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 Colin McGregor Imagine a 6 minute, 21 second film made in Quebec by a filmmaker from Pointe-aux-Trembles… a film with no dialogue! Terre Ancestrale, a tale about defending the environment, shot in a medieval, fairy-tale style, has circled the world several times over – […] 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 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
A review by Colin McGregor In 1910, in his epic poem « If, » the British poet Rudyard Kipling wrote: If you can face Triumph and Disaster And treat both these impostors alike… Yours is the Earth and everything in it. That’s essentially the theme of a […] See more
By Keven Wong “Reducing the impact of human activity on our planet is one of this age’s most important challenges. The choices we make now will have an enormous impact on future generations.” This comes from the introduction to the book Vivre avec une seule […] See more
By Raymond Viger To better understand the political world we currently find ourselves in, Reflet de Société met with Louise Harel, a political woman who has dedicated her life to provincial and municipal politics: elected for 27 years as a representative in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Minister of […] See more
By Colin McGregor Some people maintain that printing copies of newspapers or magazines is polluting and that digital versions of publications cause no environmental damage. But in fact, the world of the internet is very energy hungry and polluting. An average internet user consumes about […] See more
By Colin McGregor Ascot is Sherbrooke’s most multiethnic neighborhood. It serves as a port of entry for new immigrants. And it is important to have an international place, characterized by an openness of spirit, at which newcomers and locals alike can exchange and learn. A […] See more
By Colin McGregor Seven days a week, alcoholics seek the company of their peers to battle their cunning, baffling and powerful addiction. It’s an international movement, with meetings in 180 countries. On a typical Friday, I found 201 meetings in Quebec on the Alcoholics Anonymous […] See more
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