By Oumou Diakité First off, there was her mother’s pregnancy, which heralded the tumult of little Jeanette’s existence. Complications inside the uterus, then a knot in the small intestines, then a blue baby: this little Coderre was born laboriously. Many years later, when her childhood […] See more
By Annie Dion-Clément An ex-addict tells us about his tumultuous life path from adolescence, when he started consuming, to life on the street, to today, now on the cusp of age 30. Adorned with several tattoos, with his lively eyes and great big smile, Victor […] See more
By Oumou Diakité While Amazon redefines our book buying habits, and giants like Renaud-Bray extend their empires, neighborhood bookstores find themselves at a crossroads. Slim profit margins, high rents, increasingly volatile readers: several elements signal a delicate rebalancing of the literary landscape. Books still get […] See more
By Catherine Crépeau – The Rumor Detector – Agence Science-Presse Over the last few years, commercial burgers made from “vegetable meat” have multiplied on store shelves. Their healthy aura and their environmentally friendly image have helped sell them. If the environmental impact of a reduction […] See more
By François Bellemare Like many visitors, I was filled with admiration while walking around the Tarsakallak School, which serves the Nunavik village of Aupaluk in the far reaches of northern Quebec. A new building; welcoming staff; smiling students. And in the interview she granted me, […] See more
By Lina Boyer While certain companies enrich themselves and governments play war, climate change continues to accellerate. And between droughts in Brazil, hurricanes in Haiti and the melting of continental glaciers, there is plenty to worry about. In 1996, Véronique Lapaige, a Belgian-Canadian public health […] See more
By Flora Lassalle The Indian Act became law in Canada in 1967. Its official goal was to protect the First Nations’ ancestral lands from the colonists. Sadly, this law allowed above all for the assimilation and control of the Indigenous people. The South African government […] See more
By Normand Charest In his book The Wolf at Twilight, American author Kent Nerburn accompanies a Lakota “Indian Elder” on his “journey through a land of ghosts and shadows.” In these pages, the elder transmits his reflections and knowledge to the white author, who writes them […] See more
By Flora Lassalle Interview with Alice Jerome Alice Jerome is Algonquin. She spent eight years at the Saint-Marc-de-Figuery Indian Residential School (in Abitibi), an episode that deeply impacted her life. While many try to forget, Alice speaks out, sublimating her suffering through art and mutual […] See more
By Kathleen Couillard – Agence Science-Presse Since January 1st of last year, Montrealers can be barred from access to certain libraries if their personal hygiene bothers other lbrary patrons. Debates surrounding this move have convinced the Rumor Detector to note that we sometimes don’t know […] See more
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