Every hour, every day, 20 Canadians are diagnosed with diabetes. So far, 3.3 million Canadians have this serious chronic disease and it’s estimated another million have it, but don’t know. ‘A bit of an epidemic’ “There is a bit 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.
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Use of electric vehicles up, but still limited
The sale of electric vehicles (EVs) has gone up 79 per cent over the past year, but that still amount to only 8-9,000 of them in Canada. World Wildlife Fund Canada is promoting the use of EVs as a way… »
Minister calls man a killer before his trial
Criminal defense lawyers are appalled that Immigration Minister Chris Alexander publicly said a man murdered his wife, before the man is to be tried in the courts. In Canada, a person is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty and… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Shift work ages brain, but is reversible: study
Doing shift work for more than ten years ages the brain by more than six years, according to a new study published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The effect can be reversed when people switch to regular hours,… »
Mask maker enables arrest of suspect
A Canadian who makes what he calls “the most realistic masks in the world” helped the FBI track down a man they were looking for in connection with a bank robbery. The FBI released surveillance photos of a suspect they… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Public pension plan used ‘scheme’ to avoid taxes
The Canadian agency that invests the pension funds of civil servants set up a complex scheme which a German tax official called “a very aggressive way to avoid taxes.” The public broadcaster, CBC received leaked documents illustrating a network of… »
Controversy surges over unpaid internships
The governor of the Bank of Canada reignited a storm of controversy when he suggested young people looking for jobs should do unpaid work as a way to get experience. Stephen Poloz made the remarks to a House of Commons… »
Teen who led prostitution ring sentenced as adult
Kailey Oliver-Machado was 15 years old when she was arrested for recruiting girls through social media sites, then drugging and beating them to force them into prostitution. Calling her actions “despicable,” Justice Diane Lahaie sentenced her to 6 ½ years… »
More Canadians needing food aid ‘alarming’
More than 840,000 Canadians went to food banks in March to get free groceries. That was one per cent more than sought food aid last year and is a figure described as “alarming” by Katharine Schmidt, executive director of Food… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
More money, but not health workers to fight Ebola
Canada has promised an additional $30.5 million to fight Ebola, spending it on pharmaceutical research and more quarantine officers at Canadian airports. It will not however answer the call from aid agencies to send medical personnel. Canada has sent two… »
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