The death toll after Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwi is 761 and likely to climb. About 228,000 people have been displaced in Mozambique and diarrhea is already reported in some camps but there is no confirmation of cholera… »
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.
Omar Khadr’s sentence is finished, judge rules
A judge has ruled that former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr has completed his sentence and is now a free man. Khadr, a Canadian, was held in U.S. custody under harsh conditions after his capture in Afghanistan in 2002. He… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Quebec taxi drivers slow traffic, protest
Taxi drivers in the province of Quebec are angry at a government plan to deregulate the industry and level the playing field with ride-hailing services like Uber. They are staging protests and driving at low speeds to interfere with traffic… »
Driver in catastrophic Humboldt bus crash gets 8 years
Truck driver Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years in prison for crashing into a bus killing 16 people and injuring 13 nearly a year ago. The bus was carrying a team of young hockey players and others connected… »
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The LINK Online, March 22, 23, 24, 2019
Your hosts: Lynn Desjardins, Levon Sevunts and Terry Haig. (Video of show at bottom.) Public hearing on oil and gas development in eastern Arctic wrap up in Iqaluit Public hearings on potential oil and gas development in the waters between… »
China stops importing Canadian canola
Chinese importers are “unwilling to purchase” Canadian canola seed, reports the industry group, Canola Council of Canada. China first suspended imports of the seed from one company, Richard International Ltd. in early March when one Chinese official claimed hazardous organisms… »
Parents pampering children at ‘alarming rates,’ says counsellor
The recent scandal about parents in the U.S. paying bribes to get their children into elite colleges has raised the issue of ‘snowplow parenting.’ Also called pampering, this refers to parents who will go to great lengths to remove obstacles,… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Canada needs more electric buses: think-tank
A new report suggests Canada could benefit by using more electric buses both because it would reduce emissions and it would boost its own industry that makes the vehicles. Clean Energy Canada is a green energy think-tank which says Canada… »
Trudeau extends best wishes for Nowruz
Nowruz marks the start of spring and the New Year in the Persian calendar and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extended best wishes to all who celebrate it. He also used the occasion to remind Canadians “that inclusion and respect for… »
Vaccination drive to stop measles in British Columbia
Health authorities in the western province of British Columbia are launching a drive to vaccinate Kindergarten to Grade 12 students against measles between April and June 2019. There have been 19 cases of the disease so far this year. Measles… »
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