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
By Colin McGregor “The survival of Quebec community media depends on immediate and concrete measures.” Maxime Caouette doesn’t mince words when describing the crisis state of provincial government ad buys when it comes to community written media. “It’s catastrophic – there is a terrible division […] See more
By Raymond Viger Despite the cold and the snow, I head towards a yurt in the middle of a forest in the Lanaudière district of Québec. A yurt is the traditional habitation of Mongolian nomads. It is a tent, decorated in very colorful motifs that […] See more
A poem from Colin McGregor from the anthology It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn – available from the publishers Editions TNT.com Cruel Tube Oh toothpaste, why won’t you go back? I hope and hope and hope and hope And hope again I’ll squeeze you in […] See more
By Colin McGregor When François Saillant was a young boy, he lived in a slum apartment with his father, a janitor, in the working class Quebec City district of Saint-Sauveur. Decent housing was on his mind from a very early age. “We had […] See more
Book Review of Philosophie du Hip-Hop by Jérémie McEwen By Colin McGregor It is 1996. A young teenager of 16 is sitting comfortably in his parents’ living room on the edge of Parc Lafontaine. He’s listening to a documentary on the gangster rap group NWA, […] See more
Book Review: Le diable sur mon épaule (The Devil on my Shoulder) by Sylvain Simard By Colin McGregor There are dozens each day, and perhaps one very close to you. I counted the number of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Quebec on a typical Friday as […] See more
By Colin McGregor After reading his first book, this was not at all the kind of person I expected to meet when I met Gabriel Cudia, 20 years old, an accounting clerk known for his competence and his love of numbers. Cool, serene, smiling, direct […] See more
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