage company causes alarm A Toronto company offering mortgages compliant with Islamic law has gone into receivership; and, that has left dozens of homeowners worried about losing their homes. The Link's Lynn Desjardins has spoken with people for and against Sharia financing in Canada and explains their concerns. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian researchers help Andean farmers Scientists say the rich agricultural heritage of the Peruvian Andes is in danger of being lost because of problems like environmental degradation. The Link's Vancouver-based correspondent Lorn Curry reports that, in response, researchers from Canada's West Coast and Peru are teaming up with Andean farmers for an ambitious project aimed at finding solutions to this pressing problem. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, October 21, 2011 Canada's military should get out of Libya, defence expert says; A new index measures Canadians' well-being; Canadian couple brings modern orthopaedic procedures to Burundi; Toronto rolls out the red carpet for Planet Africa Awards; Ian Jones'sports; Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Toronto rolls out the red carpet for Planet Africa Awards This weekend, Toronto will experience an annual event of glamour, glitz and celebrity get together. The Planet Africa awards will be given to people of African descent who have contributed to their community. The Link's Africa page editor Awakhiwe Dlodlo tells us more about this event in its eighth year that hosts more than two thousand people. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian couple brings modern orthopaedic procedures to Burundi The Foundation for the Development of Orthopaedics in Burundi is the brainchild of a couple from Gatineau, in western Quebec. Christopher Carter is an orthopaedic surgeon and Danièle Desprésis a nurse and midwife. After doing several humanitarian missions, they decided to set up a foundation in the impoverished French-speaking African country of Burundi that lost many of its specialists since the end of the 13-year civil war in 2007. The Link's Ottawa correspondent Valérie Morand tells u ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada's military should get out of Libya, defence expert says Moammar Gadhafi's capture and killing on Thursday put a bloody end to his 42-year brutal rule in Libya. The Canadian military played a major role in the seven-month, NATO-led air-and-sea campaign against Gadhafi's forces. Gadhafi's death now raises questions about the future of NATO's mission in Libya. It also leaves a lot of uncertainty about the country's future. Terry Haig speaks with Sunil Ram, an international defence and security analyst who teaches at the American Military University ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, October 20, 2011 DNA tests an obstacle to speedy family reunification, Canada's Ocean Playground wants to protect its coastline, The Indo Canadian Report with author and psychotherapist Farzana Doctor, Web Discoveries examines brain changes linked to Facebook and Ian Jones' Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Changing your mind with Facebook Our web guru Andrew Fazekas tells us about a fascinating new biological study which suggests that having a lot of Facebook friends may actually cause physical changes to a person's brain.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Author and psychotherapist Farzana Doctor Farzana Doctor, whose new book, "Six Metres of Pavement," was released earlier this year, tells us what it's like to have two professions, and why she writes for the underrepresented. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada's Ocean Playground wants to protect its coastline The Atlantic province of Nova Scotia is almost surrounded by the sea. Its rugged coast is dotted with beaches, dunes, tidal ponds and scenic cliffs, all of which are threatened by erosion, rising sea levels and industrial development. The Link's East Coast correspondent Robert Jaros looks at what the province intends to do to protect its precious coastline. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- DNA tests an obstacle to speedy family reunification Immigrants trying to bring family members to Canada sometimes have to provide DNA evidence to prove that they actually are related. But as The Link's Lynn Desjardins tells us, refugee advocates say this should only be required as a last resort. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, October 19, 2011 New hope in the search for a malaria vaccine, How new technologies are rejuvenating radio, Documentary chronicles Weibo Ludwig's historic battle against Big Oil, Conference aims to eliminate mental health stigma among South Asians, Our Biblio-file reviews Billy Bishop Goes to War, and Ian Jones shares his inimitable take on sports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Billy Bishop Goes to War Billy Bishop Goes to War, a play by John Gray with Eric Peterson, is one of the most produced plays in Canadian history. Following a recent revival of the play, 30 years after its original production and featuring its original creators, The Link's book reviewer, Priscila Uppal, explores the continued relevance and popularity of the two-man musical about the Canadian World War I flying ace. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Conference aims to eliminate mental health stigma among South Asians Mental health issues can be a challenge no matter what your background; but adjusting to cultural and linguistic differences at the same time can create additional obstacles. South Asian Mental Health Action and Awareness is a group in British Columbia that aims to address this in the South Asian community there. Columnist Rashi Khilnani tells us about SAMHAA's first community conference and its efforts to get people talking -- in many different languages -- about mental health. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Documentary chronicles Weibo Ludwig's historic battle against Big Oil Canadians remember Weibo Ludwig as the man who single-handedly fought the powerful oil and gas industry believing that their activities were sickening people and killing livestock in his home province of Alberta. His story is told in "Weibo's War", a new film that documents that battle. The Link's Carmel Kilkenny talks to film-maker David York about the time he spent getting to know members of Weibo Ludwig's family and Christian community. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- New technologies rejuvenate radio One of the most pressing questions in media circles today is, how can radio remain relevant in an environment saturated with smart phones and the Internet? The good news, according to Patrick Beauduin, general manager for the CBC's French-language Radio Services, is that evolving technologies are actually rejuvenating this aging medium. The Link's Toronto correspondent Lyne-Francoise Pelletier spoke with him at the CBC Technology Forum 2011/Getting to 2015. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- New hope in the search for a malaria vaccine The prevalence of malaria has declined recently, but almost half the world's population is still at risk of contracting the disease that kills an African child every 45 seconds. The Link's Lynn Desjardins has spoken with Canadian researcher Dr. Kevin Kain, about a new vaccine that could reduce by half the risk of contracting malaria.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Being bilingual delays the onset of Alzheimer's disease, Founder of Calgary clean water NGO steps down, Exhibition showcases Indian technology in Canada, Ian Jones'sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Founder of Calgary clean water NGO steps down CAWST, the Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology has brought education about simple clean water technology to millions of people in 69 countries worldwide over the past ten years. As The Link's Frank Rackow reports, founder Camille Dow Baker is now stepping down just as the organisation is set to grow and increase its public profile. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Being bilingual delays the onset of Alzheimer's disease Studies have indicated that speaking more than one language can delay the symptoms of Alzheimer's. But now Canadian scientists have looked at brains and found physical evidence to confirm that bilingualism can stave off the disease. That's good news in Canada where many people are bilingual. The Link's Lynn Desjardins finds out exactly how bilingualism fights the ravages of Alzheimer's.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Exhibition showcases Indian technology in Canada The India Show, which showcases feats of Indian engineering and technology, is currently going on in Toronto as part of the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show (CMTS). Aman Chadha, the Chairman of EEPC India, and one of the organizers of the India Show, tells Carmel Kilkenny about what can be seen at the show and why India is no longer just a producer of cheap goods. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, October 17, 2011 Canada's highest court throws out murder case because of police misconduct, Study finds healthy diet can overcome genetic risk of heart disease, Trial of former Orange Revolution leader could strain Canada-Ukraine, Tzeporah Berman, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Tzeporah Berman Now a mother and an internationally known environmental activist, Tzeporah Berman came to the environmental movement, almost accidentally. During a university break from a promising future in fashion design she took a trip to Europe. There she was shocked to see ancient Greeks buildings being dissolved by acid rain and smog. This led to concerns about what we were doing to the environment which in turn led to protests against clear cut logging of Canada's old growth forests. It was then, as ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Trial of former Orange Revolution leader could strain Canada-Ukraine relations On Tuesday, October 11, Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's former Prime Minister, was sentenced to seven years in prison. She was the driving force of the 2004 pro-democracy Orange Revolution and she is Ukraine's most prominent opposition leader. She was charged for abuse of office in signing a gas deal with Russia in 2009. Canadian government swiftly responded by condemning the prosecution and sentencing of Yulia Tymoshenko. Marc Montgomery speaks with Dominique Arel, an Associate Professor of Po ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Study finds healthy diet can overcome genetic risk of heart disease Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. A new study challenges the notion that heart disease risk is mostly determined by genes rather than lifestyle. An international team of scientists, led by researchers at McMaster and McGill universities, found that a diet rich in fruit and raw vegetables can change the effect of your genes on heart disease. Marc Montgomery speaks with a joint principal investigator of the study Jamie Engert, a researcher in cardiovascular diseas ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada's highest court throws out murder case because of police misconduct The Supreme Court of Canada has thrown out the case of a Quebec woman accused of murdering her husband. The court found the police violated the woman's constitutional rights. Lawyers say the case sends a strong message to police to respect Canada's Charter of Rights. The Link's Lynn Desjardins tell us what are the rights of the criminally accused and how police violated them. