In spite of a temperature of -15C and a wind chill of -24, 500 cyclists turned out for a bike tour of Montreal on Sunday. The 15-km event was organized by Velo-Quebec, a local group which promotes cycling. In this… »
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.
Hockey player suffers stroke, raises awareness
Hockey player Kris Letang felt dizzy and nauseous in late January and doctors found he had had a stroke. This sudden loss of brain function can be caused by an interruption of the flow of blood to the brain or… »
Global group decries Canadian wolf bounties
Conservationists say placing bounties on wolves would be unacceptable in many countries. © Lu Carbyn Programs that offer cash for wolf carcasses in the western province of Alberta don’t work and the government should ban them, says the largest network of… »
Art posted on the internet used without permission
An artist from western Canada is warning others to be careful when posting their work online, after hers was taken without permission and sold by a large U.S. retailer. Winnipeg’s Kal Barteski learned this week that one of her paintings… »
Indigenous, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Ancient DNA reignites debate over native origins
The DNA of toddler buried 12,600 years ago has rekindled heated debate over whether the natives of North America originated in Asia or Europe. The partial skeleton of a one-year-old boy was found in Montana, U.S.A. in 1968 and has… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
‘Epic’ new fossil site found in Canadian Rockies
Calling it a “new motherlode,” paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new fossil site in the Rocky Mountains of western Canada. Located in Kootenay National Park, the find dates back to the Cambrian Period over 500 million years ago.… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Mammogram screening doesn’t save lives: study
Canadian researchers have found annual mammograms for women in their 40s and 50s found more cancers, but didn’t save more lives. Many women in Canada routinely have the tests done to screen for breast cancer, and the mammograms are usually… »
Officials to discuss quotas for polar bear hunt
Wildlife officials are meeting in the province of Quebec to discuss quotas on the world’s last unregulated polar bear hunt. Hunters are currently allowed to kill bears from the south Hudson Bay population and have agreed to a voluntary limit… »
Health, International, Society
“Humanitarian catastrophe” spirals in CAR: MSF
Civilians in the Central African Republic are at the centre of a “humanitarian catastrophe spiralling out of control,” according to the humanitarian group Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders. It warns the international community must intervene to stop the violence and … »
Former general opposes jail for memorial vandals
People who vandalize war memorials should not be sent to jail, says Senator Roméo Dallaire. Dallaire is the retired Canadian general who led the UN peacekeeping mission during the 1994 Rwandan massacre. At the time, the UN failed to respond… »
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