The Death of Handrwiting?

06/16/2023 The Social Eyes 0

By Colin McGregor and Célie Dugand Teaching cursive writing – in attached letters – is no longer fashionable in many school curricula. Older generations are sometimes shocked by the inability of some young people to sign an official document or even read a handwritten note. […] See more

The Little Varenyk

06/06/2023 Raymond Viger 0

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

Doctors Within our Borders

05/26/2023 Colin McGregor 0

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

The Invisible Sick Among Us

05/19/2023 The Social Eyes 0

By Célie Dugand Out in the real world, it’s awful. Nothing’s written on my face saying I have to sit down.” Mélanie Parent has suffered from myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), usually called chronic fatigue syndrome, ever since she was 18. Like 80% of those who are […] See more

Poetry at the Bistro le Ste-Cath

05/15/2023 Colin McGregor 0

Our favourite poet Sylvain Turner, author of In extremis, available on Éditions TNT, was a finalist for the prestigious « Prix d’excellence poésie » (Poetry Excellence Prize), awarded by the cultural website Lametropole.com. At the end of the day, poet and translator Francis Catallano (left) won first […] See more