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Trudel-Laval: 15 years with a bang | The duty

The Orchester symphonique de Laval celebrated Monday evening at the Maison symphonique de Montréal the 15 years in office of Alain Trudel at its head: an original concert and excellent…

“It’s just a joke” | The duty

Historian, sociologist, writer, Gérard Bouchard teaches at the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi in the history, sociology / anthropology, political science and international cooperation programs. He holds the Canada Research…

The Whiners | The duty

In the eyes of the Legault government, opponents of its policies within civil society can be divided into two categories: activists and whiners. Among the first, we find the opponents…

The nomadic citizen | The duty

In his famous book, The Road to Somewhere, British journalist David Goodhart opposed two groups that now structure political divisions in the United States, England, France and Quebec. On the…

Wet firecracker | The duty

In its Reference Relating to the Secession of Quebec of 1998, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government would be under an obligation to negotiate the secession of Quebec…

Passing identities | The duty

The medieval accounts of the Scandinavians indicate it in hollow: Viking ships had, long before the ships of Christopher Columbus, reached America. In Newfoundland, at L’Anse aux Meadows, as in…

Out November | The duty

By dint of exchanges, we begin to know each other a bit. You notice, no doubt, that I find it difficult to close the topics. It was also in this,…

Philo for all | The duty

The news hasn’t caused much noise, but it should worry us. September 4, The sun reported that the Quebec government “would prepare to reform the university environment by orienting young…

The spleen of Quebec | The duty

When you are tired of the noise of the metropolis, there is nothing like a short excursion to Quebec, out of tourist season, under the chills of the rising winter.…

The end is near | The duty

So it’s going to be sort of like this. Around the year 2030, catastrophic weather events will befall a significant portion of the world’s population. A fire will devastate the…

Difficult mission in Glasgow | The duty

The 26e Conference of the Parties (COP26), which opens Sunday in Glasgow, promises to be difficult to say the least. Not only will the international community have to commit to…

Dream again, Fanny Bloom | The duty

The latest episode of the exciting documentary podcast series Dream Again, devoted to the small and the big history of the cult album of Daniel Bélanger and its influence, was…

The acceptable threshold | The duty

The Prime Minister is impatient with family physicians who are not taking care of enough patients. Mr. Legault thinks they should contribute more to the collective effort. The president of…

Our choice tonight | The duty

There will be sport Rare fact: the same evening, three streaming giants launch a sports drama series inspired by the experience of real stars of professional sports. In addition to…

An obstacle course | The duty

The numbers indicate this trend since the first wave of the pandemic: Exposure to COVID-19 follows clear social fault lines. Low wage earners, people who live in densely populated, isolated…

Tread, Ross From Friends | The duty

When his first album was released, Family Portrait, British composer and DJ Felix Clary Weatherall was already the spearhead of successful lo-fi house underground of its composition Talk to Me…

Seven inches ‘strong’ | The duty

We suspected it, but there is a manual to become a “real” man, I mean a manly man, like a construction guy, Bruce Willis in Die Hard or hockey player…