OPINION: How to beat the fourth wave: know your enemy
OPINION: How to beat the fourth wave: know your enemy Pauline Kerr pauline@qctonline.com We are tired of COVID-19 – not just the illness and fear that have accompanied it, and …
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COMMENTARY: Computers taking errors — and human element — out of sports
COMMENTARY: Computers taking errors — and human element — out of sports Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com While the performances of Quebec’s tennis darlings Leylah Annie Fernandez and …
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Some random closing thoughts on a random federal election
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com This is your scribe’s last column … before the federal election. So why not indulge in some random thoughts and wild speculation as this mercifully brief campaign …
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With another minority looming, is a King-Byng thing possible?
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com There comes a rare time in the life of a politics geek when he/she gets to blow the dust off one of the most notorious episodes in …
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If only there were a covidiot-style word for dangerous drivers!
Pauline Kerr pauline@qctonline.com Among the words that have crept into common parlance during the pandemic is “covidiot.” For that, we are grateful. It is the perfect term to describe people …
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Been around, the Bloc: Federal sovereigntist party marks 30 years
Been around, the Bloc: Federal sovereigntist party marks 30 years Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Louis Plamondon is marking a milestone. The Bloc Québécois MP for Bécancour–Nicolet–Saurel was …
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LETTER: My family’s Forillon story
Dear Editor, I recently remembered that a friend had sent me a copy of your story, “Gaspé Tales: The Forillon Expulsions : 50 years later,” published in the Nov. 18, …
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LETTER: School board elections more trouble than they’re worth
Dear Editor, Allow me to share something in common with Central Québec School Board chair Stephen Burke (“Angered by CAQ decrees, Burke to run again for board chair,” Aug.18, 2021). …
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CARTOON: Trudeau Speaks
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COMMENTARY: Parties wooing Quebec with distinct election slogans
COMMENTARY: Parties wooing Quebec with distinct election slogans Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com It’s hard to beat the 1979 British Conservative Party election slogan for cleverness and punch. …
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