Diwali is one of the most colourful and significant festivals celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and others in Canada and around the world. It is a five-day festival of light that coincides with the Hindu New Year. Diwali is celebrated… »
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.
‘Canada will never be intimidated,’ says prime minister
Canada’s parliamentarians went back to work today, refusing to be cowed by yesterday’s attack at the National War Memorial and inside the Parliament building. Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed the nation Wednesday evening and called the perpetrator a terrorist. Canadian… »
Health, International, Society
Canadians pick up virus in the Caribbean
More than 200 Canadians have been infected with chikungunya, a virus transmitted by infected mosquitos not native to Canada. The virus has sickened hundreds of thousands of people in the Caribbean and caused Jamaica to declare a state of emergency… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Infant colic reduced with probiotics: study
Babies with colic cry a lot and parents know too well that nothing seems to help. But a new study suggests that probiotics could ease their bouts of fussiness. An infant is deemed to have colic when he or she… »
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Parliament resumes after attack
Canadian parliamentarians resumed sitting in the House of Commons giving a long and rousing ovation to to the Sargeant-at-Arms who led security officials in the charge to shoot and killed the man who stormed Parilament yesterday. They followed that with… »
Attack on Parliament, War Memorial: gunman and soldier dead
This post will not be updated after 3:42pm EDT on Wednesday, October22, 2014. For latest details you may watch the public broadcaster CBC. At a news conference on Wednesday afternoon, police repeatedly refused to answer whether they were looking for another… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
World scientists ask Canada to stop restrictions
Over 800 scientists from 32 countries have written to Canada’s prime minister asking that he ‘remove excessive and burdensome restrictions and barriers to scientific communication and collaboration faced by Canadian government scientists.” ‘A rapid decline in freedoms and funding’ The… »
Canadians worry about health as they age
Two-thirds of Canadians say their biggest worry as they get older is that their health will deteriorate, but only 22 per cent said they had planned or saved for health costs in retirement, according to an online survey. Although Canada… »
Canadian lobbies to head the Francophonie
Former Canadian Governor-General Michaelle Jean is travelling the world to promote her bid to head the international organisation representing French-speaking nations. Canada is one of 57 members of the Organisation international de la Francophonie (OIF) as are two of its… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Pipeline, terminal project delayed over beluga concerns
Public opposition is mounting to a project to build an export terminal at a key habitat for endangered beluga whales. TransCanada Corporation wants to build an $11-billion dollar gas pipeline through eastern Canada and an export terminal at Cacouna, on… »
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