Tens of thousands of people fled the disease and misery of the Irish potato famine in the 1800s and came to Canada sick and poor. In Montreal, three orders of nuns led by the Grey Nuns fed and cared for… »
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.
A sad hockey season ends with a little levity
The storied Montreal Canadiens hockey team met the media at the end of a horrible season and the mood picked up when player P.K. Subban gave team captain Max Pacioretty a big hug, reports Canadian Press. The media were chattering… »
Fire destroys eastern fish plant and scarce jobs
A state of emergency was called as fire ripped through a fish processing plan in the small community of Bay de Verde, in the eastern province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Electrical power was shut off and people evacuated the area,… »
Political party rejects leader, suffers division
The New Democratic Party voted to change leaders during a divisive policy convention on the weekend of April 9-10, 2016. The NDP is the farthest left of Canada’s major political parties, although a leading political scientist says that, by international… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Routine medical procedures may have spread hep C
Common belief is that risky behaviour is what spread hepatitis C among baby boomers (born between 1945 and 1964), but a new study indicates that is not necessarily so. If results are correct, there could be “a tsunami” of cases… »
More Canadians cutting cable
Canadians are getting rid of their cable television in record numbers, reports Canadian Press (CP). A report by the Convergence Consulting Group says 190,000 people dropped the service in 2015. That’s 80 per cent more than did in the previous… »
Museum hosts Titanic event
The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 has invited marine archaeologist Rob Rondeau to give a talk on the sinking of the Titanic in the North Atlantic in 1912. Rondeau has studied shipwrecks for almost 20 years and has… »
Study shows fewer kids walking, cycling to school
More children are being driven to school and fewer are walking or cycling, according to a study of children 11 to 13 years of age in Toronto and the nearby city of Hamilton. In 1986, about 12 per cent of… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Stop using straws, plead environmental activists
A non-profit group is campaigning to get businesses in the west coast tourist town of Tofino to stop using plastic straws, reports Canadian Press (CP). The Pacific Rim chapter of Surfrider Foundation convinced 22 out of 30 local businesses to… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Weird weather worries apple growers
Some unseasonably warm weather has apple growers nervous in the Okanagan, a large fruit-growing belt in the western province of British Columbia. It is so mild that growers think the trees could blossom in about three weeks, and that would… »
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