The capital city of Ottawa got a huge dump of snow on Tuesday, even by Canadian standards. More than 50 cm fell making everything difficult. CBC posted examples of the many ways in which people helped each other and this… »
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.
Hospital attacks in Syria may be war crimes: MSF
The United Nations says dozens of people were killed in the recent airstrikes against hospitals and schools in northern Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Russian planes destroyed a clinic in Idlib province. Russia denies it. ‘An… »
Some Canadians have more years of good health
People who live in Canada’s eastern-most province of Newfoundland and Labrador have about two fewer years of good health compared to the average Canadian, reports Canadian Press (CP). “It could be geographical, it could be the cost of healthy foods, it… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Love your good germs, urges new book
There are good germs and there are bad germs, explains microbiologist Jason Tetro in his new book “The Germ Files” and the good ones play an important role in maintaining good physical health and possibly mental health too. Microbiologist Jason… »
U.S. campaign video features Canadian scene
It may delight Canadians to know that a video featured in a campaign ad for a U.S. presidential candidate actually contains a waterfront image of the Canadian city of Vancouver. The ad for Republican candidate Marco Rubio begins with a… »
Turmoil in Quebec’s arts world over sex scandal
The artistic community in the province of Quebec is buzzing over allegations that that its giant of cinema, Claude Jutra, had sex with boys 14 and 15 years old. Jutra was an actor, writer and director who had Alzheimer’s disease… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Extreme cold freezes 60 per cent of Great Lake
Extreme cold blasted through central and eastern Canada over the weekend freezing 60 per cent of the world’s eleventh largest lake. On February 14th the province of Quebec saw windchill temperatures reach -46 C and Barrie, Ontario reached -33.3 C… »
‘Alarming growth’ in child and family homelessness
There has been a 50 per cent increase in families using homeless shelters in the last decade, according to a three-year study prepared by the advocacy group Raising the Roof. And they are staying an average of more than 50… »
Less U.S. lobster processed in Canada
Canadian processing companies saw a drop in the amount of lobster shipped from the U.S. in 2015, reports Associated Press (AP). In 2014, the U.S. shipped about 31 million kilograms to Canada’s eastern provinces, compared to less than 30 million… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Historic sand hills area conserved
A leading conservation organization has acquired a 127-hectare property in the province of Manitoba that includes a habitat for many rare and some at-risk species. The Ethier Sandhills property includes sand dunes left over from Glacial Lake Agassiz. That lake… »
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