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The magazine project created by Block B 102 students of Group 6, edited by Emyl Ferland and Marc-Antoine Bédard
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Close your book and come take a
look at your Inouks !
On Saturday, October 25th
At Jean-Yves Phaneuf football field
What is Flag football?
Flag football is a version of American football, but instead of
tackling players to the ground, the defensive team tackles a
player by pulling their flag. The object of the game is to score
touchdowns by advancing the ball up the field by running or
throwing the ball, and crossing the end zone line.
Table of content
4. Quebec’s great plan by Loïc Martel
5. No Sovereignty Without The Youth by Thomas Gaucher-
Peressini
6. Is it the end of CEGEP? by Maxime Lachapelle
7. A Boy Or A Girl? by Audrey Mathieu
8. Gentilly-2 Is Now Dormant by Yohan Finet
9. Justice dealing with mental disorders by Gabriel Archam-
bault
10. A legend of Rock by Gabriel Archambeault
11. Lac-Mégantic train derailment: the environmental impact
by Justine Power
12. This is why i’m broke by Vincent Landry
13. CEGEP Abolition: Premier Couillard’s Point Of View
Has Not Changed by Philippe Leclerc
14. Top 10 best fall coat by Tiffany Hebert
15. Selling Quebec’s Beauty for an Uncertain Amount of
Money by Simon Lavigne
16. Student, is it time for you that the session end? by Quiz
by Magalie Cadorette
17. Will Hydro-Quebec Become Windy-Quebec? by Vincent
Landry
18. Skichichocs by Simon Lavigne
19. The City At The Fallen Bridge by Magalie Cadorette
20. CCM Tacks ad by Samuel Lavoie
21. Does Quebec Accept Too Many Immigrants ? By Marc-
Antoine Bédard
22. Drinking for the economy by Audrey Mathieu
23. The Dream of Mr. Pierre-Horace Boivin by Tiffany
Hebert
24. Green Tips by Alexandra Quintal
25. Maple Syrup World Leader Meets a New Threat by
Jade Hopkins
26. How Much Does Education Cost? by Béatrice Fournier
27. Not An April Fool by Cynthia Lamontagne
28.Local News by Justine Power
28. Sharing Our TV by Roxanne Laplante
29. I Remember by Alexandra Quintal
30. What about those who can't fight for their rights ? By
Genevieve Thomas
31. Do You Know H.P. Lovecraft? By Xavier Saint-Jean-
Banville
31.Frozen takes over the world By Genevieve Thomas
32. JUSTICE DEALING WITH MENTAL DISORDERS By
Gabriel Archambault
33. Ebola Epidemic Status by Béatrice Fournier
33.Trip tips by Loïc Martel
34. MONTREAL-BOSTON: HATE ALWAYS by Roxanne
Laplante
34. Restaurant review by Chloé-Marie Roberge
35. Student Factory by Emyl Ferland
36. Molson and his historical alliance with Québec by Samu-
el Lavoie
37. Horoscope by Jade Hopkins
38. Montréal On Top Of Its High Heels by Amelie Charbon-
neau
39. A Leader Of Quebec by Chloé-Marie Roberge
40. Quebec’s language history by Caroline Gagné
41. The Classik Santé by Ilyas Atahi
41. Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS)
42. So You Want To Be An Artist? By Roxanne Deslauriers
43. Solar Energy A Great Way To Reduce Pollution by Ilyas
Atahi
44. To Be Or Not To Be In Montreal by Xavier Saint-Jean-
Banville
45. Man With Spider Living Under His Skin. By Roxanne
Deslauriers
Quebec’s great plan
Loïc Martel
Science Pure
Everyone knows that the economy
of our province is not going well,
but is there something to fix?
There may be hope with Quebec’s
new plan. This huge project would
include the entire nation and a lot
of international private investors.
The North Plan as it is called,
should be a 25 years long project
lying on the sustainable resources
found in the north. It will create
thousands of jobs, help the econo-
my and will be a great challenge
for the engineers and other scien-
tific group.
80-billion is a big number, even
more when there is a cash symbol
in front of it. With all of this mon-
ey, a lot of time and our science
knowledge, the north should
change forever. But will it be a
success? It should, everything is
planned, or close. Lots of engi-
neers are ready to take on this chal-
lenge. But to get everything cohe-
sive, the north will have a great
transportation network. There are
already 26 airports, 4 ports, 1.200
kilometers of rail tracks and 51.000
kilometers of roads. A $821-
million road project is on the con-
nect every important place and
transportation buildings together.
