By Colin McGregor At age 37, Dali Girard, rapper extraordinaire from the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, has died. It happened last October, but it is still difficult to think that he will not be coming through the doors of the Café Graffiti ever again. This bubbly, effervescent […] See more
By Lina Boyer The first time I heard about ecoanxiety I was 13. A girl who was a friend of mine always said that word, and I thought she was exaggerating. I was the kind of little girl who always wanted to appear strong, who […] See more
By Lucas Lelardoux Oliger Numerous fantasies swirl around the world of the incarcerated. Movies and anecdotes have forged a common notion of the origins and the destinies of people who have been to jail. It’s commonplace to hear, in the public forum, people complain 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 I’m talking to a Montreal author. He opens his wallet and shows me a thick wad of lottery tickets. “Thank goodness we still use cash in our society,” he says. “How could the cashier at my convenience store pay me prizes for […] 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
By Lucas Lelardoux Oliger His activities were chronicled by us as early as the first edition of the Journal de la Rue in November 1992. The Journal de la Rue later became Reflet de Société, our francophone mother publication. A very atypical priest, Emmett Johns […] See more
By Colin McGregor “They’re throwing out people who have been thrown out (ils mettent les dehors dehors).” That’s how one long-time social worker saw what was going on this morning just behind the offices of Café Graffiti and The Social Eyes. A large group of […] See more
By François Bellemare In the heart of Kuujjuaq, the “capital” of the Quebec Arctic, is a house that oozes all the familial feel of any other family home you might find in town. With its view of the beautiful Koksoak River, it houses an original […] See more
By Lucas Lelardoux Oliger Right up through the 1970s, Canada seemed to display a tolerance for harboring and welcoming Nazi war criminals. A greater awareness of their war crimes seemed to take place in the 1980s and 1990s, notably as a result of activism on […] See more
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