The majority of domestic homicides can be prevented say researchers at two Canadian universities, and they have launched a website to share information on how to do just that. The new Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative website features the latest… »
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.
Language officials back off Facebook order
A shop owner in the French-speaking province of Quebec no longer has to translate her store’s Facebook page into French. Eva Cooper had received a letter ordering to translate her page from English into French by March in order to… »
Distracted driving the top killer on Ontario roads
Police in the large province of Ontario say more people there died in distracted driving crashes last year than in any other type of car crash. In 2013, 78 people died from distracted driving-related crashes, compared to 57 deaths related to… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Brain training and exercise together better?
We know that physical exercise is good for the brain and that mental exercise is good too, but some Canadian scientists are researching whether doing them in quick succession is even better. As Canadians get older many choose to exercise… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
More Canadian women hemorrhage after giving birth
Severe blood loss after giving birth is affecting a greater proportion of women in Canada and several industrialized countries, and researchers don’t really know why. Such hemorrhaging can required blood transfusions, uterus removal, or other procedures and, at worst, can… »
Business owner ordered to change FB page to French
The owner of a small clothing store has been ordered to change the language of the store’s Facebook page to French by the government of the French-speaking province of Quebec. Quebec has a law to protect French which it estimates… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Skier barely survives burial in tree well
Most people who fall into tree wells suffocate in the snow that falls around them, so Chris Johnston considers himself lucky he survived such an accident. A tree well is a depression in the snow around the base of a… »
Reality show captures drama on the high seas
Dodging huge waves and icebergs in small boats, fishermen risk their lives to make a living off Newfoundland on Canada’s east coast. Now a television series called Cold Water Cowboys follows six captains and their crews and they ride into… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Immediate action needed to save Lake Erie
One of the five Great Lakes at the heart of North America is smothering under green algae blooms, often thousands of square kilometres in size. Because the lakes border on Canada and the United States they are managed by an… »
Doctors balk at writing short-term sick notes
Employers should not require workers who book off sick for fewer than five consecutive days to get a doctors’ note, says the association representing doctors in the eastern province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Increasingly, employers in Canada are asking for… »
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