Etiket: BALADO
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | ‘Snowbirds’ clash with inflation and climate change
Many Quebecers who spend their winter in the heat of the South are about to return home. But this year, it’s time to take stock for many of those nicknamed…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Louise Sigouin will soon return to the small screen despite a conviction
Do TV and therapy go hand in hand? Back in May in a new version of the show If we loved each other, the former star sexologist of the TVA…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Do ChatGPT and health go hand in hand?
ChatGPT, the behemoth of artificial intelligence, now plays the role of an assistant in many areas: it can write your CV, plan your trip and even help you create a…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | At the heart of a historic drought in Kenya
Kenya is in the grip of an unprecedented drought that has clearly visible varied consequences. It is nothing less than the way of life of Kenyans that is seriously threatened…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | The Russian cyberinvasion that hasn’t (yet) happened in Ukraine
Over the past year, images aplenty have allowed us to follow all the developments in the armed conflict in Ukraine. But on the margins of the front, a much more…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ comes out of the basement and onto the big screen
The universe of the “Dungeons and Dragons” role-playing game flourished for a long time in the basements of houses, where young adults spent long hours inventing a fantastic world by…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | The threat of artificial intelligence progress
“Should we risk the loss of control of our civilization? Existential questions of this kind are at the heart of an open letter supported by renowned industrialists and researchers in…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Sexual violence in schools under the microscope
For several years, sordid stories of sexual violence in elementary and secondary schools in Quebec have been piling up and arousing fear and anger in the population. After yet another…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Donald Trump’s new election campaign has some familiar tunes
The noose is tightening around former US President Donald Trump. Targeted by several legal remedies, he called on his supporters to demonstrate against his arrest, which he said was imminent…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | The Last Hours of Roxham Road
Friday morning, we learned that the United States and Canada had agreed to amend the Safe Third Country Agreement. For supporters of the “closure” of Roxham Road, such as Quebec…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | How does the carbon market work?
In order to maintain their level of pollution below the targets set by the Quebec government, several major polluters use forest offset credits. Before December 2022, companies had to buy…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | A tragic fire amid the commodification of housing in Montreal
A week ago, a fire in a heritage building in Old Montreal killed at least four people and injured nine. In addition to grieving several families, this tragedy has reignited…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Behind the scenes of the budgetary camera
Finance Minister Eric Girard presented the government’s 2023-2024 budget on Tuesday and described its measures to reduce the tax burden on Quebecers as historic. Beyond the abundance of figures put…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | IPCC releases ‘humanity survival guide’
In a brand new summary report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, warns that the window that would allow us to limit global warming to 1.5°C compared to…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | The Unfinished Metamorphosis of Pierre Poilievre
For a little over six months, the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Pierre Poilievre, has been working hard to shed his reputation as a surly and impulsive…
[BALADO] Boeing 747, the end of an era
The legendary aircraft is living its last moments, after 55 years of production. A final model was recently delivered to the American carrier Atlas Air. Boeing has stopped manufacturing them,…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Constituency assistants, immigration emergency physicians
They receive in their office people who are in very bad shape, even desperate. They do triage, like in the emergency room, and sometimes save lives. Who are they ?…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | “They stole everything from me,” says Stephen Quirk, testifying to the scars left by the QMJHL
In the midst of the crisis that is shaking junior hockey in the country, the testimony of a former player, Stephen Quirk, had particularly significant repercussions in Quebec. The account…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
A wind of panic has been blowing through the American markets since the Silicon Valley Bank suddenly went bankrupt. The US government has tried to stem the bleeding to avoid…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | German ghost towns and the other side of the energy crisis
The war in Ukraine is creating immense pressure on European countries to find short-term energy solutions. Thus, Germany chooses to exploit coal of lesser quality more intensively, compromising the achievement…