The province of New Brunswick will ask the Supreme Court to rule on a case that involves the legality of buying beer in another province. At the same time as Canada vigorously negotiates free trade agreements with other countries, provinces… »
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.
Canadians urged to take part in Giving Tuesday
After four days of intense shopping activity, Canadians are being asked to make charitable donations of goods, time or money on what has come to be known as Giving Tuesday. This giving campaign began in the United States in 2012… »
Arts & Entertainment, Politics, Society
Public broadcaster seeks new funding model
Decimated by years of budget cuts by successive governments, CBC/Radio-Canada is asking the government to boost and stabilize its funding. An extra $318 million annually would enable it to stop selling advertising. Private media have recently complained that the public… »
A call for changes to Arctic health care after baby death
A coroner’s inquest into the 2012 death of a three-month old in a remote Arctic community recommends significant changes to health care in the northern territory of Nunavut. The inquest’s jury was unable to determine the exact cause of Makibi… »
UN and watchdog slam Syria, IS for gas attacks
Syrian government forces were blamed for two toxic gas attacks and Islamic State militants were found to have used sulfur mustard gas after a joint investigation by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Syria… »
General reports ‘sobering’ statistics on sexual misconduct
A survey of sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces shows 960 members of the military reported they were sexually assaulted over the past year. One-quarter of women said they had been assaulted at least once over their careers, as… »
Tiny but abundant organism plays huge role in oceans
Scientists have known about the single-celled diplonemids for almost a century, but they didn’t know how vast their numbers were in the ocean. Their predatory nature and sheer numbers suggest they play a dramatic role in ecosystems and the biosphere.… »
Canada protects breeding ground for endangered bird
Although the Roseate Tern is found in areas of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, it breeds almost exclusively in Canada’s eastern province of Nova Scotia. The Canadian government has moved to protect those breeding grounds on four islands. Gulls, erosion… »
Book traces how rinks, arenas influenced life
Skating and hockey have been central themes in Canadian life and a new book looks at the facilities we have played in and the influence they have in urban, social and political life. Architecture on Ice: a History of the… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Plans to phase-out a pesticide harmful to ecosystems
The Canadian government is considering banning one of the widely-used neonicotinoid pesticides saying it is collecting in waterways and harming aquatic insects. Neonicontinoid pesticides, also known as neonics, have been restricted in some jurisdictions because of the risk they pose… »
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