Hydro-Quebec is already spending
billions on a 3 hydro projects vary-
ing from 920-megawatt to 1.550-
megawatt. These power plants
would be able to handle the energy
needed for the North.
Mining should be one of the big-
gest development for the North
Plan with investment reaching $1-
billion a year. It should create over
10.000 jobs. The diversity of min-
erals found in the north is great
news for the investors : Nickel,
cobalt, zinc, iron ore, copper, gold,
uranium ( may cause political
problems ), apatite, diamonds, nio-
bium and tantalum are among the
minerals that will be extracted
and .exploited through various
mines. Those mining plans are
considered the heart of the north
plan. Some others projects are
aiming towards trees for engi-
neered wood products, ‘’green’’
chemistry and bio-energy.
To continue, a project isn’t always
perfect. The North Plan may bring
billions of profit but it could im-
pact the environment. The govern-
ment is expecting to save up to
50% of the natural landscape, but
is it a reason to neglect the other
half ? The impact on the environ-
mental is becoming very contro-
versial, but one thing is for sure,
northern Quebec hosts a great and
vast animal diversity such as birds,
caribous, huge populations of
freshwater fish, wolverines and
golden eagles. Environmentalists
believe that they could be all
threatened due to the uncontrolled
and a lack of regulation from the
project’s exploitation. Over 500
scientists took part in writing a let-
ter to Jean Charest to make sure
that he realizes the negative side
with the environment:
‘’ In protecting northern Que-
bec’s natural environment and en-
suring responsible development in
the rest of the area, your govern-
ment will set in motion one of the
most ambitious sustainable devel-
opment and nature conservation
projects in North America, and one
that could serve as a model for the
rest of the world.’’
If the project obtains a full green
light, they must protect the envi-
ronment with great care.
Sources :
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
news/politics/quebec-plans-80-
billion-investment-in-northern-
development/article579423/
http://rabble.ca/news/2011/05/le-
plan-nord-plan-exploit-northern-
quebec
http://
news.mongabay.com/2009/0913-
hance_quebec.html
Prime minister Jean Charest
No Sovereignty With-
out The Youth
Thomas Gaucher-Peressini
Human sciences world
The national question, also known as
the independence, or sovereignty, has
always been the subject of vivid de-
bates since the awakening of Quebec
nation consciousness, decades ago.
Over history, social progress has al-
ways been led by youths, just like in
Quebec where the juveniles have al-
ways been backing the project of a
French country in America. Even the
ex-Prime Minister of Quebec, Bernard
Landry, believes that the sovereignty
of Quebec cannot succeed without the
support of the youth.
Bernard Landry 2014
However, a poll realized in
June 2014 suggested that 69% of Que-
becers aged between 18 and 24 years
old would not endorse the independ-
ence option in a referendum. Students
interviewed in relation to the poll be-
lieve that the Parti Québécois, which
has been the warhorse of sovereignty
over the last decades, is too restrictive
for English language and that inde-
pendence is just not realistic. It is pos-
sible to believe that the sovereignty
movement is on a slippery descent
since only three years ago during sum-
mer 2011, a poll suggested that 32% of
Quebecers aged between 18 and 24
supported the referendum for inde-
pendence. There is no doubt that the
Parti Québécois is losing contact with
juveniles even though they are the only
way the movement for independence
could succeed. This raises a question,
why are young Quebecers turning their
back of the sovereignty option and
how could partisans of sovereignty
reconnect with the youth?
Many people believe that the current
generation of youth in Quebec is not
concerned with sovereignty. It is also
the opinion of political analyst Jean
Lapierre: « […] PQ [Parti
Québécois] may indeed be the party of
a single generation. The party has lost
touch with the youth, for the younger
generation, the PQ and sovereignty are
passe». Jean Lapierre is probably right,
many students and young people in
general don’t understand the reasons
behind the sovereignty project. Parti-
sans of sovereignty might find the
numbers discouraging but they should
see this as an opportunity of implant-
ing the seeds of nationalism to a whole
new generation. Convincing the youth
with arguments that fit their reality and
not the one of another generation
would also probably help. The parti-
sans of sovereignty have to project an
image of a solid group, forget some
political opinions divergence and make
sure the youth, black, white, red or yel-
low, English, Italian or French under-
stand the cultural difference and histo-
ry of Quebec. This big project of sov-
ereignty must be collective and should
not be the thing of only a couple of
persons. However, there will always a
great opposition to the independence
movement because this movement
want change and change scares people.
