Kategori: Culture
A unique pilot project at the Papineau Apartments
Our journalist wanders around Greater Montreal to talk about people, events and places that make the heart of their neighbourhood beat. Published yesterday at 6:30 am When a tenant of…
Calls for truce in Gaza grow, Hamas demands implementation of President Joe Biden’s plan
International pressure increased on Monday to obtain a truce in the Gaza Strip, where war has been raging between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas for more than ten…
In Moscow, aid is being organized for populations displaced by the Ukrainian incursion
In Moscow, volunteers are organising to help people displaced by the Ukrainian incursion into the border region of Kursk, with donations being used to help a state that is sometimes…
Studio Cabaret de l’Espace St-Denis | Alex Perron and Marcel Lebœuf star in an adaptation of La cage aux folles
Comedian Alex Perron and actor Marcel Lebœuf will play the lead roles in a Quebec adaptation of the famous play The Mad Cage. Published at 8:37 a.m. The play, adapted…
Housing, sports facilities, transport… What will be the legacy of the Games for the people of the Paris region?
During its bid in 2016, the French Olympic Committee insisted on the need to ensure that all residents of the Paris region benefit from the Games, particularly by renovating dilapidated…
“I didn’t know that music would be a profession, I understood it late”
Vianney is the special guest of Le Monde d’Élodie. The opportunity to look back on five highlights of his life with five songs from his repertoire taken from his four…
ÎleSoniq | An ode to electro
The ninth edition of the ÎleSoniq festival, which took place Saturday and Sunday on Île Sainte-Hélène, was a gamble. Whether it was in terms of reorganizing the stages or the…
What will remain of the popular fervor of these two “enchanted” weeks?
While the fortnight was marked by a rarely observed craze, picture-postcard settings and flawless organization, the question of legacy and what comes after is already being asked. An enchanted interlude.…
On August 12, I listen to a Quebec audiobook
I say it without embarrassment: I succumbed to audiobooks, and with great joy. I am not the only one: in 2023, nearly 250,000 audiobook loans were made on Prêt numérique.…
The second Olympic week in Paris, through the eyes of Jean Balthazard
8 Weightlifter Maude Charron managed to lift a total of 236 kg, a result identical to the one obtained in Tokyo, where she won the gold medal. However, she did…
In two weeks, the Paris Food Bank has collected 60 tonnes of food
The Paris and Île-de-France Food Bank takes stock of the collections in two weeks of the 2024 Olympic Games. Published 08/12/2024 08:23 Reading time: 1 min Illustrative image. An operation…
City lighting complicates observation
Published 08/11/2024 09:43 Video length: 2 min Night of the stars: city lighting complicates observation A major event for astronomy enthusiasts this weekend: the nights of the stars. Enthusiasts can,…
Abandoned buildings are an outrage to the landscape, but they also represent an unacceptable waste of real estate at a time of housing crisis.
Every city in Quebec has its share of abandoned buildings, these wrecks that quietly deteriorate, obscuring the beauty of the landscape. As journalists from the Duty Zacharie Goudreault and Jean-François…
The black suns of nuclear power
Every August the memory of the black suns of Hiroshima and Nagasaki arises. Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. Nagasaki, August 9, 1945. Hundreds of thousands dead. Did Harry Truman, the American…
Distractions lead to excess!
If you eat chips alone in front of your bowl, you eat less than if you snack in front of the TV. Hedonistic abuse is more common when you multitask,…
VIDEO. Phoenix, Kavinsky, Angèle and Air bring the Stade de France to life with music during the closing ceremony
Published 08/11/2024 11:32 PM Updated 08/12/2024 00:47 Paris 2024 – Closing ceremony: the Phoenix group sets the Stade de France alight The group Phoenix sets the Stade de France alight…
The pleasures of midnight bathing
At the sea, in a lake or in the swimming pool at home, the midnight swim has its unconditional fans. Even if they don’t try to convince anyone, they proclaim…
The Perseids, the open-air night show
Published 08/11/2024 4:55 p.m. Video length: 2 min Night of the Stars 2024: the Perseids, the open-air night show Meteor showers can be seen in the summer sky. This year,…
Readers’ Corner | How to support your child suffering from addiction?
Twice a month, our journalist answers readers’ questions about health and well-being. Published at 1:24 a.m. Updated at 6:30 a.m. My eldest son, aged 25, has had an alcohol addiction…
YouTuber Norman Thavaud denounces the “injustice” suffered after being the target of a judicial investigation for rape and corruption of minors which was closed without further action
The investigation was closed without further action in October 2023 for insufficiently characterized offenses, concluding that the consent of the complainants who had felt “coerced” because of his notoriety had…