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 Colin McGregor Dementia is an umbrella term that encompasses a range of symptoms related to the loss of brain function and control. Memory loss; difficulty making yourself understood or being understood by others; disorientation; changes in mood and behavior; loss of motor coordination, etc. […] 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 Colin McGregor « I’m happy, » says Mélanie, smoking a cigarette. « But I’d be happier with a place to live. » She’s sitting on the grass under a leaky umbrella on a hot, humid summer day. She’s among those camped on the long, narrow green space along […] See more
By Chloé Rousseau – La Gazette de la Mauricie Let us recall those wise words of the Epicureans: “Accustom yourself to the belief that death is of no concern to us, since all good and evil lie in sensation and sensation ends with death.” This extract […] See more
By Kathleen Couillard – The Rumor Detector – Agence Science-Presse The use of cannabis for medical purposes has been legal in Canada since 2001. Yet over two decades later, its health benefits are hard to measure. The Origins It’s not that we doubt the pertinence of […] See more
By Raymond Viger I worked in civil aviation for five years, as a pilot. The licences I carried meant that I had to be re-assessed every six months, through flight exams. It was a question of knowing if I had preserved my ability to fly […] See more
By Colin McGregor “Some people are hungry every day, they’re suicidal, and they come to see us. It’s the lot of the community group…” Marie-Christine, counselor at OPDS (Organisation populaire des droits sociaux, the Popular Organization for Social Rights, in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve) is emotional when she […] See more
Kathleen Couillard – Agence Science-Presse (www.sciencepresse.qc.ca) The pandemic, pressure to perform at school, social media… Sources of anxiety for children and teens have multiplied over the last decades. Should we worry? In a special report devoted to anxiety, the magazine The New Scientist examined the […] See more
By Lucas Lelardoux Oliger In 1988, after 40 years working as a priest, Father Emmett Johns became “Pops”. Enthused by the story of a Toronto man he heard about on the radio, Johns got in contact with him to import his plan to Montreal: a […] See more
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