Brief, there is a lot to say about Que-
bec, its independence and the role of
young Quebecers in it. The national
question is a delicate one which re-
quire to understand many factors re-
sponsible for this vivid and endless
debate. But, the most important is to
understand that the young Quebecers
should be the most concerned about
this issue
because they are the ones who
will be the most affected by the bene-
fits or inconvenient of a referendum.
No one can predict if Quebec will one
day be independent or not but one
thing is sure, the future is in the hands
of the youth.
Reference:
CTVnews, (2014), Young Quebecers
reject PQ sovereignty.
Scott, Marian, (2011), Postmedia
News, Sovereignty losing appeal for
young Quebecers.
Image
Le Devoir, (2014), http://
media1.ledevoir.com/images_galerie/
d_104280_84488/image.jpg
Is it the end of CE-
GEP?
Maxime Lachapelle,
Human science, humanities
Since the creation of the first twelve
cegeps (college d`enseignement
général et professionnel) in Quebec
in 1960, a lot of writing came out
that criticized those institutions.
People are wondering why Quebec
is the only place in the world who
has these schools. This year, at the
liberal convention, Philippe Couil-
lard`s youth wing president, Nico-
las Perrino said that he wanted to
reform the Cegep system. Why
does the liberal party want to abol-
ish Cegep and people reacts to
it?
First, Cegeps were created to
standardize grades from high school
to university. Also, new needs
were emerging from the labour
market. Knowledge became very
important for the economical poten-
tial of Quebec. Their goal was to
increase scholars frequenting and
raising the quality of the pre-
university education.
¨At this year`s convention, the
youth wing dared to debate abolish-
ing the two-year Cegep pre-
university programs¨ (Don mac-
pherson, The Gazette, August 11th,
2014) This ideology came from
Nicolas Perrino, the Liberal youth
president. What Perrino wants is an
additional year of high school and
university and to keep Cegep only
for technical programs. However,
our Prime Minister Phillippe Couil-
lard does not think like its youth
wing. Before the debate started,
Mr. Couillard said he was against
the idea, because Cegeps are im-
portant cultural and social centres
“The needs of the 21st century are
not met with the Cegeps right now.
They were good in the 1960`s when
our parents were baby-boomers, but
we don’t believe it’s good for us
anymore, Perrino said” (Don Mac-
pherson, the Gazette, August 11th
2014).
A lot of other questions arose from
the debate. What will all the teach-
ers’ do? What will happen to our
Cegeps? How will the new educa-
tion system work? What will Que-
bec become?
The Parti Québécois reacted to the
Liberal Party’s debate about abol-
ishing Cegeps. “Léo Bureau-
Blouin, president of the PQ’s youth
wing was ardent in his insistence
the Quebec government pay no
mind to the proposal” (journalist,
CBC news, August 9th 2014. Léo
Bureau-Blouin is against the idea of
Perrino saying that Cegep is a
waste of time. Mr. Bureau-Blouin
said the opposite of the liberal
youth wing. He finds the pre-
university programs useless and
peculiar to Quebec. He also said to
the Canadian Press: “The post-
secondary experience allows stu-
dents to better chose their education
and career paths by giving them a
solid general knowledge
base” (Journalist CBC news, Au-
gust 2nd 2014). Furthermore, uni-
versities are not close by for every-
one. Some students can stay at
home while attending school
whereas others must leave home
and pay for lodging. Thus, the Parti
Québécois is against the idea to
abolish Cegep system for technical
schools throughout the province.
To conclude, the idea of the Liberal
youth president, Nicolas Perrino, to
abolish Cegep’s two year pre-
university for technical schools did-
n’t go too far when Prime Minister
Philippe Couillard said he was
against it. Although Perrino still
thinks it is a good thing for Quebec.
However, the Parti Québécois re-
jects the idea from A to Z, stating
that Cegeps are giving a solid gen-
eral knowledge base to the students.
References:
-The Montreal Gazette page. Internet www page at:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/
Macpher-
son+Liberal+youth+wing+differ+with+Couillard/101
09181/story.html
-Yahoo News page. Internet www page at:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/parti-qc-b-cois-defends-
162849525.html
Image:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-
liberals-choose-philippe-couillard-as-leader-
1.1348440
A Boy Or A Girl? Audrey Mathieu
Administration student
A Hong Kong 66 years old discover he
was a woman after a medical appointment
for simple bloating.
Victim of a rare syndrome
This man suffers of the ‘’Turner Syn-
drome’’, a rare genetic disorder (1 in 2500
birth 3000 girls) whose main symptoms are
a very small genital size and sterility.
