Montreal is the best city in Canada for students and seventh best in the world, according to a ranking by the website QS. Toronto is the next Canadian city ranking 13th in the world. Vancouver is 14th. Montreal has ‘distinctly… »
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.
Montreal seeks an “ambassador” to promote city
The city of Montreal is making a big deal out of its 375th anniversary in 2017 and among the planned promotional activities, it is offering to employ and house someone from abroad who wants to “Become a Montrealer.” That’s the… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Insurance firm pays university to cut climate risk
Canada’s largest insurance company, Intact Insurance, is paying Waterloo University $4.25 million to help mitigate the risks associated with climate change. Insurance payouts have gone up dramatically in recent years, much of that attributed to storms caused by climate change.… »
Backlash against former government minister
Over one thousand people have signed a petition demanding a university reverse its decision to appoint a former cabinet minister as chancellor. James Moore held several portfolios in the Conservative government that was defeated in October 2015. He was recently… »
A top call for action to welcome Syrian refugees
Canada’s Governor General convened a forum to call on all sectors of Canadian society to welcome Syrian refugees and to help them integrate. At the same time, refugee aid groups in Montreal are overwhelmed with the response from ordinary people… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Society
Water problems need local solutions: new book
Rather than seeing the world’s water problem as one global crisis, author and journalist Marq de Villiers prefers to break it down and suggests there are solutions best taken up locally. His view is outlined in a new book called… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Facebook quizzes called a ‘privacy nightmare’
Millions of people are taking quizzes on Facebook without realizing may give away a lot of private information that can be bought and spread far and wide across the internet. Sometimes a friend will send a quiz that purports to tell… »
New technology to improve snow removal in Montreal
Getting around in the snow is a big deal in many Canadian cities, so the city of Montreal’s plan to improve snow removal operations was welcome news. The city plans to coordinate snow removal across its 19 boroughs and to… »
Economy, Health, Politics, Society
Protests against a farm safety law in Alberta
The western province of Alberta is the only one that exempts farms and ranches from occupational health and safety laws, and many people would prefer it stay that way. Alberta is farm and ranch country, and traditionally a supporter of… »
UNICEF offers virtual visits with children in need
The humanitarian organization UNICEF hopes that virtual visits with vulnerable children will spur Canadians to donate more to help them. The Survival Gifts program allows Canadians to buy things like emergency blankets, water purification tablets, school essentials, vaccines, bed nets and… »
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