Montreal’s ice hotel, ice bar, ice chapel and restaurant cannot afford to open this year and organizers are asking for government help so they can re-open next winter. The award-winning snow village was featured by CNN travel in January as… »
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.
Survey on how domestic violence affects work
Domestic violence has a profound effect on work say Canadian researchers and they are launching a survey to find out more. The online survey invites responses from any worker over the age of 15 whether or not they have personally… »
Stressed retired general crashes car
Reliving the Rwandan genocide and the recent suicides of three Afghan war veterans have made sleep difficult for retired Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire and that, he says, caused him to nod off while driving to work. Dallaire, now a senator, was… »
Industry has too much say on food policy: report
The Canadian government has stacked its food advisory panels with people who either work for, or get funding from food corporations, says a group of scientists and researchers. The group studied the makeup of the panels and published its findings… »
Potash Corp. cuts hundreds of jobs
Canada’s giant producer of potash is slashing it workforce by about 18 per cent because of a weak demand for potash and phosphates, used to make fertilizer. 440 jobs will disappear in the corporation’s home province of Saskatchewan in western… »
Lesbians get apology from bar owner
The owner of a bar in a Montreal suburb has apologized to a lesbian couple after they were kicked out of one of his establishments last Friday. Jess Goldberg and Carolyn Shaughnessy, both in their early 20s shared a kiss… »
Most politicians’ websites fail to engage:charity
Most Canadian members of Parliament fail to use their websites to get citizens to engage with politics or share their views, says the charitable think tank Samara. The group is dedicated to improving political participation in Canada. Declining interest in… »
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Bombardier may test new jets in U.S.
If winter weather gets too bad in the province of Quebec, Bombardier may test its new CSeries commercial aircraft in the United States. The general-manager of the program, Rob Dewar told an aerospace forum that the aircraft manufacturer has the… »
Canadian mapping seeks to expand Arctic territory
Canada has until Friday to apply for exclusive rights to an expected additional 1.7 million square kilometres of Arctic sea floor. The application comes under the United Nations’ Convention on the Law of the Sea and is a result of… »
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Helmets record hits to football players’ heads
A former football player himself, Kody Campbell is now studying how these athletes sustain hits to the head during the Canadian game. Canadian football is not soccer, but a game more like the British rugby where players tackle each other… »
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