The Canadian Coast Guard says it will send ice-breaking ships to help clear unusually heavy ice and allow ships to travel through the Great Lakes in the heart of North America, along the St. Lawrence Seaway and through to 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.
Arts & Entertainment, Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Boston bomb victim dances again
For the first time since the Boston Marathon bomb blew off the bottom part of her leg, Adrianne Haslet-Davis danced on stage with the help of a prosthetic. She appeared at the TED (Technology, entertainment, design) conference in Vancouver after… »
Zero tolerance won’t solve cyberbullying: study
A study of online bullying suggests 23 per cent of Canadian students have said or done something mean or cruel to someone online. 37 per cent say someone has done something mean or cruel to them online that made them… »
Parents talk openly about son’s suicide
Most Canadians don’t talk about suicide, but one couple who lost a son felt it important to come forward and bring the discussion of mental illness and suicide out of the shadows. Andy Jones and Mary-Lynn Bernard wrote the following… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Worm worries in the Northwest Territories
Researchers are tracking worms that are making an unusual appearance in Canada’s Northwest Territories and damaging boreal forests. They also worry the worms may move into the neighbouring Yukon territory. Earthworms have not inhabited northern soil since before the last… »
Health, International, Society
Brazil food guide ‘novel,’ may help Canadians
The Ministry of Health in Brazil hopes to reduce obesity with a proposed new food guide that is simple but innovative, and very different from those of Canada and other nations. Instead of talking about nutrients, the Brazil guide talks… »
Cellphone services go up $5
Three big companies dominate wire services in Canada and they all have hiked their base prices for new plans by five dollars in most markets. Existing plans are unaffected. Rogers, Telus and Bell Mobility now all charge $80 per month… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Society
Activists climb landmark in forest protest
Six Greenpeace activists scaled a large cross on Montreal’s Mount Royal to place two banners protesting logging practices in the Canadian boreal forest. Forests stretch across thousands of kilometres of Canada. Although most of it is publicly-owned, companies are allowed… »
Guard against fraud, id theft, warn accountants
Many Canadians take steps to prevent fraud and identity theft, but such scams are nonetheless widespread, according to a new survey. March is Fraud Prevention Month and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) commissioned a survey to get… »
Bleeding porpoises trapped in ice
About 40 porpoises, including mothers with their calves, have become injured and trapped in ice pushing up on the Atlantic coast of eastern Canada. Bert Osmond of Cape Ray in southwestern Newfoundland watched the porpoises struggle over the weekend and… »
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