The happy return
PHOTO PATRICK SANFAÇON, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Students returned to school this week.
How great is this flood of photos of children (and teenagers who are perhaps more reluctant to let their parents take their picture) on social media. It’s time for new shoes, heavy backpacks, and shouts of joy at reunions with friends. The recess bell no longer rings in the void, the schoolyards are lively again and the autumn routine is slowly starting. For a few days, I want to forget about the teacher shortage, the abandonment of the Lab-École project and our crumbling infrastructure. Happy back-to-school!
Nathalie Collard, The Press
Remedies for the carbon market
PHOTO DAVID PAUL MORRIS, BLOOMBERG ARCHIVES
The carbon market in which Quebec participates with California is an essential tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The carbon market that Quebec shares with California is broken. Emission reductions are mainly being made in California, Quebec’s emissions are not decreasing as expected, and the affair is leading to a transfer of wealth from Quebec to the Golden State. But all is not lost: the Advisory Committee on Climate Change, which advises the Quebec government, proposed 10 ideas this week to get this central instrument of our climate policy back on track. Reducing emission caps, ending the use of offset credits, reducing free allowances: the remedies are specific and well documented. Let’s hope they are administered quickly.
Philippe Mercure, The Press
Read “Carbon Market: “We’re Going to Run Out of Time””
The Gallagher Brothers Reconciliation
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Liam Gallagher (left) and Noel Gallagher
Liam and Noel Gallagher, the two hemispheres of Oasis’ brain, the two sworn enemies of this famous Beatles rock group, have reconciled. They had been on bad terms since 2009, which is to say how much this armistice deserves to be highlighted. Especially since it means that we will see them on stage again. They will begin an international tour in July 2025, if they do not dig up the hatchet by then. I had the chance to see them in 1995 at Club Soda, during their first visit to Montreal, and I have very fond memories of it. But almost 30 years later, many are already asking themselves a fundamental question: do they still have the sacred fire, or above all… empty bank accounts?
Alexandre Sirois, The Press
Read “The fratricidal war over, Oasis will be reborn on stage”
The end of summer, the US Open and Gabriel Diallo
PHOTO KENA BETANCUR, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Young Quebecer Gabriel Diallo at the US Open in New York
For any tennis fan, the US Open means the end of summer and the beginning of the school year. Sure, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Fernandez lost in the first round this week in New York, but Quebec’s Gabriel Diallo, 22, won his first two Grand Slam tournament victories! After going through qualifying and then winning his first-round match, the 6-foot-8 (!) giant knocked off 24-year-old Frenchman Arthur Fils in the second round on Thursday.e top seed of the tournament. Well done! His next opponent this weekend in the third round: American Tommy Paul, 14e seeded.
Vincent Brousseau-Pouliot, The Press
Read “Gabriel Diallo’s Daydream”