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Raising awareness of the plight of child soldiers in Africa Over a 20-year period some 30,000 children were abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda.  More than a quarter of these children were young girls and years after their return, they continue to struggle financially and psychologically and face stigmatization often from their own families. The Link's Africa page editor Awakhiwe Dlodlo talks about a Canadian photojournalist  Marc Ellison who spent two months in northern Uganda talking to women who are having difficulties bei ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Daniel Lavoie Raymond Desmarteau, the host of The Link's French-language sister programme, Tam-tam Canada drops in to introduce us to the music of another French Canadian recording artist. This week: Daniel Lavoie. ***NOT FOR PODCAST*** Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Montreal hosting the second edition of The Canadian International Organ Competition The organ is the instrument with the largest repertoire of music, after the human voice. This week, people in the Montreal region have been able to enjoy some of it, played by the best young talent in the world. Sixteen organists, from eleven countries have been performing on magnificent organs in three churches at the second edition of the Canadian International Organ Competition. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Ottawa's The One World Festival offers thought-provoking documentary films Ottawa's only documentary festival, the One World Festival, gets underway this week with a programming that includes more than a dozen thought-provoking films from Canada and around the world. The Link's Ottawa correspondent Valérie Morand finds out more about this annual event that specifically addresses issues related to human rights, corporate responsibility and the protection of the environment and tells us about this year's festival programming. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, October 13, 2011 Scientists come up with a plan to double the world's food production, A new study looks at ways to help immigrant artists pursue their art in Halifax, Growing old in a different culture - a special seniors home, Listener Letters, Twitter mood, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Growing old in a different culture - a special seniors home A new seniors home catered especially towards South Asians has opened up in Montreal. Run by the Bharat Bhavan Foundation, it aims to bring people of the same language and culture together to ease the loneliness of old age. Rashi Khilnani brings us the details. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Twitter mood In today's interconnected world millions of people across the globe spend significant time on their desktop and handheld digital devices updating their status and sharing their thoughts using social network sites like Twitter. The Link's web columnist Andrew Fazekas tells us about a newly research study that may have uncovered a hidden meaning behind all those tweets. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A new study looks at ways to help immigrant artists pursue their art in Halifax Foreign-born artist often struggle to pursue their art after immigrating to Canada. The Link's Robert Jaros tells us how urban planners in Halifax are looking at ways to help immigrant artists break onto the art scene. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Scientists come up with a plan to double the world's food production Scientists say we need to double food production to feed a growing world population. And we need to do it in a way that is less harmful to the environment. As The Link's Lynn Desjardins reports, researchers at McGill University along with colleagues in Germany, Sweden and the United States have devised concrete suggestions on how to do that. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Canadian Copts worried about attacks against Christians in Egypt, Ottawa to spend millions to promote Canadian history, McGill conference examines risks and threats to the global food system, South Asian Women's Community Centre celebrates 30 years, The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt In today's Bibliofile, Priscila Uppal discusses Patrick DeWitt's The Sisters Brothers, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Giller Prize, and more. Priscila Uppal asks why this book has struck a chord with readers and whether it lives up to all the hype. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- South Asian Women's Community Centre celebrates 30 years The South Asian Women's Community Centre in Montreal celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Founding member Dolores Chew tells Marc Montgomery how things have changed for South Asian women in this city in the last three decades. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- McGill conference examines risks and threats to the global food system From typhoons to trade, to the famine that's ravaging East Africa, there is no shortage of challenges facing our global food system. These were some of the issues addressed at McGill University's 4th international conference. The Link's Carmel Kilkenny tells us more about the risks and threats to Global Food Security. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Ottawa to spend millions to promote Canadian history The current Canadian government wants citizens to know their history. It will spend almost $30 million commemorating one war and plans other events as well. Top historians are divided as to whether this is a good idea or not. The Link's Lynn Desjardins talks to top historians who are for and against government plans to promote Canadian history. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian Copts worried about attacks against Christians in Egypt Last Sunday, at least 25 people were killed and more than 200 injured in clashes between Egypt's Christian minority Copts and security forces in Cairo. It is considered to be the worst street violence since the uprising that ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in February. The minority Coptic Christians make up about 10 per cent of Egypt's 80 million population. Marc Montgomery speaks with Sherif Mansour, the founder of the Copts in The World group, who's worried that attacks against Ch ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Margaret Atwood releases the first North American book made with straw, Lack of fertilizer innovation threat to world food security, McGill conference, Breakaway fails to take off with audiences and critics; Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Dubmatix and Adam Cohen Journalist and singer Gilda Salomone shares her selection of some of the best new releases by Canadian recording artists. This week we hear new music of Dubmatix and Adam Cohen. ***NOT FOR PODCAST*** Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Breakaway fails to take off with audiences and critics "Breakaway" is a new movie that combines a quintessentially Canadian sport, hockey, with the story of a young Indo-Canadian man struggling to balance his identity and religion with his passion for pucks. The movie is a Canadian first in that it combines Bollywood, Canadian stars, like Russell Peters, and Hollywood big names, such as Rob Lowe, but what are the critics saying in Canada and India? Rashi Khilnani spoke to some and brings us this report. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Lack of fertilizer innovation threat to world food security, McGill conference McGill University's 4th annual Global Food Security Conference took place last week, and the role of natural resources was one of the key topics. The need for innovation in fertilizers was one example. The Link's Carmel Kilkenny tells us more on the needs and the developments in the global food supply. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Margaret Atwood releases the first North American book made with straw For the first time in North America a book has been made with straw, as well as recycled paper. World-famous author Margaret Atwood wrote the book and endorsed the project to save trees. The Link's Lynn Desjardins has more on Canadian efforts to promote green publishing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, October 10, 2011 A Canadian gold mining company runs into a heap of trouble in Tanzania, Democracy comes to healthcare education, Paddling across Canada, Ian Jones'sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Paddling across Canada Canoeing is a favourite activity among Canadians, but some take it further than others. Marc Montgomery speaks with paddlers Stephanie Robertson, Mike Ranta, and Joe O'Blenis about their fabulous adventures and journeys canoeing thousands of kilometres across Canada. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Democracy comes to healthcare education A team of academics in British Columbia is working to launch the world's first free virtual university. The first phase of the project is aimed at helping developing countries that are facing shortages of expertly trained public health workers. Our West Coast correspondent Lorn Curry brings us the details. