Your hosts, Vincenzo, Terry, Marc. (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20200313-WEE15 Air pollution- a silent pandemic Milan's Duomo Cathedral in Italy is barely visible through smog that hovers over the city on Dec. 29. 2015. The lack of rain and wind has brought pollution in Italy's business capital to exceed levels considered healthy for more than 30 straight days. (Antonio Calanni/Associated Press) With the world pre-occupied by COVID-19, the deadly virus spreading around...

Your hosts today, Vincenzo, Terry, and Marc ( video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20200228-WEE15 Canadian Space Agency invests in moon exploration The control center at the Canadian Space Agency in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, February 28, 2019. (Reuters/Christinne Muschi) The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is seeking to get more involved in exploration of the moon. To that end they've given out more than $4 million in contracts to several companies and a university. This is to help...

Your hosts, Levon, Vincenzo, and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20200221-WEE15 Trudeau asks for patience as rail blockades continue but offers no clear plan Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS) As the rail blockades by Indigenous groups and supporters continue, business groups warn that the economy of the entire country is slowly...

Your hosts today, Levon Sevunts, Vincenzo Morello,Marc Montgomery (video of show at bottom ListenEN_The_Link-20200214-WEE15 Canada plans to support ban on heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping The community of Arctic Bay, Nvt., is seen on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. The federal government plans to support a proposed ban on the use of heavy fuel oil by ships plying Arctic waters. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS) Environmentalists have long been concerned about shipping in the Arctic using...

Your hosts, Levon, Vincenzo, and Marc  (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20200207-WEE15 Ottawa set to dispatch second plane to Wuhan ‘to bring every Canadian home’ Megan Millward, her husband Lie Zhang and their two children on board an evacuation flight from Wuhan, China. Two planes carrying Canadians out of the centre of the coronavirus region of China  have arrived in Canada. Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne said a third plane is being...

Your hosts Levon, Marc, and newcomer Vincenzo Morello (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20200131-WEE15 Canada chartered passenger plane to repatriate Canadians from Wuhan Emily Tjandra, left, and her son Wyatt Duplessis, 15, pose for a photo in their home in Wuhan, China in this handout photo. (Wayne Duplessis /THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO) Canada has arranged for a special charter plane to fly some 196 Canadians out of the Wuhan, China, a city at the epicentre of an epidemic of...

Your hosts, Levon, Terry, and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20200124-WEE15 According to Stephen Cornish who leads one of Canada's most recognized environmental and conservation NGO's, the root cause of many of the world's conflicts and migrations can be traced in some form back to a changing climate. In this episode he spoke to Levon about how climate concerns should factor in to Canada's foreign policy calling it a 'greening' of foreign and development...

Your hosts, Terry, Levon, and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20200117-WEE15 Diplomatic Dispatch series Canadian flags and the Parliament building's Victory and Peace Tower (iSTock) A new podcast series is being created with several episodes already online. Through one-on-one interviews with current and former politicians and diplomats, academics, and leaders of NGO's Levon brings insight into Canada's foreign policy, defence policy and international aid and...

Your hosts, Terry, Levon, Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20200110-WEE15 Intelligence suggests Ukrainian airliner shot down by Iran, says Trudeau Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS) The tragic crash of the Ukrainian jetliner this week in Iran was not caused by some technical problem but was most likely the result of a missile attack, Canadian...

Your hosts  Terry, Levon, and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20191220-WEE15 Refugee advocacy group sounds the alarm on crisis in Mali Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) soldiers drive along women and children during the Operation Barkhane in Ndaki, Mali, July 29, 2019. (Benoit Tessier/REUTERS) A Canadian humanitarian aid worker says the situation in Mali is deteriorating even further. Alexandra Lamarche authored a report called Mali’s Humanitarian Crisis: Overmilitarized...

Your hosts are Terry, Levon, and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20191213-WEE15 Is it time for Canada to rethink policy regarding China? Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen during the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing in May 2018. Many say that under his leadership China has become an international bully and shown little respect for international law. A longtime China watcher agrees with many other analysts saying its...

Your hosts, Terry, Levon, and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20191206-WEE15 GTA immigrants have trouble climbing corporate ladder: report Paulette Senior, the president and CEO of the Canadian Women's Foundation, poses for a photograph in Toronto on Monday, Apr. 29, 2019. A new study conducted by the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC) shows that only about 4.2 per cent of executives in the GTA are from racial minorities, and only two per cent of...

