OPINION: Hiring more nurses a wise investment
OPINION: Hiring more nurses a wise investment Pauline Kerr pauline@qctonline.com Just when we may have thought the COVID-19 pandemic was defeated, we are hearing it has some fight left. In …
OPINION: City’s baseball and softball fields are not in great shape
OPINION: City’s baseball and softball fields are not in great shape Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com In a city that has its share of arenas, soccer fields and other neighbourhood sports venues, …
OPINION: Will there be a surprise in store as Trudeau bets the House on Quebec?
OPINION: Will there be a surprise in store as Trudeau bets the House on Quebec? Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com The first federal election of your scribe’s mortal …
COMMENTARY: Adieu Whippet: Dare we say, that’s how the Quebec cookie crumbles
COMMENTARY: Adieu Whippet: Dare we say, that’s how the Quebec cookie crumbles Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com After all these years of marvelling at the elegant chocolate-dipped Whippet, …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: (Belated) congratulations on the QCT’s 250th from the diaspora
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: (Belated) congratulations on the QCT’s 250th from the diaspora Submitted by Dennis Apedaile Editor’s note: While QCT journalist and longtime assignment editor Shirley Nadeau was working …
OPINION: Canada Child Benefit must cover bereavement
OPINION: Canada Child Benefit must cover bereavement Submitted by Sandra Escalera It happens to others. You never think it will happen to you. Tragedies are things that happen to others. … Continue reading OPINION: Canada Child Benefit must cover bereavement
OPINION: Nixed gas and shipping projects give river dwellers a little relief
OPINION: Nixed gas and shipping projects give river dwellers a little relief Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com With a few strokes of politicians’ pens, belugas, birds and a …
COMMENTARY: Are we prepared for the great unmasking, whenever that is?
COMMENTARY: Are we prepared for the great unmasking, whenever that is? Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Last week, our family joined the nearly 60 per cent of Quebecers …
COMMENTARY: On your mark, get set, let the election games begin!
COMMENTARY: On your mark, get set, let the election games begin! Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com It seems increasingly apparent, meaning all but inevitable, that one of the …
COMMENTARY: As the weather gets hot, cars get hotter
COMMENTARY: As the weather gets hot, cars get hotter Pauline Kerr pauline@qctonline.com A number of years ago, a group of enterprising journalists decided to test the saying “hot enough to fry …