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A Canadian gold mining company runs into a heap of trouble in Tanzania Barrick Gold, the world's top gold mining company, is facing increasing pressure to pack up and leave from its North Mara mine in Tanzania, after at least five villagers were shot dead there by security forces in May. Marc Montgomery speaks with Canadian journalist Geoffrey York for more on this story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, October 7, 2011 Ottawa faces senior citizen boom, Refugee advocates decry new rules for asylum seekers in Canada, Radio - a Canadian invention, Canadian author exposes xenophobia in post-apartheid South Africa, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian author exposes xenophobia in post-apartheid South Africa In May 2008, a series of attacks took place all over South Africa as black South Africans armed with clubs, machetes and torches descended on informal settlements and shanty towns. Non-South Africans from mostly Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe and other nationals were targeted in these attacks. The Link's Africa page editor Awakhiwe Dlodlo talks about the soon-to-be published book called Apartheid Vertigo, by Mozambican-Canadian author David Matsinhe, that examines the root causes of discrimin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Radio, a Canadian invention Who invented radio? Italian Guglielmo Marconi usually gets the credit. But the truth is that radio, as we know it today, would not have been possible without the pioneering work of Canadian Reginald Aubrey Fessenden. Victory Nerneberg takes a look back at the earliest days of radio and the man who was key to its development.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Refugee advocates decry new rules for asylum seekers in Canada Canada is changing the way it processes refugees. The government wants to speed up the process and hear appeals in just fifteen days. Advocate worry that will compromise its fairness. The Link's Lynn Desjardins has more on the new refugee process in Canada and why advocates are worried. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Ottawa faces senior citizen boom By 2030, 20 per cent of Ottawa's population is expected to be over 65 years old. In order to be prepared to cope with the strain this will put on the delivery of community and health services, the city began this week a series of public consultations to try assess seniors' needs. As The Link's Ottawa correspondent Valérie Morand reports, with nearly a third of its seniors' population made up of immigrants, Ottawa faces the particular challenge of trying to break the isolation of these peop ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, October 6, 2011 Greenpeace applauds toymaker's decision to stop buying packaging linked to rainforests destruction; COMMFEST film festival thrives in Toronto, Definitely not Bollywood, Listener Letters, Steve Jobs's legacy, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Steve Jobs's legacy Iconic figure of the technology world, Apple's Steve Jobs, passed away on Wednesday. He oversaw the launch of revolutionary technologies like the iPod, iPhone and  iPad that have changed how the world does mobile computing. The Link's web columnist Andrew Fazekas tells us about Jobs's legacy, Apple's future and Internet reaction to his death. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Definitely not Bollywood: Festival showcases Indian art cinema A new film festival currently on in Montreal shows that there is more to Indian cinema than the celluloid splendour of Bollywood. Put together by the Kabir Cultural Centre and the Hoppenheim School of Cinema and Shastri South Asian Studies Network of Concordia University, in collaboration with the High Commission of India, the festival shows old and new classics from Indian cinema, including films in regional languages. Rashi Khilnani brings us the details. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- COMMFEST film festival thrives in Toronto Just six years old, COMMFEST film festival is a great opportunity for new filmmakers to showcase their work. The Link's Carmel Kilkenny was at the closing gala of COMMFEST and she tells us how and why this little film festival continues to grow. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Greenpeace applauds toymaker's decision to stop buying packaging linked to rainforests destruction Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls, will stop using paper products that contribute to rainforest destruction. The company promises to only use sustainable products in its packaging. Greepeace calls it a victory for the Sumatran tiger and for anyone worried about climate change. The Link's Lynn Desjardins has more on the campaign to save rainforests and the link to climate change. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Forbes magazine ranks Canada the top country in the world for business, Toronto theatre company introduces Canadians to one of the most celebrated writers in Japan, Cybersex - a misunderstood aspect of human sexuality, University of Toronto launches India Innovation Institute, Suzette Mayr's Monoceros , Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Monoceros by Suzette Mayr In today's Bibliofile, Priscila Uppal discusses Suzette Mayr's new novel Monoceros currently long-listed for the 2011 Giller Prize. It revolves around the tragic suicide of a gay teenager at a Catholic high school which precipitates a number of subsequent events in lives of his lover, his lover's girlfriend, students, those who barely knew the boy, and teachers who didn't reach out to him. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- University of Toronto launches India Innovation Institute The University of Toronto is launching a new centre that focuses on India this week. The India Innovation Institute is a joint program between the Munk School of Global Affairs and the Rotman School of Management. Marc Montgomery speaks with Janice Stein, the Director of the Munk School of Global Affairsl, about this research initiative.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Cybersex - a misunderstood aspect of human sexuality The term "cybersex" conjures up some rather unsavoury mental images, but, there's more to it than that. Marc Montgomery speaks with University of New Brunswick psychology graduate student Krystelle Shaughnessy about her research findings showing people have some unexpected preconceived notions about cybersex. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Toronto theatre company introduces Canadians to one of the most celebrated writers in Japan Akutagawa Ryonosuke is one of the most celebrated writers in Japan, but he is relatively unknown in Canada. The Ahuri Theatre Company, a young Japanese-Canadian theatre company in Toronto is about to change that with their latest creation, A Fool's Life. The Link's Lyne-Francoise Pelletier speaks with the writer and director Dan Watson about the author's tragic life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Forbes magazine ranks Canada the top country in the world for business A leading business magazine says Canada is the top country in the world for business. Forbes moved Canada up from fourth place last year because of favourable taxes and other reasons. The Link's Lynn Desjardins tells us the other things that make Canada the best country for business. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Obesity and personal bankruptcy on the rise in Canada, Two brothers share their passion for Italian cuisine with Montrealers, Gandhi brings lessons in social justice to Toronto area schools, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Gandhi brings lessons in social justice to Toronto area schools World Literacy of Canada launched a new program in conjunction with the Canadian International Development Agency and The Toronto District School Board to teach children about social justice. The program, the Gandhi Way, provides teachers with educational material inspired by the teachings of the Indian nonviolence proponent, Mahatma Gandhi. It also includes a new book called "Gandhi's Glasses", which was written and illustrated by the children involved in the program.( Photo: AP Photo/Bisw ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Two brothers share their passion for Italian cuisine with Montrealers In west-end Montreal, Le Garde Manger Italien, or The Italian Pantry, as it's known in English, began two years ago in a tiny shop with imported food items from Italy. Now it has expanded on one side to accommodate a cozy espresso bar, and on the other, an outdoor terrace surrounded by fresh herbs. The Link's Carmel Kilkenny went to meet Steve and Rino Marconi, the two brothers behind this labour of love, and she brings us their story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Obesity and personal bankruptcy on the rise in Canada A report card on the quality of life in Canada suggests more people are getting fatter and having trouble managing their finances. Those and other details are designed to help communities decide how best to help. The Link's Lynn Desjardins has more on the issues Canadians face and efforts to make things better. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, October 3, 2011 Ozone layer hole over the Arctic puzzles scientists, Photographs ethical fundraising debate, Horse and Buggy Mennonites ride into the digital age, David Francey, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Horse and Buggy Mennonites ride into the digital age An upcoming conference at Manitoba's University of Winnipeg will examine how Canada's so-called "Horse and Buggy" Mennonites have been able to continue practicing their anti-modern ways in a high-tech world. The Link's Marc Montgomery speaks with Dr. Royden Loewen, the University's Chair in Mennonite Studies, about this close-knit community that over the years has fanned out from Canada and seen its members settle by the thousands in South America. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Photographs for Somalia famine relief donation appeals spark debate on ethical fundraising Since famine was officially declared for most of Somalia two months ago, Canadians have been exposed to the shocking and heart wrenching images of starving people, mostly children, through many different media. This includes campaigns by many aid organizations trying to raise relief funds. However, the use of these images in funding appeals has resulted in some criticism, and as The Link's Seana Pasic reports, this has sparked a new debate on ethical fundraising among aid groups. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Ozone layer hole over the Arctic puzzles scientists Scientists were surprised to find a huge hole in the ozone layer high above the Arctic this year. This kind of hole in the Earth's atmosphere usually forms in the southern hemisphere over Antarctica. It leaves a gap in the Earth's protection from the sun's harmful rays. The Link's Lynn Desjardins looks at why this is happening and what it means. