dream better
They are market gardeners, musicians, fisherwomen, basketball coaches or retirees. Their common point: they are all committed to their community. And deeply inspiring.
The three suns of Saint-Fulgence
PHOTO ALAIN ROBERGE, THE PRESS
François Tremblay and Sophie Gagnon, owners of Jardins de Sophie
To grow their organic vegetables, the farmers of Saint-Fulgence have a well-kept secret: a microclimate, which warms the north shore of the Saguenay.
Captain Camilla
PHOTO ALAIN ROBERGE, THE PRESS
Camille Gagne
Camille Gagné is the first woman in Gaspésie to have obtained a snow crab fishing licence. At the start of the season, the captain of the Cap Barre took us on board for an outing in Chaleur Bay with his two deckhands and three students from the Micmac reserve of Gesgapegiag.
The Lawrenceville Midlife Crisis
PHOTO FRANÇOIS ROY, THE PRESS
The village of Lawrenceville
In a short period of time, the main merchants of the Eastern Townships village of Lawrenceville turned 60 and searched in vain for a replacement. The community has multiplied initiatives to keep its businesses. And his soul.
Atelier 803 in Thetford Mines: basketball as a tool
PHOTO OLIVIER JEAN, THE PRESS
In Thetford Mines, Atelier 803 uses basketball as a tool to train responsible and accomplished citizens.
They live together, study together, train together. They become men together. In the heart of Thetford Mines, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, Atelier 803 uses basketball as a tool to train responsible and accomplished citizens. The Press was embedded in the daily life of the 31 young academician basketball players, for a few hours…
mamu nikamutau (sing together)
PHOTO ROBERT SKINNER, THE PRESS
Isa-Eve Vollant, 11, sings with a smile during a rehearsal for the choir La petite école de la chanson, at the Makusham studio, located in the Innu community of Mani-utenam, east of Sept-Îles.
Can music help reverse the decline of Indigenous languages? Innu from Uashat mak Mani-utenam think so. The Press went to meet them on the North Shore.
Indigenous (Re)emergences
PHOTO ROBERT SKINNER, THE PRESS
Maten has been an established band on the Aboriginal music circuit in Quebec for 25 years. Samuel Pinette, Kim Fontaine and Mathieu Mckenzie, during a walk in a wood in Mani-utenam
The Aboriginal music scene is in turmoil. A look at four artists who have released an album in recent months, three of whom are veterans who are beginning to gain recognition outside their communities.