Over the past five years, there has been an 85 per cent increase in the number of Canadian children who are admitted to hospital because they have intentionally harmed themselves, according to a new report. The information gathered by the… »
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.
Insurance firm refused to pay $1M medical bill
A Canadian woman is faced with a million-dollar medical bill even though she bought travel insurance before giving birth abroad. Canadians often travel to warmer climes when the weather gets cold and are routinely advised to buy special insurance to… »
Co-op reclaims ugly fruit and vegetables
The Canadian food industry throws out as much as 20 per cent of produce that doesn’t look nice, but there is a growing movement to reclaim the food and sell it, reports The Globe and Mail newspaper. It’s estimated that… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
U.K. groups protest Canadian oilsands lobbying
Demonstrators from five U.K. groups demonstrated against “the Canadian government aggressively promoting tar sands oil in Europe” in London, England today. They unfurled a banner depicting “the devastation” caused by oilsands development at an annual meeting of the Canada Europe… »
Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Society
Groups urge continued aid for refugee claimants
More than 160 organizations have written to the finance minister urging him to drop a clause in the latest budget legislation that would allow provinces to cut funding for refugee claimants. As it now stands, provincial and territorial governments provide… »
International, Politics, Society
Money for embassy security not spent: CBC
Millions of dollars committed to boosting security at Canadian diplomatic missions abroad were not spent, according to the public broadcaster, CBC. A special report linked the lack of spending to government efforts to cut programs and staff to eliminate the… »
Racism on Twitter reveals attitudes: researcher
While Twitter enables people to say racist things they would not say in person, it also enables people to criticize racism more than they might off line, says a researcher in the western city of Edmonton. Irfan Chaudhry is a… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
Canada to help countries adapt to climate change
Canada will provide money to impoverished nations to help them cope with climate change and develop cleaner sources of energy. At the end of the G20 summit, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada would soon contribute to the United Nations… »
Thousands protest major cuts to public broadcaster
Thousands of people marched in several cities in the province of Quebec and the New Brunswick city of Moncton on Sunday to protest ongoing cuts to the public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada. Beginning in the 1990s, successive Canadian governments cut funding to… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Why general anesthetics can cause memory loss
Canadian researchers have discovered why anesthetics can cause prolonged cognitive impairment such as memory loss. Scientists know that about one third of patients who have general anesthetic for surgery suffer some kind of cognitive impairment when they are discharged from… »
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