A security assessment has led the Canadian government to forbid the building of new embassies on Sussex Drive in the nation’s capital, Ottawa, reports Canadian Press (CP). The street is already home to the embassies of countries like the United… »
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 drink sugary drinks, suffer health consequences
Canadians would back a tax on sugary drinks if the proceeds were used to fund health initiatives, according to public opinion research. The World Health Organization (WHO) today said countries should use tax policy to increase the price of sodas,… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Anger plus heavy exertion raise risk of heart attack
A large international study found that respondents who did intense exercise in the hour after being angry or stressed had three times the risk of having a heart attack. The study led by researchers at McMaster University looked at 12,461… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Text messages can break up sitting time: study
It’s estimated that 85 to 90 per cent of Canadians spend “way too much time sitting,” say researchers at Western University, and using text messages to change that could improve their health. Sitting for extended periods of time has been… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
As children age, views on truth and lying change: study
A new study suggests children understand truth and they understand lying, but their evaluation of them change as they get older. Researchers at McGill University studied the behaviour of close to 100 children between the ages of six and 12.… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Pact will control emissions on international flights eventually
The UN’s aviation arm has agreed to a scheme to control climate-change emissions from international flights after 2020. The agreement was overwhelmingly adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) at a meeting in Montreal. Under the agreement, 65 countries,… »
Public consultations begin to extend parental leave
The Canadian government is asking for input online on expanding the benefit payments that parents get when a baby is born. Currently, parental leave may replace part of a parent’s salary for 12 months. During the election campaign in 2015,… »
Judge ‘deeply regrets’ woman’s treatment over hijab
A Quebec justice has ruled there was no legal basis for a lower court judge to ask a woman to remove her head covering in order for her case to proceed. Rania El-Alloul was in court in February 2015 over… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Canada could suffer another fishery collapse, warns official
Canada’s commissioner of the environment and sustainable development has issued a dire warning about government management of fish stocks. “We’re at potential risk for another stock to potentially collapse. It’s disconcerting that the department wasn’t aware of this,” said Julie… »
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Dentists urge city to fluoridate water to fight tooth decay
Dentists and hygienists in the eastern city of Moncton are urging city officials to put the fluoride back in the water supply. They say cavities in children have increased 50 per cent in the five years since Moncton put a… »
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