Much more important than the content of even the most famous political scandals is the shape each scandal develops. The shape of a scandal is formed less by what happens,…
Washington’s constant state of political infighting has produced a growing list of casualties. Sacred traditions that harken back to the founding of the United States of America are not exempt….
On Jan. 12, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland, welcomed 18-year-old Saudi refugee Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun (who now goes by Rahaf Mohammed) at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. The image…
Last fall a headline in this space boldly proclaimed “Franco-Ontarians to get new university.” Well, so much for that. What Franco-Ontarians did get was Doug Ford, and what even the…
Quebec paid tribute this past week to a great statesman – former premier Bernard Landry, who died on Nov. 6. Members of the Guilde des développeurs de jeux vidéo indépendants…
“Welcome chez vous.” With those words, Québec Solidaire (QS) co-spokesperson Manon Massé introduced Catherine Dorion to a Salon Rouge packed to the galleries for the swearing-in of the left-wing sovereigntist…
On Oct. 20, Quebecers woke up to a rainy, windy morning, not ideal weather for a walk. That didn’t stop over 150,000 people of all ages and abilities from taking…
The Quebec City region will have three ministers in the new 26-member, gender-balanced Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) cabinet sworn in on Oct. 18. One of them, Louis-Hébert MNA Geneviève Guilbault,…
Oct. 8 to 14 is Canadian Citizenship Week. A recent communiqué from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) declared that citizenship ceremonies during the week were being brought to “new…
The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) swept all but three of the 14 seats in the Quebec City region as François Legault’s fledgling party steamrolled to a majority government in the…