Many migrants in Canada are facing obstacles in getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and advocates are demanding change. The Migrants Rights Network and doctors, health policy experts and labour leaders are calling for immediate action to ensure that all migrant workers… »
Lynn Desjardins
Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Lynn has dedicated her working life to journalism. After decades in the field, she still believes journalism to be a pillar of democracy and she remains committed to telling stories she believes are important or interesting. Lynn loves Canada and embraces all seasons: skiing, skating, and sledding in winter, hiking, swimming and playing tennis in summer and running all the time. She is a voracious consumer of Canadian literature, public radio programs and classical music. Family and friends are most important. Good and unusual foods are fun. She travels when possible and enjoys the wilderness.
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Highest court approves federal carbon charge
The Supreme Court of Canada has decided that the Canadian government’s carbon price is constitutional and needed to fight climate change, “a threat to the future of humanity.” The federal government’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act was challenged by the… »
Canada officially marks the abolition of slavery
Canadian members of Parliament have voted unanimously to declare August 1st as Emancipation Day marking the 1833 abolition of slavery in the British Empire, of which Canada was a part. British efforts to colonize North America began in the sixteenth… »
Economic anxiety dogs many Canadians ahead of budget
A recent survey suggests that two-in-five Canadians are plagued by economic anxiety and half are worried that someone in their household might lose their job. The Canadian government will present a budget on April 19, 2021 and Canadians will be… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Society
UN warns of acute hunger in 20 countries
Two UN agencies are calling for urgent and scaled-up assistance to stave off acute hunger set to soar in 20 countries in the coming months. Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria are the worst-hit areas and are said to face… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canada continues to recommend AstraZeneca vaccine
Canadian health authorities will add a warning about extremely rare cases of blood clots on its monograph for the AstraZeneca vaccine, but they continue to say this COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for people over the age of 18.… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Infants prefer baby talk, own language, study shows
Infants listen more closely to baby talk than adult talk, and more to speech that is in the language they hear at home, according to a study done in Canada and several other countries. The research involving hundreds of babies… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Infrared imaging may improve screening for COVID-19
The use of a device to read a person’s temperature from their forehead may not be very accurate for detecting COVID-19 infection, particularly in people with minimal symptoms, according to a new study. Research out of McGill University in Montreal… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Why people don’t use COVID contract tracing apps
Canadian researchers flag accessibility issues and perception of privacy as the biggest reasons why people do not download apps to help with contract tracing of COVID-19 infections. In Canada, 6.99 million people out of a total population of 38.4 million… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Researchers test spray to prevent COVID-19 infection
A Canadian company is about to start testing on animals a throat and nasal spray that would stop infection by COVID-19 and its variants. Cytophage Technologies Inc. says this would have an advantage over vaccines by eliminating asymptomatic cases and… »
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