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, September 30, 2011 Canadian government's proposal for the new copyright law elicits praise and criticism, EU's Emissions Trading Scheme meets opposition, Municipalities demand more federal funding, Online tool helps to protect at-risk environments, Facebook friendship request leads to aid project in Gambia, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Facebook friendship request leads to aid project in Gambia Two years ago, 50-year-old Canadian Deborah Stevenson didn't even know that there was such a country called The Republic of The Gambia in Africa. But that changed when she received Facebook friend requests from people who lived in that country. She began to learn about The Gambia and in the process she also found out that there was a lack of school supplies. The Link's Africa page editor Awakhiwe Dlodlo tells us more about her story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Online tool helps to protect at-risk environments Out of sight, out of mind. That old adage may explain why so many remote parts of Canada are facing environmental degradation through forestry, mining and industrial development. But, Canadian conservation groups now have a way to show people what's going on, thanks to Google Earth Outreach. The Link's Marc Montgomery speaks to Larry Innes, the Executive Director of the Canadian Boreal Initiative, about how Google Earth's mapping technology will help people visualize the regions slated for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Municipalities demand more federal funding to cope with increased immigration The Federation of Canadian Municipalities presented the federal government with a list of recommendations designed to ensure long-term financial support to municipalities, particularly in public transit and housing, to help them cope with increased immigration in Canada. In 2010 alone, Canada welcomed a record 281,000 residents and an additional 278,000 temporary workers and foreign students. Municipalities collect eight cents of every tax-dollar paid in Canada. But, as The Link's Ottawa co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- EU's Emissions Trading Scheme meets opposition McGill University's Institute of Air & Space Law co-hosted the annual forum on aviation law in Montreal recently, and as Carmel Kilkenny discovered, there are some big issues looming over the skies of Europe. She tells us why the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme is being opposed by almost everyone else in aviation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian government's proposal for the new copyright law elicits praise and criticism The government of Canada wants to update its copyright law. It wants to balance the interests of consumers, content creators and everyone in between. It seeks to do so in a way that accommodates new technologies. The Link's Lynn Desjardins looks at what you could and could not do if Canada passes its new copyright law. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, September 29, 2011 The cost of climate change, Community support helps family fight deportation, Canadian Literature Festival draws international authors, Listener Letters, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian literature festival draws international authors The third annual Festival of South Asian Literature and Arts (FSALA) takes place this weekend in Toronto, bringing together prolific writers of South Asian origin from North America, along with authors from India and Pakistan. The weekend, which features readings and discussions, is organized by the Toronto South Asian Review (TSAR) and the Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Toronto. Rashi Khilnani speaks with Nurjehan Aziz of TSAR and the writers Mahesh Dattani and Anand M ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- The Dead Sea Scrolls and Kindle Fire The Link's web guru Andrew Fazekas brings us-up-to-date on some of the top stories in the social media and online world; from the online unveiling of one of the world's greatest religious treasures and the release of a new handled device that promises to change the tablet market. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Community support helps family fight deportation After an eight-year legal battle, a family of asylum seekers wins a last-resort appeal to stay in Canada thanks, in part, to the support of the local community in Halifax. Fakira and Ahmed Chaudhry feared they, and their three children, would be the targets of honour killings if they were forced to return to Pakistan. The Link's Robert Jaros brings us the details. ( Photo: chaudhrysolidarity.wordpress.com ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A government advisory body warns of the cost of climate change An official panel has analysed the cost of climate change for Canada and reports it could be in the billions of dollars per year. It recommends reducing greenhouse gas emissions and finding ways to adapt to change in order to limit those costs. The Link's Lynn Desjardins has more on the cost of climate change. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Liberal MP questions government refusal to let Tunisian-Canadians vote in Tunisian elections; Wanted: Authors who write in their mother tongue, Kidnap survivor Amanda Lindhout provides famine relief in Somalia; Abbotsford Gurdwara celebrates centennial; Book review: Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen The popularity of Canadian literary icon Leonard Cohen's bestselling novel Beautiful Losers published in 1966 has since waned. Are the once-shocking scenes of graphic sexual escapades and bizarre drug dens, mixed with religious longing, now dated? The Link's book reviewer, Priscila Uppal, discusses her experience of rereading the novel to assess its status within Canadian literature. (McClelland & Stewart New Canadian Library, paperback, reissue 1991, $10.95) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Abbotsford Gurdwara celebrates centennial The Gur Sikh Temple is the oldest gurdwara in North America, and it's located right here in Canada, in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Commonly known as the Abbotsford Sikh Temple, it celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The Link's Rashi Khilnani reports on the rich history of the gurdwara and its significance to the Indo-Canadian community. ( Photo: pc.gc.ca ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Kidnap survivor provides famine relief in Somalia Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout was abducted in Somalia in 2008 and held captive there for 460 days. She never expected to return, but earlier this month, just two years after her release, Amanda Lindhout went back to Somalia. Marc Montgomery speaks with her about her first visit back to the famine-stricken African nation since her abduction and about the humanitarian work she's doing there through her relief agency, the Global Enrichment Foundation.( Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry Mac ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Wanted: Authors who write in their mother tongue Toronto is a multi-cultural city with many tales to tell, stories that come in a multitude of languages. But, for children, stories in other languages are, more often than not, hard to find. As The Link's Lyne-Francoise Pelletier found out, the new Rainbow Caterpillar Award wants to make sure those stories get told, by encouraging authors to write in their mother tongue. ( Photo: rainbowcaterpillar.ca ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Liberal MP questions government refusal to let Tunisian-Canadians vote in Tunisian elections The Canadian government has rejected a request to allow Tunisian-Canadians to vote in the upcoming elections for Tunisia’s constituent assembly, which will write the country’s new constitution. The Link's Marc Montgomery speaks with Liberal Member of Parliament Denis Coderre, an outspoken critic of Canada's position in the matter. ( Photo: AFP PHOTO /SALAH HABIBI ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Alberta Conservatives mark 40 years in power; Brain imaging advances suicide research; Courtesan-inspired South Indian dance performance premieres in Canada; Ian Jones' Sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Courtesan-inspired dance performance premieres in Canada Fallen Rain, a dance performance inspired by the courtesans of South India, will premiere in Canada this weekend. Marc Montgomery speaks with the InDance dance company's Hari Krishan who directs, choreographs and performs in the spectacle. Hari explains how he adapted the performance to a multicultural Canadian cast and audience.( Photo: Chella ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Brain imaging advances suicide research A Canadian neuroscientist is using brain imaging to try to unlock the secrets of suicide. Dr. Georg Northoff suggests that suicidal patients are unable to project themselves into the future and succumb to the hopelessness of the moment. The Link's Lynn Desjardins tells us about Dr. Northoff's findings and how his research might help treat suicidal patients in the future.( Photo: Istockphoto ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Alberta Conservatives mark 40 years in power Alberta's ruling Progressive Conservative party came to power in 1971 and has not lost an election since. The party has managed to reinvent itself on several occasions and to monopolise the political centre in the Prairie province. The Link's Frank Rackow tells us the Alberta Conservatives have also benefited from a weak opposition and from strong oil and gas revenues that give the government plenty of fiscal breathing room. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, September 26, 2011 Improving the media coverage of Canada's indigenous communities, Protesters rally in front of Canada's parliament to oppose the Keystone pipeline, Counterfeit down floods the market, Michael Coren and Why Catholics Are Right Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Michael Coren and Why Catholics Are Right Author Michael Coren's latest book "Why Catholics Are Right" is a stirring defence of his adopted religion. In a thought provoking conversation with Marc Montgomery, Michael Coren talks about how his book seeks to dispel what he says is a good deal of misinformation, myths, and misconceptions about Catholicism. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Counterfeit down floods the market It's "buyer beware" for consumers shopping for down-filled jackets and duvets to keep them warm through Canada's punishing winters. The fluffy underfeathers of ducks and geese are so prized that unscrupulous counterfeiters are inundating the market with cheap fakes. The Link's Marc Montgomery speaks to Michael de la Place, the president of Downmark, a group which tracks down counterfeits on behalf of the Down Association of Canada.  ( Photo: AP Photo/Canada Goose ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Protesters rally in front of Canada's parliament to oppose the Keystone pipeline Environmentalists organized a large demonstration on Canada's Parliament Hill to protest the Keystone pipeline. The pipeline would transport crude from the oil sands of Alberta to the U.S. state of Texas. Protesters say it will promote dirty energy when the world needs to be going green. The Link's Lynn Desjardins has more on Canada's energy policy and why so many are opposed to it.( Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Improving the media coverage of Canada's indigenous communities A new journalism course focussing on indigenous people is being offered this fall at the University of British Columbia. It's the first of its kind in Canada. Our West Coast correspondent Lorn Curry explains why the University of British Columbia just launched Canada's first journalism course aimed at teaching students how best to report aboriginal stories.( Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, September 23, 2011 Fairness concerns as Canada assists in Chinese murder trial, The Arab Spring nine months later, Revolutionary Canadian research reveals secret of bird migration, The Link Africa - Canadian and Kenyan literary exchange, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian and Kenyan literary exchange The Link's Africa page editor Awakhiwe Dlodlo explores a programme of annual literary seminars in which Canadian writers travel to Kenya to meet their counterparts there. They are immersed in the Kenyan culture while learning about the creative process from accomplished Kenyan writers in lectures and discussions.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Revolutionary Canadian research reveals secret of bird migration Scientists at the University of Western Ontario have discovered how migratory birds manage to fly thousands of miles without stopping for water. Dr. Christopher Guglielmo tells Marc Montgomery about his research showing that the tiny creatures burn their own muscles and organs to get the water they need during their epic migrations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- The Arab Spring nine months later Nearly a year after the popular uprisings that toppled some of the Arab world's most brutal dictators, many Canadians are still trying to gain an understanding of the issues involved. The Link's Ottawa correspondent Valérie Morand attended a conference in the national capital region which explored the effect of the Arab Spring, in Canada and internationally. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Fairness concerns as Canada assists in Chinese murder trial Chinese national Amanda Zhao was murdered in Canada nearly nine years ago. Now, a trial is being held in China and, in a legal first, Canadian authorities have agreed to help.  There are concerns though, that the trial may not be fair.  The Link's Lynn Desjardins tells us why legal experts feel Canada didn't have much choice in the matter.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, September 22, 2011 One in five Canadians face risk of heart disease, Canada hosts international African cultural tourism conference, Montreal-India biotechnology cooperation, Listener Letters, Google Wallet, Ian Jones'sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Google Wallet Would you consider reaching for your smartphone instead of your credit card when shopping? Columnist Andrew Fazekas takes a look at new wireless, online payment system by Google that makes your digital device your wallet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Montreal-India biotechnology cooperation Montreal is a well-known as a biotechnology hub, and India is an affordable place to do research and development, as well as manufacturing. Is there a potential to link both places, or will India's intellectual property issues be too strong for Canadian companies to ignore? Rashi Khilnani speaks with Sumitra Rajagopalan, chief scientist at Bioastra technologies, Marwane Berrada, founder and CEO of Bavaria Medical Technology, Canada Inc. and Trina Cheemalapati, crossborder consultant at Weal ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada hosts international African cultural tourism conference This weekend, Nova Scotia hosts the 7th international African Diaspora Heritage Trail conference. It is an international gathering to promote cultural tourism to destinations significant to people of African descent around the world. The Link's Robert Jaros tells us what this means for the province and its communities of African descent. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- One in five Canadians face risk of heart disease New research indicates that one in five Canadians has a set of conditions that raise the risk of heart disease. It's called metabolic syndrome and it's also associated with diabetes. The Link's Lynn Desjardins looks at why so many people are affected and what it means.( Photo: Istockphoto ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Canada refuses to allow Tunisian-Canadians to vote in Tunisia's first free elections, UNESCO's Slave Route Project identifies 11 Ontario historic sites associated with slavery, Memorial for WWI Canadian flying ace William Barker, Travails of a tea-taster, Book review - Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live by Ray Robertson and Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live by Ray Robertson The Link's book reviewer Priscila Uppal tells us about Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live, in which Canadian novelist Ray Robertson turns debilitating depression into an opportunity for exploring the joys of life. As the title suggests, the book offers fifteen engaging arguments about what can get us up, and keep us up, in the morning; everything from work to friendship to a critical mind to death itself. (Biblioasis, trade paperback 2011, $19.95) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Travails of a tea-taster Kevin Gascoyne is a professional tea-taster and partner in the Montreal tea-house Camellia Sinensis. He travels to India every year to find the best tea and brings it back to Canada. The Link's Rashi Khilnani sat down with Kevin at his tea-house, where he shared the secrets of a good cup of tea and his passion for the fragrant drink. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Memorial for Canadian flying ace William Barker Canada's most decorated military hero, Victoria Cross recipient William Barker, is finally getting a proper gravesite memorial. The World War One fighter pilot is reputed to have shot down 50 enemy aircraft. The Link's Lynn Desjardins brings us his story and tells us about plans to honour his bravery with a memorial.( Photo: National Archives of Canada/ Swaine ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Ontario sites make the list of UNESCO's Slave Route Project Most Canadians associate slavery with the United States. When we think about the role Canada played during that dismal era, the Underground Railroad comes to mind. But, Canadians were not above such barbarous practices. The UNESCO Slave Route Project identifies 11 Ontario historic sites associated with slavery. The Link's Lyne-Francoise Pelletier has spoken with Professor Paul Lovejoy, the director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada refuses to allow Tunisian-Canadians to vote in Tunisia's first free elections Tunisia's first free elections since its independence in 1956, and the first elections since the ouster of the country's autocratic president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, are scheduled to take place on October 23, 2011. The vote is for Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly, which will write a new constitutional framework for Tunisia's future political system. But, as things stand now, Tunisian-Canadians will not be casting ballots. The Canadian government is refusing to allow the Tunisian emb ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Canada opposes the Palestinian bid to gain full membership at the UN, Canadian scientists decode plant genes, Web-based cooking show spices things up, Madison Violet and Jason Bajada, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Web-based cooking show spices things up Web-based cooking show spices things up: Bland is Boring, a new web-based cooking show, plans to spice up dinners with easy recipes from around the world. Marc Montgomery speaks with the chef and host, Ali Hassan, who tells him why women may be particularly excited about this show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian scientists decode plant genes Researchers across Canada have cracked the genetic codes for 75 medicinal plant species. Poppy researcher Peter Facchini and his team at the University of Calgary have cracked the genes of 20 such plants. Professor Facchini says the gene database for these medicinal plants will be available to the public and could create new opportunities for biotechnology. However, as The Link's Calgary correspondent Frank Rackow tells us, the project is also raising ethical concerns.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada opposes the Palestinian bid to gain full membership at the United Nations Canada's prime minister says he will oppose the Palestinian plan to seek recognition as a state at the United Nations. Analysts say that Canada has proven itself to be a staunch ally of Israel going even further than the United State in its support of the Jewish State. The Link's Lynn Desjardins looks at the reasons why Canada strongly supports Israel and opposes the Palestinian bid for membership at the United Nations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, September 19, 2011 Turkey working hard to increase its influence and power, Teaching newcomers how to recycle, Labrador impact crater substitutes for moon in simulation, Bruce Philp and Consumer Republic, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Bruce Philp and Consumer Republic After three decades in advertising and marketing, author Bruce Philp says when consumers have problems with brand name products and established firms, they have the power to get companies to make better products and behave more ethically. Marc Montgomery speaks with Bruce Philp about his new book Consumer Republic: Using Brands To Get What You Want, Make Corporations Behave And Maybe Even Save The World. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Labrador impact crater substitutes for moon in simulation Space exploration may be in suspended animation these days, but Canadian scientists are preparing for the day when humans resume their voyages of discovery. Marc Montgomery talks to Dr. Gordon Osinski of the University of Western Ontario, about a simulated moon mission conducted at Kamestastin Lake, in northern Labrador on Canada's East coast.