Your hosts, Terry, Levon, and Marc (video of show at bottom). All stories are edited from longer versions of the full stories which can be heard in the highlights section. ListenEN_The_Link-20190830-WEE15 Conservative opposition leader accuses governing Liberals of scare tactics Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer addresses journalists during a news conference in Toronto, on Thursday, August 29, 2019. (Chris Young/THE CANADIAN PRESS) Everyone knows the federal general election...

Your hosts today: Levon Sevunts, Terry Haig, Stéphane Parent and Marie-Claude Simard  (Video of show at the bottom). ListenEN_The_Link-20190823-WEE15 G7 leaders gather in Biarritz, France for what could be another chaotic summit The faces of the G7 leaders are seen reproduced by local Basque sand artist Sam Dougados in the sand on a beach with a message on gender equality in Biarritz on the eve of the Biarritz G7 summit, France, Aug. 23, 2019. (Regis Duvignau/REUTERS) Prime Minister...

Your hosts, Marie-Claude, Terry, and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190809-WEE15 Anniversary of the atomic bomb attacks to end WWII In this Aug. 9, 1945 file photo, a mushroom cloud rises moments after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, southern Japan. On two days in August 1945, U.S. planes dropped two atomic bombs, one on Hiroshima, one on Nagasaki, the first and only time nuclear weapons have been used. Their destructive power was unprecedented, incinerating...

Your hosts, Lynn, Terry and Marc (Note the show will be taking a break during the summer- other interesting subjects will be available on the weekends; Video of this week's show at bottom.  As always, full versions of the show stories are available in the highlights section) ListenEN_The_Link-20190705-WEE15 A beach house that's much more, a symbol of recycling The builders say the idea of building the house with recycled bottles was simply a case of thinking outside the box. (Brett...

Your hosts today. Lynn Desjardins, Levon Sevunts, Terry Haig and Marie-Claude Simard (listen or watch video of show at the bottom) UN expert warns of a coming 'climate apartheid' A man walks through land in Bhola, Bangladesh where his home was washed away by rising water. Scientists project seas will rise an average of around one meter this century. Just 65 centimeters would swallow about 40 per cent of the country’s productive land, according to the World Bank. (Shahria Sharmin/AP...

Your hosts today. Levon, Mathiew, Marie-Claude, and Marc  (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190621-WEE15 IRAN- U.S. tensions- escalation narrowly avoided A U.S. Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle similar to the one shown, has been shot down over the Strait of Hormuz, Iran says was in its airspace, the U.S. says it was in international airspace (Reuters/U.S. Navy/Erik Hildebrandt/Northrop Grumman/Handout The long-standing tension between the U.S. and...

Your hosts, Levon, Marie-Claude, Marc  (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190614-WEE15 Hong Kong's massive protest against a proposed extradition law with China Protesters on the streets again last night in central Hong Kong. (via CBC) In the past few days, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents have taken to the street to protest a law proposed the the region's top politician, Carrie Lam.  That would enable extradition to mainland China. Many feel this is another...

Your hosts: Lynn, Marie-Claude, Levon, and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190607-WEE15 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls inquiry: final report Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the media at the Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver, Tuesday, June 4, 2019. (Jonathan Hayward/THE CANADIAN PRESS) The national inquiry into the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls finally presented its findings and final report this week. While...

This week a special edition as the Link was on site on Thursday at the Montreal "Salon de l"Immigration- Immigration Expo" in Montreal (video of show at bottom) Hosts were Levon and Marc. along with several special guests. (audio version below, video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190531-WEE15 Starting us off was Jonathon Chodjai, president of the expo who explains how it has grown and some of the services and opportunities provided at the expo. These include help in preparing...

ListenEN_The_Link-20190524-WEE15 Your hosts, Lynn, Levon, Marie Claude, and Marc, with guest Eilis Quinn (Video of show at bottom) Death in the Arctic- Image from the special report on a death of a young person in the Arctic (Eye on the Arctic) Eilis Quinn,  joins us to talk about a very troubling situation in a tiny Arctic hamlet in northern Quebec. Her report for the "Eye on the Arctic" website won an award given to journalists reporting on violent situations. It describes how the...

Your hosts: Levon, Lynn, Marie-Claude (at the river's edge) and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190517-WEE15 Climate change and the kelp forests of the Arctic A kelp forest off the coast of Baffin Island in Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic (Frithjof Kupper) It seems that climate change is having an effect under the Arctic seas. Kelp has always been present but with warming water and with less ice cover, the plants can spread further north into areas where they...

Your hosts Terry, Lynn, Marie-Claude, Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190510-WEE15 Dire warning from U.N. on survival of species, and humans Atlantic bluefin tuna are corralled by fishing nets off the coast of Barbate, Cadiz province, southern Spain. Two studies by The new U.N report indicates a dire future for species noting for example that a third of the world's fish stocks are overfished, and over 60 per cent are being fished at their maximum.(Emilio...

Your hosts: Lynn, Levon, Marie-Claude and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190503-WEE15 Could this beluga be a trained spy? A beluga whale that was freed from a mysterious harness by Norwegian fishermen and fishery officials off the coast of northern Norway last week is in no hurry to leave the Norwegian waters. On Thursday morning it swam up to the Hammerfest harbour much to the surprise and the delight of Jorgen Ree Wiig, who had taken part in its rescue. (Jorgen Ree...

