Archive for December, 2012

Death of photographer Guy Borremans

Culture News | 99 views

Without a doubt one of the most important photographers of the 20th century Canadian, Guy Borremans suddenly died Saturday at the age of 78. He was known as a photographer, but also as a teacher, Director and Director of photography. Meanwhile his arrival in Quebec in 1951 and today, unable to see his name appear [...]

The girl victim of rape is buried on a background of tension in India

International News | 75 views

The ceremony of cremation of the victim of a gang rape student mid-December in India, emblematic of the violence against women with impunity in this country, was held Sunday in New Delhi where it has been learned that the victim should get married soon. The remains scarred by the 23-year physiotherapy student was burned on [...]

Interviews Concordia – protect the territory… and communities

Economy News | 99 views

The protection of the territory must precede economic development, not the opposite, believes the professor in the Department of geography at Concordia University, Monica Mulrennan. Privileged witness of a project for the creation of protected areas, launched there are a dozen years by a Cree community in Northern Quebec, she is convinced that the achievement [...]

Media – cursed Bye Bye

Society News | 94 views

First Bye Bye appeared at Radio-Canada at the eve of 1968. The site of the University of Sherbrooke assessment of the century points out that this first “hard-hitting satirical magazine” parodied apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Saint-Bruno, the war in Viet Nam, the entry according to the Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and “numerous [...]

Honda Civic Hybrid: a rare gem

Economy News | 95 views

Canadians bought more than a million and a half of Honda Civic since 1973. Again this year, for the fifteenth time, they will be the best-selling car in the country. This compact didn’t really need submissions… but one of its variants: the sedan hybrid. Very rare, it blends into the mass and merges with the [...]

To 2013 – exceed the exaltation

Political News | 94 views

2012 was impressive. Find years where he had in turn an unprecedented mobilization, a historic election (first female Prime Minister) and a scathing investigative commission. What is Quebec know in 2013 to use that these three elements are promising? The question is to worry about… especially at a time where the meaning of the word [...]

Israel: Peres calls for a resumption of the peace negotiations with Abbas

International News | 82 views

Jerusalem – The president of Israel Shimon Peres called Sunday to resume negotiations with the Palestinians, saying the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas was a partner with whom an agreement was possible. Speaking to Israeli diplomats in his residence in Jerusalem, Mr. Peres stated that the only way for Israel to influence positively on the region [...]

Mysterious disappearance of a Canada-U.S. couple in Afghanistan

Society News | 98 views

The family of a pregnant American woman and the frail disappeared in Afghanistan with her Canadian husband broke months of silence this weekend to plead for the return of the couple. James Coleman, the father of Caitlan Coleman, 27 years old, told the Associated Press that her daughter had to give birth in January and [...]

Lockout:La NHL and players are going to meet Monday

Sports News | 90 views

New York–The NHL and the players of the NHL (NHLPA) Association will meet Monday. It will be a first official meeting between the two sides since December 6. Not only the NHLPA should arrive at the offices of the League with a counter-proposal, which should prove be a watershed in two weeks from the date [...]

Get back into shape in 2013 – a simple resolution is not enough!

Society News | 93 views

Thousands of Canadians have decided to adopt more healthy life habits in 2013. It’s great that so many people chose as a resolution of the new year to do more exercise and eat healthier. If it is well implemented, this combined system can have innumerable beneficial effects on our emotional and physical state as well [...]

Free opinion – Aboriginal people and the “gastropolitique” of colonialism

Political News | 95 views

It is a firmly rooted tradition, in this time of the year to “dose the face” family. Commensal modality of what Marcel Mauss called ‘mandatory expression of feelings’, this collective empiffrage is supposed to us remind our genealogical heritage and make us the taste of living together. Call it, if desired, a gastropolitique of the [...]

Letter – The two Montreal

Political News | 86 views

The 1939-1945 war period saw phenomenal growth the city of Montreal. The dynamism of the Mayor Jean Drapeau and his team had powered the rank of the metropolis of the Canada Montreal. Everyone in the country was talking about Montreal and its inhabitants were proud. In addition, our hockey club, the Canadian, was a spectacular [...]