A citizens’ watchdog group says Canadian corporations have put at least $270 billion into tax havens over the past 15 years, most of it untaxed. Canadians for Tax Fairness used government statistics to determine that $40 billion flowed into the… »
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.
Clinton may mirror Canada’s gender-equal cabinet
U.S. presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton was asked whether, if elected, she would name a cabinet that would include an equal number of women as men, as did Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in November 2015. Canadian Press (CP) reports that she… »
Woman fined for Facebook defamation
A western Canadian will have to pay $65,000 to her neighbour for posting comments about him on Facebook that defamed and damaged him, ruled a judge. Not only was Katherine Van Nes held responsible for her own comments, but she… »
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First case of sexually-transmitted Zika in Canada
Officials report that, for the first time, someone in Canada has contracted the Zika virus from a sexual partner who got it after travelling to an affected country. The Public Health Agency of Canada repeated that there have been no… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Deadly allergies increasing among children: study
A new study suggests what researchers call “a worrisome increase” in the rate of life-threatening allergic reactions. Research shows the percentage of visits to a Montreal hospital emergency room due to anaphylaxis almost doubled over a four-year period. Reaction can… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Arctic cruises are risky business, says author
Climate change means melting ice will make it possible for cruise ships to go through the Northwest Passage in a few months, but Michael Byers says such voyages carry risks and are bad for the environment. Byers is a lawyer… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
New research on why birds survived mass extinction
Beaks may have been what allowed the ancestors of birds to survive the mass extinction which wiped out the dinosaurs, according to new research. Some 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid smashed into the earth in what is now… »
Advocates again ask for help freeing Saudi blogger
Amnesty International has renewed its call for the Canadian government to help free Raif Badawi, jailed in Saudi Arabia, reports Canadian Press (CP). Badawi is not Canadian, but his wife and children are living in the province of Quebec. She… »
Marijuana should be sold not for profit: professor
Canada’s government will table legislation to legalize the recreational use of marijuana early in 2017. The health minister says the law will ensure the drug is kept away from children and it will address the negative consequences of drugs and… »
Police warn against deadly new street drug W-18
W-18 is a synthetic opioid considered to be 10,000 times more powerful than morphine and 100 time stronger than fentanyl—a street drug which caused about 270 overdose deaths last year in the province of Alberta alone. The deaths are occurring… »
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