The LINK Online, with Carmel Kilkenny, Terry Haig and Marc Montgomery this week.

Dr. Michael Hill who helped develop thrombectomies shows pieces of a blood clot removed from a 31-year-old stroke patient.

Gordon Edwards, of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, describes Trumps comments on nuclear expansion, as absurd and scary.

Host Ali Hassan calls Canada Reads a reality game show that is a battle of the books.

On this New Year edition of The Link Online, Levon Sevunts speaks with young Inuit leader Maatali Okalik, Marc Montgomery brings the story of the former Canadian soldier who wants to bring back the memory of Hill 70 and the Canadians who fought there during WWI, and Lynn Desjardins tells about government plans to reduce underwater noise from shipping to save endangered whales.

“We really applaud the commitment by the federal government to invest in local maritime capacity, both in terms of jobs and training for people in the North but also infrastructure based in the North,” said Christopher Debicki, Nunavut project manager for The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Oceans North Canada.

“I’m thrilled with it,” said Paul Crowley, vice-president for Arctic conservation at World Wildlife Fund – Canada. “I’m thrilled that Canada and President Obama have continued their leadership on these issues.”

Misty MacDuffee says extra noise from extra ship traffic would increase the orca pod’s risk of extinction.

“Access to broadband Internet service is vital and a basic telecommunication service all Canadians are entitled to receive,” CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais said.

Kathryn Morse says gift-givers can help endangered moose by encouraging dating across a provincial border.