( Photo: AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, David Sanders ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Teaching newcomers how to recycle Most Canadians are now aware of recycling efforts, but for some newcomers to Canada, particularly for those from Africa, recycling can be an unfamiliar concept. Our West Coast correspondent Lorn Curry reports on a pilot project in British Columbia that introduces immigrants and refugees from Africa to the ins and outs of recycling household waste.( Photo: Paul Mtatiro, Climate Corps For Africa ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Turkey working hard to increase its influence and power on the world stage Last week, Turkey's prime minister visited the capitals of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya and will soon be on his way to the United States. Western politicians are concerned about Turkey's spat with Israel and carefully watching the role it is playing in the Middle East. The Link's Lynn Desjardins has more on Turkey's influence in the Arab world and the spat with Israel.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, September 16, 2011 Dinosaur feather discovery in Alberta, Bilingual youth musical 'In Transit', 87-year-old artist Joyce Aryaratnam, Africans address Canadian Climate Change forum Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Africans address Canadian Climate Change forum The Link's Africa Page editor Awakhiwe Dlodlo reports on the Canadian public forum on climate change and how countries in the southern hemisphere, including those on the African continent, have been affected by climate change.( Photo: Istockphoto ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- 87-year-old artist makes her debut in Halifax Born in Sri Lanka, Joyce Aryaratnam devoted her life to taking care of others. When she no longer could do so, she found a new way to reach out and share her love of life: she picked up a paint brush and became an artist. The Link's Robert Jaros visited her first solo show in Halifax. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Bilingual musical sings a tune of tolerance to school children Would the world be a better place if we all spoke the same language, if we were all the same? That's the question posed in the new musical "In Transit," which offers a modern take on the biblical story of the Tower of Babel. It's produced by Montreal's Segal Centre and performed by its troupe Wandering Stars, composed of multicultural and multilingual young artists. The Link's Seana Pasic has seen the musical "In Transit" and prepared our report.( Photo: Allison Cordner ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Dinosaur feather discovery in Alberta Canadian scientists analysing a treasure trove of 80-million-year-old feathers preserved in ancient tree resin, think the feathers grew on flightless dinosaurs that roamed the Canadian West in prehistoric times. The Link's Lynn Desjardins tells us about the many varieties of amber-encased feathers they found and their suspected purpose.( Photo: University of Alberta scientists Ryan McKellar, Brian Chatterton, Alex Wolfe and Phil Currie ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, September 15, 2011 U.S. 'Buy American' campaign rankles Canadian exporters, East Africa famine relief fund deadline looms, New book features the lives of first Sikh women in Canada, Web Discoveries - A possible iPad killer, Measuring the size of the web and NASA launches online space missions and Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A possible iPad killer, Measuring the size of the web and NASA launches online space missions Columnist Andrew Fazekas brings us-up-to-date on some of the top stories in the social media and online world; from the announcement of a possible iPad killer hitting the market soon to a new effort underway to measure the actual size of the web. Andrew also tells us about a new website launched by NASA this week that lets users experience space missions in real time from different viewpoints, including onboard the spacecraft. ( Photo: Istockphoto ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- New book features the lives of first Sikh women in Canada A new collection of essays looks at the lives of some of the first Sikh women to arrive in Canada. Entitled "Zhindagee: Selected Stories of Our First Daughters", the stories of these women are told by members of their family. Columnist Rashi Khilnani speaks with some of the contributors to Zhindagee about their family's experience in Canada. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- East Africa famine relief fund deadline looms Last July, the federal government launched the East Africa Drought Relief Fund with a pledge to match donations made by Canadians dollar for dollar until tomorrow, Friday September 16, 2011. So far, more than $35 million has been raised to help the estimated 13 million victims of the drought in the Horn of Africa. Earlier this week the federal government and aid organizations urged Canadians to make one last effort to contribute to the fund. The Link's Valérie Morand explains how the human ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- U.S. 'Buy American' campaign rankles Canadian exporters The president of the United States wants his government's stimulus money to be spent in the U.S. on U.S.-made products. That infuriates Canadian manufacturers who say it will hurt business on both sides of the border. The Link's Lynn Desjardins has spoken to manufacturers who worry about U.S. protectionism. ( Photo:AP Photo/Gerry Broome ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Inequality gap widens in Canada as elsewhere, Preventing an Asian Carp invasion of the Great Lakes, Growing number of Indian students in Canada, Njacko Backo writes a children's book, Ian Jones' sports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Clockfire by Jonathan Ball The Link's book reviewer Priscila Uppal tells us about Clockfire in which Manitoba poet Jonathan Ball blends literary genres in a unique compilation of poetry and theatre experience. It's a sequence of prose poems which are themselves a series of theatre stage instructions for plays impossible to produce.(Clockfire Coach House Books, $16.95) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Njacko Backo writes a children's book Toronto musician and artist Njacko Backo has penned his first book, a story inspired by his own childhood in a village called Bazou, in Cameroon. It's a children's book called Baki and the Magic Egg and it is the first of a series of seven books. The Link's Lyne-Francoise Pelletier speaks with the author. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Number of Indian students in Canada quadruples In 2009, Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced that it was putting in place measures to make it easier for students from India to pursue their studies in Canada. The Link's Indo Canadian Report columnist Rashi Khilnani looks at how successful these measures have been, and speaks to some students from India about why they chose Canadian universities.( Photo: Istockphoto ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Preventing an Asian Carp invasion of the Great Lakes As the International Joint Commission prepares to renegotiate of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, environmental groups concerned about the health of the Lakes are pushing for a permanent barrier between Mississippi River Basin and the Great Lakes. The proposal is aimed at preventing invasive species like the Asian Carp from infesting the lakes and pushing out native fish species. We talk to Jennifer Nalbone, the Director of Navigation and Invasive Species for the Ottawa-based Canada ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Inequality gap widens The gap between rich and poor is growing around the world and Canada is no exception. The Link's Lynn Desjardins looks at this income disparity and what it means for society and for the country.  ( Photo:Istockphoto  ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 New Canadians fill oil and gas industry labour shortage, Security experts warn about Canada's vulnerability to spying, Canada next big e-commerce market, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada next big e-commerce market E-commerce is relatively new in Canada as compared to the United States. Ali Asaria, the CEO and founder of Well.ca, Canada's largest online health and beauty store, tells us why his venture was so successful and why many American companies are looking to invest in Canada's IT sector.( Photo: Istockphoto ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Security experts warn about Canada's vulnerability to spying A Canadian senator is calling for an investigation into the behavior of Member of Parliament Bob Dechert. And a former intelligence official says Dechert's relationship with a Chinese reporter might compromise national security. This follows a warning last year from Canada's top intelligence official that Chinese spies had infiltrated Canadian politics. The Link's Lynn Desjardins tells us what happened between a senior elected official and a reporter for Xinhua, China's state-controlled new ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- New Canadians fill oil and gas industry labour shortage Fifteen young men in Calgary have just graduated from a three-month training course that prepares them to work on an oil rig. The men are all immigrants to Canada and they have benefitted from a unique program that helps newcomers adjust to the Canadian workplace. The Link's Calgary correspondent Frank Rackow tells us how the oil patch labour shortage is good news for graduates of a special industry training course in Calgary. ( Photo: Istockphoto ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, September 12, 2011 Environmental group urges Canada to suspend oil exploration in the Arctic, Exploring the Philippines front in the global war on terror, Hookah shop owners head to court, Feature Interview: Jay Bahadur and The Pirates of Somalia - Inside their hidden world, and Ian Jones' sports slam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Jay Bahadur and The Pirates of Somalia - Inside their hidden world We learn about a Canadian journalist's daring trip into the world of modern day piracy in Somalia. In recent years, huge cargo ships have been boarded and held for multimillion dollar ransoms. The Link's Marc Montgomery speaks with Jay Bahadur, the author of "The Pirates of Somalia: Inside their hidden world". