André Dudemaine By Colin McGregor Is 5% enough? Indigenous musicians from Quebec tell us: It’s our turn to be heard! Radio plays an important role in introducing listeners to Canadian music and artists, even in an age of internet streaming. The policies and regulations of […] See more
By Colin McGregor I was at a demonstration recently at the Jean Talon Station (Parc Métro) to support the plight of undocumented migrants who are being deported. There should be some sort of regularization program for them, said the protestors, which numbered about 100. According […] See more
By Raymond Viger Maria Bilash left her native Ukraine for Paris in 2006. A 48 hour trip by car. There, she enrolled in a French language course, all the while taking care of her children. She found restaurants representing every conceivable nationality (Russian, Japanese, Polish), […] See more
By Colin McGregor The lack of doctors in Quebec is daily fodder for the media. Fully 1.2 million Quebecers don’t have a family physician at present. Yet there are hundreds, if not thousands, of fully qualified medical degree holders from abroad who can’t practice medicine […] See more
By Colin McGregor In the 1960s, just as is the case today, Francophone Quebecers were afraid of losing their language to the forces of English assimilation. But the situation back then was far different than it is now. Economically, French speakers were shut out of […] See more
By Colin McGregor At the 24th International AIDS Conference held in Montreal last summer, a lot of thought went into describing how inequality perpetuates AIDS. But the coronavirus and monkeypox were also on the agenda as scientists, activists and UN agency workers alike struggle to fight […] See more
By Colin McGregor The Great Depression, the economic crisis of the 1930s, hit Quebec hard. Millions were left poor, unemployed, hungry and often homeless. One of the complaints that many citizens had was against those who provided their electrical energy. Electricity production was divided among […] See more
By Colin McGregor A thorough and comprehensive study by researchers at Harvard University shows that where there is less local reporting, there is increased political polarization. In other words, when no one is watching, politicians become more radical, either on the left or on the […] See more
By Colin McGregor A man who has been locked up in jail for a long, long time establishes his connection with the soil, in which all good things grow. He gets up early in the morning to milk the cows, feed the pigs and the […] See more
By Colin McGregor Pierre Lefrançois is the editor-in-chief and president of Le Saint-Armand, the community newspaper for L’Armandie. That’s the name for the area on the Quebec side of the Vermont border just east of Lake Champlain. He has his ear on the ground as […] See more
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