A funny way to kick off a new era of accountability
It’s a funny way to kick off a new era of accountability, the way the Central Quebec School Board is being so hush hush about National Assembly Bill 88, scheduled …
Riding the Tiger
On January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy gave his inaugural address after being elected president of the United States of America. It was a stirring speech. I actually have it …
Obama visit a good sign for Canada-US relations: Consul General to Quebec City
With US President Barack Obama expected to land in Ottawa Thursday for his first official international visit, political pundits are expounding on the significance of the trip and speculating about …
St. Lawrence Well Represented at Forum Etudiant
The 17th edition of the Forum Etudiant took place from January 6th to January 10th 2009 at the National Assembly and the Delta Hotel in Québec. 5 Students from St. …
Obama portrait a labour of love
In a building that once housed a women’s undergarment manufacturer and a ball bearing factory, one can find artist Tom Cohen’s studio. Drawing on the consumer products that populate our …
Quebecers gather for President Obama
People crowded into chairs around a big screen, pushed against the bar and stood on their tiptoes in the adjoining hallway this Tuesday at Universite Laval to get a glimpse …
Snapshot of an ever-shifting political landscape
Four years ago, when the Parti Québécois was engaged in another of its bruising internal battles, Premier Jean Charest stepped back, and with the péquiste fur flying, looked on with …
No talent to waste: literacy an economic priority
We heard proposals during this past electoral campaign on how to deal with the economic crisis at our door. The situation is, in fact, worrisome, and the economy is the …
PLQ win majority despite renewed sovereignty debate
In the sub-artic temperatures of Monday’s provincial election, the Liberals won a majority government and allayed fears that the Prime Minister’s recent anti-sovereigntist rhetoric would have a backlash on the …
Charest talks economy, skirts language
During arecent visit to Quebec City, Liberalleader Jean Charest, the man who will mostlikely continue as Quebec’s premier following the December 8 provincial election, shied away from questions about anglophonerepresentation …