Colon tumor | Pelé hospitalized to continue his treatments
(Sao Paulo) Brazilian football legend Pelé was hospitalized in Sao Paulo to continue treatment for a colon tumor. Posted on December 8, 2021 at 9:39 p.m. Mauricio Savarese Associated Press…
Canadian Space Agency | Ex-engineer arrested in connection with possible Chinese interference
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have arrested a former Canadian Space Agency engineer residing in Brossard, who allegedly used his post to help a Chinese company set up satellite…
Ethiopia | UN suspends food distributions
(United Nations) The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has suspended its food distributions in the town of Kombolcha in northern Ethiopia, due to “massive looting” attributed to the Tigrayan…
Oil still on the rise after fears about Omicron weaken
(London) Oil prices were on a small rise on Wednesday, following a strong rebound at the start of the week fueled by weakening fears around the Omicron variant on upcoming…
Montreal: the homeless of Place Émilie-Gamelin forced into exile
The development of a Christmas village at Place Émilie-Gamelin has caused an exodus of homeless people who are used to hanging out in the area. For some, the fences that…
Bluff at the top | The duty
As with Chinese President Xi Jinping three weeks ago, Joe Biden agreed to meet on Tuesday at a virtual summit with Vladimir Putin to seek, not without tinting it with…
Wish granted! | The duty
Prime Minister Legault expressed aloud last week his wish for a relaxation of health measures so that 20 or 25 people can gather for Christmas. Faced with critics who accused…
Survey on “surrogate mothers”
The article appeared in The duty of November 30 with the headline “Quebecers in favor of a law on surrogate mothers” refers to the Léger poll conducted on the Web…
Democracy: Washington invited to introspection at the opening of the Summit for Democracy
Less than a year after the attack on the Washington Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump seeking to prevent the certification of the vote in favor of Joe Biden and…
Identity | Shine internationally
Nominated for an Eisner Prize, winner of a Joe-Shuster Prize, and illustrator of a New York Times bestseller, Quebec cartoonist Yanick Paquette is nothing less than an international celebrity, having…
Gérard Bérubé’s chronicle: Nuvei under assault
Spruce Point Capital Management is putting that back. The activist investor specializing in short selling is targeting Nuvei this time. Reaction: the shares of the Montreal company specializing in payment…
Taxation: after the closure of TaxCOOP, a look at the “next emergencies”
On the strength of recent “historic advances” on a minimum tax for multinationals, the Quebec forum on international tax competition and cooperation TaxCOOP is closing its doors with the feeling…
Streaming: forcing platforms to “recommend” local music
While the Department of Canadian Heritage must propose a new version of the C-10 project by February to regulate the activities of streaming platforms, the music industry is rising to…
Chronicle of Michel David: the health gap
The whole of Quebec heaved a sigh of relief on Tuesday when it heard the Minister of Health, Christian Dubé, announce that gatherings of 20 people will be authorized during…
A fire in Cannes this Wednesday morning
Early this morning at around 6.30 am, the departmental fire and rescue operations center received numerous calls for thick black smoke. A fire in a pharmacy on the ground floor…
7,300 spectators should be able to attend the Poitiers-Lens match in the Coupe de France at the Michel-Amand stadium
Poitiers-Lens, the poster makes football lovers dream, salivate and turn heads since the draw. After discussions on a possible relocation of the meeting, the authorities have finally validated the holding…
ROBION / The 84 bike workshop opens its doors!
In the old building of the “public weight” where the peasants weighed their goods before loading them on the trains of the station of Robion, nearby, Philippe Garcia met the…
Miss Germany has nothing to do with Miss France
The German competition has existed since 1927, that of Miss France was created in 1920. Until 2019, the two events looked very similar … but that was before! You can…
digital, health and industrial sovereignty among Emmanuel Macron’s priorities
The Head of State will hold a press conference on Thursday to detail the major issues he wishes to carry for the French presidency of the Council of the European…
in Rungis, traders are worried about the lack of orders for the end-of-year celebrations
Wholesalers in Rungis are closely monitoring the evolution of the Covid-19 epidemic. Fifteen days before Christmas, there are many uncertainties, in particular with cancellations which follow one after the other…