quebec
Over 700 doctors in Quebec are protesting a recent pay raise, claiming their salaries are already too big. Residents and medical students under the group Médecins Québécois Pour le Régime Public (MQRP) started an online petition in February to voice their opinion. “We, Quebec doctors who believe in a strong … Read More
While the Quebecois – thanks in part to the Orange Lodge bigotry of Sir Sam Hughes – were less inclined than other Canadians to fight in World War One, they were certainly not absent. The attitude carried over into the World War Two, but again, there were many Quebecois who fought … Read More
Boy, have we ever missed web series Language Police. Fortunately for us, and for our nation’s dry sense of humour, the series returns, just in time for the end of Quebec’s most entertaining election since 2012. [youtube width=”640″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeCc0fcQdt8[/youtube]
America has COPS. Now, Quebec has Language Police. Sergeants LaJoie and Bourgignon have to patrol the mean streets of Montreal, sussing out those dastardly anglos and their nefarious poor French. Given that only two episodes have been created, this’ll seem premature, but we think that creator Rodney Ramsey deserves some kind of … Read More
When winter sets in, sometimes it’s easy to slip into a funk: it’s dark before you leave work, friends seem to go into hiding, and weekends are spent deciding whether or not to exit the domicile. Once you’re in this kind of rut, it’s hard to get yourself out of … Read More
