A 13-year-old Syrian refugee is in hospital recovering after nearly drowning in his hotel pool, reports the public broadcaster CBC. The boy was in serious condition and brought to hospital by ambulance, but now is said to be doing better.… »
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.
UN can’t solve peacekeeper sex abuse crisis: NGO
The United Nations has failed to solve a crisis of peacekeepers abusing the people they are supposed to protect, and it’s time member states take over management of the issue, says AIDS-Free World. The non-governmental organization co-founded by Canadian Stephen… »
Hockey-loving couple gets married in arena
Many Canadians who grew up in the western province of Saskatchewan will tell you they learned how to skate almost before they learned to walk, but one couple extended that early love of skating and decided to get married in… »
Anxiety, the common mental illness among children
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the most common mental illness among children is anxiety. There has been a big push in Canada to reduce the stigma around mental illness, so it could be that more people are reporting… »
Diversity on stage good for all: opera star
Racism “is a barrier. It’s a difficulty. It’s something that has to be broken down. And, once it’s broken down, it’s much more beneficial to all of society,” says Mark S. Doss, a Grammy-award-winning opera singer based in Toronto. Doss has… »
Girls in care may be lured into sex trade
Ordinary Canadians may be horrified to hear reports that adolescent girls who are placed in group homes may be targeted by street gangs and lured into prostitution. Teenagers may be placed in government-funded care if they cannot live at home… »
Avalanche advisory follows deaths of five people
A special advisory about avalanche risk has been issued after five snowmobilers died on January 29, 2016 near Revelstoke in the western province of British Columbia. There were 17 people riding in Mount Renshaw Alpine Recreation Site when the snow… »
Decline in news bad for democracy: columnist
In Canada, thousands of journalists have lost their jobs in recent years, newspapers have merged and folded or gone digital, and broadcast news has contracted due to massive income shortfalls. The situation is so bad, that a public inquiry should… »
Most Canadians drink alcohol, unaware of risk
The chief public health officer says almost 80 per cent of Canadians drink alcohol and and many don’t realize the risks of even light drinking. “Drinking is such a normal part of life for many people, however alcohol is not… »
International, Politics, Society
China cuts sentence for imprisoned Canadian
A Chinese court has reduced the life sentence of Canadian Huseyin Celil, reports Nathan Vanderklippe of the Globe and Mail. The sentences of Celil and 10 other ethnic Uighurs were commuted, according to the Xinhua news agency. They had been… »
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