Your hosts, Marie-Claude, Levon, Lynn, and Marc  (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190426-WEE15 United Nations asks for international support to fight Ebola A health worker wearing Ebola protection gear, walks before entering the Biosecure Emergency Care Unit (CUBE) at the ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) Ebola treatment centre in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, March 30, 2019. Picture taken March 30, 2019. (Baz Ratner/REUTERS) The fight...

Your hosts, Terry, Marie-Claude, Lynn, and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190419-WEE15 Court case launched against "smart city" over privacy The Quayside project would create housing, heated sidewalks, autonomous vehicle infrastructure and data-collecting sensors on five hectares of Toronto waterfront. (Sidewalk Toronto/hand out photo/The Canadian Press) A project by the American firm Sidewalk Labs to turn a large section of downtown Toronto into a "smart city"...

Your hosts: Lynn, Levon, Marie-Claude, Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190412-WEE15 Research needed into ship noise effects on Narwhals in Nunavut FILE- In this August 2005 file photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a pod of narwhals surfaces in northern Canada. (Kristin Laidre/AP Photo/NOAA, files) With a mining company on Baffin Island, in the Arctic territory of Nunavut, requesting a permit for a significant increase in iron ore...

Your hosts: Lynn, Levon,  Marie-Claude, and Marc (Video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190405-WEE15 The scandal within the ruling Liberal Party government, gets another jolt Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing to Liberal party members that he has removed tow high-ranking women from caucus over issues of "trust" and party loyalty. (Radio-Canada) The ongoing dispute over allegations that the highest ranking members of the Liberal government were trying to pressure the...

Your hosts Lynn Desjardins, Levon Sevunts and Terry Haig. (Video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190329-WEE15 UN asks Canada to extend peacekeeping mission in Mali Canadian infantry and medical personnel disembark from a Chinook helicopter as they take part in a medical evacuation demonstration on the United Nations base in Gao, Mali, on December 22, 2018. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS) The United Nations has formally asked Canada to extend its peacekeeping mission in Mali...

Your hosts: Lynn Desjardins, Levon Sevunts and Terry Haig. (Video of show at bottom.) ListenEN_The_Link-20190322-WEE15 Public hearing on oil and gas development in eastern Arctic wrap up in Iqaluit A polar bear stands on a ice flow in Baffin Bay above the arctic circle as seen from the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent on July 10, 2008. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press) Public hearings on potential oil and gas development in the waters between Canada and...

Your hosts, Terry, Lynn, Marie-Claude, Marc (Video of show at bottom. Also archived on the Radio Canada Int'l Facebook page) ListenEN_The_Link-20190315-WEE15 U.N. report on environment: humanity is at a crossroads Smog and dust like that seen in New Delhi on Nov. 10, 2017 are among the many threats to human health documented in a comprehensive UN report. (Altaf Qadri/AP Photo) It's a dire report that ties climate change and other environmental issues together and predicts that...

Your hosts Lynn, Terry, Marie-Claude, and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_Interview_1-20190308-WIE10 Canada's Prime Minister insists "no inappropriate pressure" in SNC Lavalin case Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denied charges by the former attorney general that she was persistently and inappropriately pressured to drop criminal charges against SNC-Laval and instead to negotiate an apology and reparations. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) The SNC Lavalin scandal as it's being...

Your hosts, Lynn, Terry, Marie-Claude and Marc (Video of show at bottom) ListenEN_Interview_1-20190301-WIE10 A scandal is shaking Canada's federal political landscape and the governing Liberal party of Justin Trudeau Former Attorney-General Jody Wilson-Raybould said she faced inappropriate pressure to interfere in a criminal case against a Canadian engineering firm. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) A scandal at the highest level of government in Canada has rocked the ruling...

Today a special programme to mark Black History Month in Canada Your hosts, Lynn and Marc, with special guests Claire-Anse Saint-Eloi- assistant coordinator for the round table on Black History Month; Deborah Forde- Montreal Black History Month Laureate, and Pat Dillon-Moore- spokesperson for Montreal's Black History Month. ListenEN_Interview_1-20190222-WIE10 Recorded at Espace Mushagalusa in downtown Montreal.  images of the week window.jQuery || document.write('

Your hosts: Levon, Terry, Marie-Claude, Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_Interview_1-20190215-WIE10 Legendary British rock star Sting performs in solidarity with General Motors workers in Oshawa Sting and the cast of his musical "The Last Ship" perform in support of General Motors workers in Oshawa, Ont. on Thursday, February 14 , 2019. (Chris Young/THE CANADIAN PRESS) This week, Gordon Sumner aka "Sting" took the cast of his hit musical to the city of Oshawa, Ontario for a...

Your hosts, Lynn, Marie-Claude, Terry, and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_Interview_1-20190208-WIE10 Europe's Marine Protected Areas allow heavy commercial fishing A new study shows there is actually 38% more large commercial fishing activity inside Europe's protected zones than outside. Bottom trawling is also known to destroy bottom habitat   (Virginia Lee Hunter-Greenpeace) One might easily presume that Europe's marine protected areas (MPA)help conserve marine species. A...