Quebec dunces with eco-taxation
Quebec and Canada tax pollution very little. Almost half the average for OECD countries, according to a study by the Chair in Taxation and Public Finance at the University of…
In video: the all-electric BMW iX put to the test
BMW is launching a new electric offensive these days with two new models: the i4 sedan and the iX SUV, both vintage 2022. While in Germany for the Munich Auto…
Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | The courage of an eccentric painter
Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy are not in their first historic role. If we have ever seen the interpreter of Sherlock Holmes in the shoes of the famous mathematician Alan…
Bilingualism is not an option
The division’s candidate, Balarama Holness, continued his work to undermine Montreal’s linguistic status. After letting the vagueness of his intentions hang over the merger of his party with that of…
Elections, Homelessness and Loneliness | The duty
If there is one subject that regularly comes up in our media, it is that of homelessness in our cities. In the midst of the municipal election campaign in Quebec,…
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Limit noise | The duty
So much in agreement with the letter from Mr. Jean Fréchette about the noise of the leaf blowers. I believe he used the right way: to publish an open letter…
Is it better to be right or to have the last word?
Is it more important to be right or to have the last word? The debates that erupt on social networks often tend towards the second answer. All you have to…
Humility | The duty
They settle like the pearl that would refuse to bind itself to the rest of the speech, these words which slide on the window of thought, like small drops of…
Systemic espionage | The duty
In the XVIIe and XVIIIe centuries, the craftsmen of France and Italy despaired of finding the secret of Chinese porcelain, introduced in Europe after the voyages of Marco Polo in…
Heritage: the “drop” of the Maison Chevalier in Quebec is causing a stir
Some 177 players from the field of history, heritage and museology oppose the sale of the Maison Chevalier in Quebec City and ask the Minister of Culture, Nathalie Roy, that…
British Parliament | Prayers and tributes in memory of MP David Amess
(London) British MPs pay tribute on Monday to one of their own, David Amess, who was fatally stabbed during a parliamentary duty, in what police consider a terrorist act potentially…
Environment: passing of arms between citizens and a real estate developer
Real estate development projects are causing concern among many residents of the northern crown, who fear the disappearance of natural environments where potentially vulnerable species live. If the promoter of…
Replacement of the Gédéon-Ouimet bridge | A new apron twice as wide
The new bridge, which will be built to replace the Gédéon-Ouimet bridge by 2030, will be twice as wide as the current bridge and will be closer to residential areas…
Does the future go through another Gaddafi in Libya?
Ten years after the end of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, whose fall and assassination on October 20, 2011, plunged Libya into a decade of war and chaos, the quest for a…
Rosemont – La Petite-Patrie | “When is a child going to get hit?” “
For 30 years, residents of rue Augier, in the heart of Rosemont, in Montreal, have denounced the deficient development of their street, which causes insecurity among young families and seniors.…
Little Canadas | The duty
In their countries of exile, hidden in various pockets of resistance where they find it difficult to register as much as to belong, French Canadians have invented spaces of their…
Recruitment abroad: the Stations of the Cross for nurses trained abroad
Quebec’s desire to recruit at least 3,500 nurses trained abroad would not necessarily be a guarantee of short-term success. It could indeed take at least two to three years before…
The Grand Portage | “18 days of love” for Félix Jasmin
In the cold of October, however, a heat wave emanated from the Vincent d’Indy field in Montreal on Sunday morning. Posted on October 18, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. Katherine Harvey-Pinard…