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
Kathleen Couillard – The Rumor Detector – Agence Science-Presse A microwave oven heats up food quickly. But is this heat enough to kill off bacteria that can cause food poisoning? The Rumor Detector is on the case… Facts to Retain Microwave ovens work by emitting electromagnetic […] See more
Kathleen Couillard – The Rumor Detector – Agence Science-Presse At the Paris Olympics, some female athletes were barred from track and field events because of their elevated testosterone levels. But it is difficult to determine what constitutes a normal testosterone level in women. Facts to […] See more
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