Your hosts, Terry, Levon, and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20191129-WEE15 Former Canadian spy chief calls for ‘clear eyed’ national security discussion Richard Fadden, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, appears at Senate national security and defence committee in Ottawa on April 27, 2015. Fadden, a former head of Canada's spy agency, says Canada needs to take a hard look at itself to ensure it is ready to face new threats. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN...

Your hosts, Terry, Levon, Marc   (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20191122-WEE15 Trudeau taps former top diplomat to deal with discontent in Western Canada Newly named Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Chrystia Freeland speaks following the swearing-in of the new cabinet at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS) In the October general election in Canada, the Liberals under Justin Trudeau were...

Your hosts, Terry and Marc ListenEN_The_Link-20191115-WEE15 Canada welcomes genocide lawsuit against Myanmar, says Freeland Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, arrive at the National Press Theatre to make an announcement and hold a media availability on Canada's response to the Rohingya crisis in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS) Gambia has launched a...

Your hosts, Terry, Levon, Marc  (video of show at bottom) The Link: World scientists on climate emergency, Canadian aid orphans in Africa, new book on a tragically deadly victory in WWIIEN_The_Link-20191108-WEE15 Scientists around the world issue climate emergency warning Thousands of people joined a climate strike in Vancouver on Oct. 23. Scientists around the world are echoing their concerns about a the state of the planet. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC) Inspired in part by young activist...

your hosts Levon, Mathiew, Marc   (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20191101-WEE15 Quebec to add 'values' test for new immigrants Premier François Legault, left, asked Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette to come up with the values test. (Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada) The mostly French-speaking province of Quebec intends to implement a test for prospective immigrants to ensure they understand 'Quebec' societal values. As of Jan. 1, 2020, new immigrants to Quebec will...

Your hosts: Levon, Lynn, Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20191025-WEE15 Arab World Festival-Montreal Emily Awad, Director of Communications for the festival joins us via skype This weekend marks the start of the 20th year for the Arab World Festival,/ Festival du Monde Arabe  (FMA) in Montreal. The idea is to showcase elements of Arabic culture and build bridges with Canadian society. Emily Awad, director of communications, is the spokesperson for the festival, She...

Your hosts Lynn, Terry, Marc  (video of show at bottom) the link- political opinion polls, obese people and medical care, false fish- what you pay for is not what you getEN_The_Link-20191018-WEE15 Canada's election and political opinion polls: Can they influence voters? Voter survey for upcoming election. Literally dozens of polls are conducted, on voter intentions, issues of concern, leader popularity, government record, and so on, additionally sometimes broken down further into...

Your hosts, Lynn, Marc, with guest Stephane Parent, host of RCI's French language programme  (video of show at bottom) The Link: this week talks about the Canadian election leader's debate, a new much simpler, faster early detection method for Alzheimers, and a long time Canadian TV show that makes fun of politicians, and they like it.EN_The_Link-20191011-WEE15 Canadian election, debate of the leaders in French Host Patrice Roy from Radio-Canada, centre, introduces Federal party leaders,...

Your hosts Terry, Levon, and Marc  (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190927-WEE15 Major research projects to understand climate change effects on the Arctic The German icebreaker and research vessel Polarstern is pictured at the port of Tromso, Norway Sept. 18, 2019. (Rune Stoltz Bertinussen/NTB scanpix/Reuters) Hundreds of scientists from several countries have now embarked on two simultaneous and related research projects in the Arctic. The yearlong project involves a...

Your hosts, Marie-Claude, Levon, Matt and Marc (video of show at bottom) The Link show: Liberal leader Justin Trudeau apologising for a racist incident in his past, Analysis of attacks on Saudi oil facilities, Discovery of the first interstellar comet. Marie-Claude leaving usEN_The_Link-20190920-WEE15 Trudeau apologizes to Canada's racial minorities over blackface scandal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau makes a statement in regards to a video from the 1990s showing him in "blackface"...

Your hosts, Levon, Mathiew, and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190913-WEE15 Expert warns of possible Russian disinformation campaign in Canada's election Canada heads into a general election this October. A new study warns that Ottawa should be ready to counter a possible Russian disinformation campaign targeting Canadians. (Evelyne Asselin/CBC) Canada's election has officially been launched and the political parties are busy trying to get their respective...

Your hosts Terry, Levon, and Marc  (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190906-WEE15 Canada's general election looms-issues Federal party leaders - including, from left, the Greens' Elizabeth May, Conservative Andrew Scheer, Liberal Justin Trudeau and New Democrat Jagmeet Singh - face an electorate anxious about the cost of living and concerned about the environment, Honesty in the federal government has also become a concern. Not shown is Maxime Bernier, leader of the right...