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Hookah shop owners head to court Two Vancouver hookah shop owners are planning to challenge the city's anti-smoking bylaws under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. As The Link's West Coast correspondent Lorn Curry explains, they are arguing that hookah smoking should be protected because of its cultural significance. ( Photo: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Exploring the Philippines front in the global war on terror Contrary to common belief, the 9/11 attacks of 2001 were not plotted by Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Instead, the plot was hatched by Al-Qaeda terrorists in the Philippines in 1995. National security expert Wesley Wark, a professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs, talks to The Link's Marc Montgomery about the threat posed by Philippines-grown terrorist groups ten years after the September 11 terrorist attacks. ( Photo: AP Photo/Aaron Favila ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Environmental group urges Canada to suspend oil exploration in the Arctic The Pew Environment Group says before permits are issued for Arctic oil exploration, Canada needs to put measures in place to prevent environmental disasters. The Link's Lynn Desjardins explains the importance of protecting the Arctic environment and the people who live there.( Photo: Istockphoto ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, September 9, 2011 Former Foreign Minister John Manley recalls Ottawa's response to the 9/11 attacks, Young Canadians share their impressions of 9/11, Fewer Canadians addicted to tobacco, International street gang Mara Salvatrucha expands into Canada, Canadian student learns from post-apartheid South Africa, Sports with Ian Jones Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian student learns from post-apartheid South Africa Guillame Lavoie was a student in industrial relations when he went to South Africa as an independent observer and mediator. During his time there he helped draw up legislation dealing with Employment Equity and Labour Force Training in the country. The Link's Africa Page editor Awakhiwe Dlodlo met with Guillaume who tells us how his South African experience altered his view of Canada and of his native Quebec. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- International street gang expands into Canada The Mara Salvatrucha (or MS-13) is a highly structured criminal gang that's considered one of the most dangerous in the world. It claims 100,000 members worldwide and is present in all of Canada's major cities. Reporter Oussayma Canbarieh tells us about the gang through the eyes of "Kaycee", who was initiated into the brutal gang at the age of 13. ( Photo: Istockphoto  ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Fewer Canadians addicted to tobacco New statistics show tobacco use has declined in Canada. The figures indicate anti-smoking strategies are proving effective; but doctors say this is no time to let our guard down. The Link's Lynn Desjardins tells us who's still smoking in Canada and why there are fewer smokers than before. ( Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pawel Dwulit   ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Young Canadians share their impressions of 9/11 They were just children when the Al-Qaeda terror attacks rocked the United States. Today, we hear what these young Canadians remember of the day as they share their perceptions of the tragedy 10 years on. ( Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Carmen Taylor ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada's Foreign Minister at the time of 9/11 recalls Ottawa's response to the attacks In our continuing coverage of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and the way the events affected Canada, Marc Montgomery speaks with John Manley, who was Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time. Mr. Manley talks about Ottawa's reaction to the attacks, and how 9/11 has changed Canada as a nation.  ( Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, September 8, 2011 Former Foreign Affairs Minister reflects back on 9/11, Young Canadians remember 9/11, Halifax holds its first African Freedom Festival, Reviving Afghanistan's pharmaceutical industry, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Reviving Afghanistan's pharmaceutical industry In the 1970s, Afghanistan had a thriving pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, but four decades of war have practically destroyed its pharmaceutical production capacity. Health Partners International of Canada is currently implementing a five-year $10 million project in Afghanistan called Capacity Building and Access to Medicines. It's funded by the Canadian International Development Agency. Marc Montgomery speaks with Julia Wight, the Health Partners International of Canada Senior Directo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Halifax holds its first African Freedom Festival Nova Scotia is home to some of Canada's first Black communities. To celebrate the International Year of People of African Descent, dozens of musicians, artists and storytellers got together for a three-day celebration of African Nova Scotian music and culture. East Coast reporter Robert Jaros has the details.( Photo: Robert Jaros ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Young Canadians remember 9/11 The Link's Carmel Kilkenny went out to an intersection between a Montreal high school and college, to hear what young Canadians remember about 9/11 and what their impressions are now. ( Photo: AP Photo/Diane Bondareff ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Former Foreign Affairs Minister reflects back on 9/11 and how it changed Canadian foreign policy As a part of our special series of interviews commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and the way these events affected Canada, Marc Montgomery speaks with Bill Graham, Canada's former Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Liberal government of Jean Chrétien, currently the chancellor of Trinity College at the University of Toronto. At the time of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States, Bill Graham was a  member of parliament for the riding of Toronto Centre-Rosedal ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Gander marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, University students using prescription drugs to improve their academic performance, India increased political risk?, Dalai Lama wows Montreal conference, Nobody Move by Susan Stenson; Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Dalai Lama wows Montreal conference The Dalai Lama and other high profile religious leaders are gathered in Montreal today, for a conference aimed at giving religion a chance as a force for peace. But the conference is not without a bit of controversy. The Link's Carmel Kilkenny reports live from the conference. ( Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- India increased political risk? A bomb blast at the reception area of the Delhi High Court this morning killed at least 11 people and injured 76. This is the second terrorist attack in India in less than two months. Does this mean that India is getting increasingly unsafe and becoming more of a political risk? Manmohan Agrawal, a visiting fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), tells Marc Montgomery if we can see more of these terrorist attacks in India, and the effect they may have on foreign ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian doctors worried about university students using prescription drugs to improve their academic performance It's estimated that between five and 35 per cent of students at Canadian universities are abusing prescription drugs to try to boost their academic performance. A Canadian medical journal calls the practice dangerous and calls on universities to take action to stop it. The Link's Lynn Desjardins tells us which drugs students are using and the risks they run. ( Photo: Istockphoto ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Town of Gander marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy Shortly after the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, the U.S. airspace was shut down and 239 aircraft already in the air heading toward the U.S. were diverted to Canadian airports across the country. Most of the U.S. bound Atlantic flights were diverted to the international airport in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland, at the easternmost edge of North America.  In the hours that followed, 38 planes, carrying over 6,500 passengers landed in Gander. Marc Montg ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Alleged Guatemalan war criminal faces extradition, Canadians help relieve African famine, Interactive website on 1914 Komagata Maru tragedy Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Komagata Maru tragedy to come to life with interactive website Simon Fraser University in Canada's Pacific coast province of British Columbia is creating a new interactive website to tell the story of the Komagata Maru, a ship that arrived in Vancouver in 1914. Most of the vessel's 376 passengers were from Punjab in what was then British India, and 352 of them were not allowed to disembark in Canada. Following their return to India, twenty of them were shot to death by British officials in a skirmish at the dock.  Brian Owen, the project's director, t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadians seek to help relieve African famine As the Horn of Africa suffers its worst drought in 60 years, Canadian aid agencies are hoping people will ramp up their donations to fight the worsening famine there. More than half the population of Somalia is facing inadequate food supplies. And while Canadians have made generous contributions, much more is needed. The Link's Lynn Desjardins tells us about a Canadian way of delivering aid to Africa's starving millions.