Did you know that since May 4th, 2017, you can benefit from judicial protection if you phone 911 to come to someone’s aid? By Mélina Soucy In response to the number of deaths caused by opioids like fentanyl, the federal government passed a Good Samaritan […] See more
This line of questioning could well have led me to get involved in politics. But I am a hands-on type. I neither like nor understand the political world. I got involved with a community newspaper aimed at troubled youth in Canada’s poorest federal riding, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve […] See more
The winter 2017 issue (Vol. 25, no. 1) of our sister magazine Reflet de Société is its 100th issue! By Raymond Viger In 1992, we were the first Francophone street newspaper in the world. In 1993, Macadam was launched in France; in 1994, Montreal saw […] See more
He describes his journey… I began my working life in the field of biochemical engineering. My life was not glamorous. I spent my days sealed away in a laboratory, slicing rats. I felt isolated. I soon switched to the more dashing field of aviation. For […] See more
For a long time, pets were considered goods under Québec law. But since 2016, they’ve obtained the status of living beings capable of feelings. By Caroline Leblanc There is a glimmer of hope for those who, like me, think that legislation and action should focus […] See more
Sociologist and activist Guy Sioui Durand (Tsei8ei 8aho8en in Wendat) met with me in Québec City’s Cartier-Brébeuf Park, on unceded Iroquois territory. He lives in a condominium on the edge of the Park, as a way of “recolonizing” the land of his ancestors. By Flora […] See more
Sociologist and activist Guy Sioui Durand (Tsei8ei 8aho8en in Wendat) met with me in Québec City’s Cartier-Brébeuf Park, on unceded Iroquois territory. He lives in a condominium on the edge of the Park, his way of “recolonizing” the land of his ancestors. By Flora Lasalle […] See more
Dr. Jean Wilkins, a specialist in anorexia, heads the eating disorders clinic at the CHU Sainte-Justine. I’ll summarize the work of Dr. Wilkins on anorexia, and his point of view. This will help us better understand an anorexic person’s behavior. By Raymond Viger Many anorexia […] See more
Mary and Matthew, disabled persons, may not be able to walk like normal people. But their love lets them soar above their physical difficulties. They lean on each other in hard times. They revel in each other’s daily cycle of victory and defeat. They enjoy […] See more
The reality is that suicide is an assault. In the Italian writer Dante’s classic work The Inferno, written in 1321, he gives readers a tour of hell. He puts suicides in his seventh circle of hell. He calls them “the violent against themselves.” They are […] See more
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