A U.S. fishing trawler hit a Royal Canadian Navy Frigate on Canada’s west coast yesterday slightly injuring six people. HMCS Winnipeg was moored at a jetty used by the nearby Esquimalt base. The American Dynasty trawler was leaving a ship… »
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.
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Phone apps could allow fraud and id theft, say security experts
New technology designed to make payments easier could be used to steal personal information according to security experts. Many new credit and debit cards allow people to tap them to make a purchase. But the chips which enable the transaction… »
Novel evokes immigration, ethnic, family and sexual tensions
The Hungry Ghosts is a new novel by Shyam Selvadurai who himself emigrated from Sri Lanka to Canada when he was 19. His novel moves between both countries. Being a person of colour and gay add to the protagonist, Shivan’s… »
Canadian hockey great retires
Veteran goaltender and three-time Olympic gold medallist Kim St-Pierre has retired from the Canadian women’s hockey team. She is the second player to recently leave the national team. Sarah Vaillancourt did so last week. St-Pierre said, “Being part of three Olympic… »
Canadian citizenship takes longer
Permanent residents may routinely wait 23 months to get their Canadian citizenship. The wait used to be 12 to 15 months in 2008. People applying used to number 189,886 in 2007. Now they number close to 350,000. The government blames… »
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Canadian seniors increasingly use the web
In 2000 only five per cent of Canadians 75 years old and older used the web. Now, 27 per cent of them do. That number is expected to increase according to a report by seniors’ services provider Revera Inc and… »
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Canadian police dismantle major terrorist plot
Canadian police and intelligence services will soon hold a news conference to say they have thwarted a major terrorist attack, says the public broadcaster CBC. Suspects have been arrested in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. They have apparently been… »
Canadian music awards honour top talent
Juno awards were handed out to Carly Rae Jepsen for her earworm Call Me Maybe as well as her album Kiss. She beat out Justin Bieber in the two categories—ironic since he was the one who brought her to the… »
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Emergency declared in flooded parts of Ontario
It will take months and millions of dollars to repair flood damage in cottage country north of Toronto says Mayor Claude Doughty of Huntsville, Ontario. Residents say they have never ever seen waters this high in the Kawartha Lakes area.… »
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Memory loss not stalled by drugs, supplements, study shows
Drugs, herbal remedies or vitamins will not stave off mental decline according to a Canadian review of medical studies. In fact, people taking some prescription drugs had a decline in cognitive function reported in some studies. Scientists at St. Michael’s… »
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