Eight in 10 Canadians would get the COVID-19 shot in the next three months if they were eligible for it, according to a survey conducted just as the first vaccines were rolled out in Canada. Only 53 per cent of… »
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-area performer wins a Guinness World Record
Professional dancer and circus performer Sarah Louis-Jean has been awarded a Guinness World Record for most floor taps with boleadoras in one minute. A bola or boleadora is a hunting weapon used in South America. It usually consists of two… »
Canadian company to send PPE to northern Indigenous communities
The Canada Goose company plans to send 7,000 units of Canadian-made personal protective equipment to remote northern Inuit communities. Both reusable and disposable gowns will be shipped to frontline workers in Nunatsiavut, Nunavut and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. These are… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Canada’s top 10 weather stories of 2020
Extreme weather events in 2020 have cost Canadians millions and the economy billions, said the government of Canada’s senior climatologist David Phillips at an online news conference. He said for the insurance industry alone, there were nine catastrophes costing 2.5… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Electrical utility urges Torontonians to prepare for emergencies
Nearly two-thirds of people who live in Canada’s largest city of Toronto agree that emergency preparedness is more important to them than it was previously, according to a survey for Toronto Hydro Corporation. The electrical utility says that “with extreme… »
Canadians get a simplified tax break for working from home
Canada’s statistics agency reports that in April 2020, 3.3 million Canadians had begun to work from home because of restrictions imposed to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The tax department has introduced a simplified process for them to claim home office… »
Pandemic drives maple sugar shack dining rooms out of business
One half of the establishments in the province of Quebec that serve traditional maple syrup meals have had to close their dining rooms because of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are many operators who tap maple trees to… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
McGill leads trials of drug to treat COVID-19
At the same time as scientists work at breakneck speed to develop vaccines to prevent COVID-19 infection, they are also researching drugs to treat people who have developed the disease. The Research Institute of the McGill University Health centre in… »
Seniors offered a virtual conference on coping with the pandemic
A non-profit community centre is offering a virtual conference to help people over the age of 50 meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cummings Centre, based in Montreal, has opened registration for a bilingual national conference called Aging… »
Immigration & Refugees, Society
Immigration to rural, northern regions made more flexible
Canada has a pilot program to encourage people to immigrate to rural and northern towns and it has just become more flexible for applicants. In the past, applicants had to have one year of continuous work experience, or 1,560 hours, … »
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