As soldiers grow old, there are volunteer shortages and funding challenges for the hundreds of chapters of The Royal Canadian Legion across Canada. There are more than 1,400 branches of this non-profit organization which offers services to veterans and serves… »
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.
Fire in remote Iqaluit raises concerns about supplies
The mayor and residents of the arctic community of Iqaluit are concerned about having enough supplies after fire broke out in the main grocery and general retailer late on Nov. 7, 2018. Most perishable food is brought into the town… »
International, Politics, Society
Canada must act to protect independent journalism, says lawyer
A Canadian lawyer is calling on the government to change Canada’s law so that a criminal act against a journalist carries a stiffer than usual penalty. Toronto lawyer David Butt says this would send a message to the world about… »
Lack of access to water ‘an immense shame for humanity,’ says pope
The head of the Roman Catholic church, Pope Francis, says access to clean water is a basic human right. The pope made the comment ahead of a water management conference. The World Health Organization says 2.1 billion people worldwide lack… »
Gym equipment donated to northern, remote town
A Canadian chain of fitness clubs has partnered with an Indigenous diabetes prevention program to outfit a full gym in the remote, northern community of Moosonee, Ontario. GoodLife Fitness sent a large container of fitness equipment and sent staff to… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Trudeau apologizes for past exclusion of Jewish refugees
Canada’s prime minister is set to apologize for what he will call the country’s moral failure in denying asylum to Jewish refugees during World War II. In one key event in June of 1939, the government of Canada rejected a… »
Cargo plane skids off runway in Halifax
Runways have been reopened but flight delays persist after a 747 cargo plane skidded off the runway just after 5am on the morning of November 7, 2018 near the eastern city of Halifax. Five people aboard the large plane were… »
Canada discusses Pakistani woman’s need for asylum
The Globe and Mail reports that Canada “is engaged in ‘discreet and delicate discussions’ to deal with an asylum requests by the family of Asia Bibi…” The Pakistani woman is a Christian who was acquitted after spending eight years on… »
Alcohol killing more women in Canada
A report on the state of public health in Canada found that between 2011 and 2017 states there was a 26 per cent increase in alcohol-attributed deaths among women. At the same time there was a five per cent increase… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Caribou will be repatriated to Canada after failed initiative
The only six mountain caribou remaining in the lower U.S. states will be brought to Canada because their numbers are not enough to sustain a herd. ‘What extinction looks like’ “This is what extinction looks like, and it must be… »
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