( Photo: AP Photo/UNHCR-Siegfried Modola ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Guatemalan man accused of war crimes to be extradited A judge in Calgary, Alberta has ruled that there is sufficient evidence to extradite Jorge Orantes Sosa to the United States on charges of immigration fraud. A dual citizen of Canada and the U.S, Orantes Sosa lied about his military service on his U.S. citizenship application. He is also wanted for war crimes in Guatemala. Orantes Sosa served in an elite army unit that committed a horrific massacre of civilians in northern Guatemala in 1982. Now, as The Link's Calgary correspondent Frank Ra ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Monday, September 3, 2011 Denied entry to Canada because of autism, Canada and U.S. to discuss new measures to enhance border security, Former victim raises awareness about bullying, Doug Saunders' Arrival City, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World by Doug Saunders He's a journalist with Canada's Globe & Mail newspaper, and the European bureau chief, based in London, England. Doug Saunders' work has taken him around the world into places most of us will never see. He's witnessed the movement from rural to urban that is one of the great migrations of our time and he's written about the phenomenon in his book, Arrival City. As it says on the inside flap, "For the first time in history, there are now more people living in cities than in rural areas." Car ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Former victim raises awareness about bullying Back to school time is a particularly dreadful time for students who are bullied. Marc Montgomery speaks with Katie Neu, a co-founder of BullyingCanada, a national charity that focuses on anti-bullying efforts, about her own experience surviving years of bullying in both elementary and high school, and how now she's using it to raise awareness about bullying and help others. ( Photo: Istockphoto ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada and U.S. to discuss new measures to enhance border security The Canadian government says it has consulted citizens about a new security deal with the United States. Canadians are concerned about privacy and the protection of their civil liberties. The minister of foreign affairs says he will take those concerns into account in finalizing an agreement. But critics are sceptical. The Link's Lynn Desjardins tells us more about plans to boost collaboration between Canada and the U.S. to improve border security. ( Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Denied entry to Canada because of autism Immigration officials say a man from India living in British Columbia on a work permit cannot bring his daughter to Canada for a visit. The Link's West Coast reporter, Lorn Curry, explains that the government is worried the 10-year-old autistic child could burden Canadian social and medical services.( Photo: Istockphoto ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Friday, September 2, 2011 Helping students with disabilities succeed in college and university, Canada accused of blocking international measures to improve health, Benefit concert for Somalia famine relief, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Benefit concert for Somalia famine relief Tens of thousands of people have already died and some 3.2 million others are thought to be on the brink of starvation in Somalia.  Here in Canada, many people have responded with donations and continue to do so. The Link's Africa columnist Awakhiwe Dlodlo tells us about how a Somali-Canadian student has organised a benefit concert to go towards the Convoy For Hope Food for Famine Relief to her native Somalia. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Helping students with disabilities succeed in college and university Students will get back to school next week in Ontario. For those with learning disabilities, it's a particularly stressful time. Our Ottawa correspondent Valérie Morand tells us about measures some post-secondary institutions in Ottawa are putting in place to help these students succeed academically.( Photo: Valerie Morand ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- A top medical journal accuses Canada of blocking international measures to improve health Countries around the world will soon be meeting to talk about how to prevent deaths from chronic disease. But health advocates say Canada and some other countries are resisting concrete measures that might harm business interests. The Link's Lynn Desjardins tells us more about the politics involved in trying to improve public health around the world.( Photo: Istockphoto ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Thursday, September 1, 2011 New way to treat cancer discovered, Air pollution in the Port of Halifax monitored, India's appetite for newsprint blessing for Canadian pulp industry, The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier, Listener letters, Unplugging from the cyberworld Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Unplugging from the cyberworld Sometimes it's important unplug and recharge - same goes for taking time away from those emails and Facebook updates, but it might not be as easy as you think. This week, web columnist Andrew Fazekas takes a look at the difficulties and benefits of disconnecting from the digital world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Montreal's Museum of Fine Arts presents the Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier In a blue between sea and sky is a world of virgins, mermaids and sailors! This is just part of French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier's palette. Montreal, one of the first cities to take to his designs, is the setting for an exhibit that takes one from "the Sidewalk to the Catwalk" in the Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier.  A huge success for the Montreal's Museum of Fine Arts, the exhibit will soon begin a world tour. The Link's Carmel Kilkenny went to see the exhibit and spoke wit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- India's insatiable appetite for newsprint blessing for Canadian pulp industry With the decline in demand for newspapers and magazines as more people in North America and Europe turn to the internet for news, Canadian pulp and paper producers have turned to different markets, including India, where the newspaper industry is booming. Rashi Khilnani speaks with people from Kruger, a Montreal-based paper company, and the Forest Products Association of Canada, about why Canadian paper is popular in India. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Scientists monitor air pollution caused by ships in the Port of Halifax Every year, hundreds of ships from all over the world visit the port of Halifax. They come and go, leaving a trail of fumes in their wake. Ship engines are a major source of air pollution and green house gases. East Coast reporter Robert Jaros tells us about how scientists in Nova Scotia are monitoring pollutants released by ships in the port of Halifax, on the eve of the entry into force of an international treaty to curb marine emissions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian-led team of scientists discover a new way to treat cancer A team including Canadian scientists has found a new way to fight cancer. They have injected patients with a virus which kills cancer cells but leaves other cells unharmed. The Link's Lynn Desjardins tell us how this new cancer treatment would work and when it's likely to be approved.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Ontario Hospitals improving their menus, Canada's role in post-Gadhafi Libya, Diversity in the Canadian media, stick insects' sexless reproduction, TOK: Writing the New Toronto, Ian Jones' sports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Learning from stick insects' sexless reproduction Canadian scientists have discovered that two species of female-only stick insects (Timema tahoe and Timema genevievae) have reproduced without sex for a million years. Biology professor Dr. Bernie Crespi of Simon Fraser University in Canada's Pacific Coast province of British Columbia tells Marc Montgomery about his research and how it could provide important clues to genetic mutations affecting human health.( Photo: AP Photo/Natural History Museum/ho ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Diversity in the Canadian media Canada is made up of many different cultures, but are these cultures equally represented in Canadian film, radio, and television? Rashi Khilnani speaks with Paul de Silva, a former journalist, TV producer and writer, and co-founder of INDICO, the International Council for Diversity in Film and Television, about the dangers of unequal representation in these fields in Canada.( Photo: Istockphoto ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Ontario Hospitals add local flavour to their menus Goodbye mushy vegetables, soggy toast and bland tasting meals. Ontario hospitals are changing their menus and serving patients fresh, locally grown produce. As The Link's Toronto correspondent Lyne-Francoise Pelletier discovered, the move not only improves a patient's experience, it also contributes to the rural economy of the province. ( Photo: Istockphoto ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canada's role in post-Gadhafi Libya On Thursday, France and Britain will host a meeting of 60 nations to determine how to help Libya stabilize after its overthrow of the Gadhafi regime. Canada was one of the NATO countries providing military support to the rebels. The Link's Lynn Desjardins tells us what kind of other assistance Canada can now offer to Libya. ( Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- TOK: Writing the New Toronto, edited by Helen Walsh In today's Biblio-file, Priscila Uppal introduces us to the anthology TOK: Writing the New Toronto. Edited by Helen Walsh, the anthology is the product of an innovative arts mentorship program called Diaspora Dialogues that features new and established Canadian fiction writers and poets on the dynamics of living in a multicultural country. Does the book challenge the way we think about the multicultural city? Uppal attempts to answer this question. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Link - Tuesday, August 30, 2011 University of Calgary team takes part in solar house competition, Running with and for the Canadian military, Canadian play dazzles at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Sports Slam with Ian Jones Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Canadian play dazzles at Edinburgh Fringe Festival Spent, a play about the Canadian financial crisis, received rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ravi Jain, one of the writers of the play, and also one of the actors, tells Marc Montgomery about the inspiration behind it, and why he thinks this Canadian story resonated with a global audience. ( Photo: www.theatrewhynot.org ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- University of Calgary team takes part in solar house competition Native culture and housing needs are the inspiration for a solar house designed and built by students at the University of Calgary. They are competing in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon in Washington this September. The Link's Calgary correspondent Frank Rackow tells us what makes the TRTL house unique. ( Photo: Frank Rackow ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Daily subjects -- Running with and for the Canadian military Canada Army Run is a charitable fun run event in the national capital Ottawa for the Canadian military. This year it will take place on Sunday, September 18, 2011. Marc Montgomery speaks with Army Run Sergeant Major, Master Warrant Officer Shawn Mercer, about how the Army Run has become a way for Canadians to say thank you to the armed forces and how it's is growing by leaps and bounds every year. ( Photo: www.armyrun.ca ) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download |