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[Balado] Pick up the headlines | What’s left of #MeToo?
Almost five years to the day after the publication of the first survey related to the #MeToo movement in the province, Pick up the one plunges back into the Quebec…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | DART mission: we hit an asteroid!
On September 26, the US Space Agency successfully conducted the DART mission. A kamikaze probe crashed into an asteroid at 22,500 km/h in an attempt to deflect its course. The…
[BALADO] Tiktok, disinformation giant
Tik Tok has become in a few years one of the most popular social networks in the world, especially among young people who appreciate its format in short videos. With…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | What Constitution are the Chileans trying to free themselves from?
Earlier this year, Chileans overwhelmingly rejected in a referendum a new draft Constitution to replace the one in effect since 1980. The constitutional process will be relaunched shortly, but until…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | What can Quebec learn from South Korea to promote its culture?
BTS, Blackpink, Parasite, Squid Game… In recent years, South Korean popular culture has managed to establish itself on this side of the ocean. To what extent could Quebec reproduce elements…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | The Cheese of Discord
Two schools of thought clash in the dairy aisle: Rawesome, a Montreal-based vegan products company, is attacking a rule that restricts the use of the word “cheese” to products made…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | What not to invite to the same movie theater: critics and fans
Judging by recent US data, the gap between moviegoers and critics has never been greater. At the heart of this growing split: film-loving habits tinted by the pandemic and the…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Nunavik at the forefront of the climate crisis
It is said that the North is experiencing the impact of global warming one step ahead of the South. This is the case of Nunavik, which has vast natural spaces…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | A cemented majority, a fragmented opposition
At the end of a campaign without much suspense, François Legault’s Coalition avenir Québec won Monday evening the strongest parliamentary majority in the province since 1989. What does the new…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Five Heads, Two Races
After five weeks criss-crossing Quebec, the party buses are preparing to return to the garage while the leaders launch their final arguments. A look back at a five-party campaign, where…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | The weight of a vote, from one constituency to another
While we are in the home stretch of the election campaign, all the parties are united in order to make voters aware of the importance of going to the polls.…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Why do Aboriginal communities vote little in provincial elections?
Only 12% of voters from Indigenous communities voted in the 2018 provincial election, while overall turnout in Quebec was 66%. As October 3 approached, Le Devoir met with experts and…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Who are the rich in Quebec?
Are the rich who we think they are? Québec solidaire’s proposal to tax wealthy people more heavily has revived the issue in recent weeks. A composite portrait of the wealthiest…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Climate change, voting drivers?
Since the start of the election campaign, our journalists from the Environment Department have met people who have been directly affected by extreme weather events. From Beauce to Gatineau, how…
[BALADO] The Paying Zone: a whole buzz around the Dolphins!
By overcoming a 21-point deficit against the Ravens to win 42-38, the Dolphins have suddenly monopolized much of the attention in the NFL, after years in the shadows. Their quarterback…
[BALADO] The astonishing fate of Grosse-Île
We tend to forget it, but between 1830 and 1940, it was at this place, now called Grosse-Île-et-le-Mémorial-des-Irlandais, where immigrants were placed in complete isolation during 40 days. We wanted…
[BALADO] Genetics: suicide and mental health closely linked
Suicide is as complex as it is tragic. However, for 20 years, scientific advances have made it possible to explain, a little, this gesture that is often described as inexplicable,…
[BALADO] Are birds musicians?
Why, by dint of drinking sweet nectar all day long, are not the hummingbirds diabetic? Why do birds sing? How do birds know which direction to fly? And where do…
[BALADO] Cleaning the soil with plants, phytoremediation
According to a 2016 study, Canada has some 30,000 contaminated sites. • Read also: [BALADO] Marcelle Gauvreau, mother of our ecological conscience About 6000 would be located in Quebec, including…
[BALADO] Artificial intelligence and chemical weapons, a dangerous marriage
More and more pharmaceutical companies are using artificial intelligence to create new drugs, by testing chemical molecules in virtual environments. So far, so good… But what if everything went wrong?…