Why this made him looks like a man
These ‘’men’’ are endowed of male
attributes due to a very high secretion of
male hormones. The part of the brain, the
pituitary gland specifically, secretes hor-
mones such as gonadotropins, follicle stim-
ulating hormone, luteinizing hormone and
of course the testosterone. All in too large
quantities, they make appear male attributes
to victims of Turner syndrome. However,
all their internal organs are female. They
had a uterus, ovaries, etc. The sexagenarian
has cyst on his ovaries which gave him the
feeling of bloating for which he had con-
sulted.
Still a man or a new girl?
Doctors do not understand why it was
not until the age of 66 years old they dis-
cover his disease. However, the man con-
tinue to consider himself masculine.
Sources:
1:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovarian cyst
(October 15th)
2:http://
www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/04/66-
year-old-hong-kong-man-is-woman
(October 14th)
3: https://www.google.ca/search?q=brain
(October 15th)
Gentilly-2 Is Now
Dormant
Yohan Finet
Pure science
Group 06
Gentilly-2 nuclear power plant, in Bécan-
cour, has been sleeping since June 2014.
Although it was closed on December 28,
2012, it took 18 months to render it
dormant.
During these 18 months, workers removed
the reactor’s uranium fuel, processed the
heavy water and deactivated many sys-
tems.
A lot of reasons have brought the govern-
ment to close Gentilly-2. There were,
among them, financial reasons and health
reasons. Not everybody was willing to
close Gentilly-2. Many employees weren’t
in agreement with the government.
The profitability of the exploitation of
Gentilly-2 was the main reason why the
Partie Québécois chose to close the nuclear
plant.
In fact, former Natural Resources Minister
Martine Ouellet said that “refurbishing the
Gentilly reactor wasn’t an economically
viable option for Quebecers”. (Martine
Ouellet, 2012, page 1) It would have cost
4.3 billion dollars to refurbish Gentilly-2
which would have extended its life by 30
years.
Also, Hydro-Québec estimated that the
electricity Gentilly-2 was producing was
costing 12.3 cents per kilowatt hour in
2012. At this moment, Quebecers were
paying, in average, seven cents per kilo-
watt hour.
The electricity the nuclear plant was pro-
ducing was much more expensive than the
electricity Quebecers were used to paying.
Quebec government also learned about
what happened in Point Lepreau, New
Brunswick. The refurbishment of a reactor
there cost 1 billion dollars more than it was
supposed to and the process took three
years more than expected. During these
three years, the power plant was not work-
ing, so it wasn’t profitable. Quebec gov-
ernment didn’t want this to happen to Gen-
tilly-2. In short, the exploitation of the
power plant wasn’t profitable.
The power plant was also closed for health
reasons.
Effectively, while the director of public
health for the Mauricie and center of Que-
bec, Dr. Gilles-W. Grenier, was saying
that it was safe for people to live near Gen-
tilly-2, the public health department regis-
tered a 27-per-cent increase in the number
of children suffering from leukemia living
within 20 kilometers of the power plant.
There was also a professor in medicine at
the Université de Montréal who said that it
wasn’t safe to live near a power plant.
Between 2000 and 2004, eleven pregnant
women had miscarriages on the same street
in Bécancour.
The 800 jobs were 800 reasons that
brought the former premier Jean Charest to
say in 2008 that the power plant would be
refurbished.
Some of the employees stayed after the
power plant was closed to render it
dormant, but most of them had to quit.
According to Gordon Edwards, president
of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Re-
sponsibility, closing Gentilly-2 is not nega-
tive for the employment in the region. He
says that around 100 nuclear power plants
are coming to the end of their life in the
U.S. This is an opportunity for the region
because Gentilly-2 could be transformed
into a centre of expertise on dismantling
nuclear power plants. It is an employment
opportunity.
For the next 40 years, the power plant will
stay dormant. By this time, most of the
radioactivity will be disperse. After this, it
will be dismantled.
Sources
CBC NEWS. (Page viewed on August 27,
2014). Quebec nuclear reactor shutdown
will cost $1.8 billion, [Online]. URL ad-
dress: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
montreal/quebec-nuclear-reactor-shutdown
-will-cost-1-8-billion-1.1159201
THE GAZETTE. (Page viewed on August
27, 2014). Parti Québécois says it will
keep promise to close Gentilly-2 nuclear
power plant, [Online]. URL address: http://
blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/09/12/
parti-quebecois-says-it-will-keep-promise-
to-close-gentilly-2-nuclear-power-plant/
Image
http://
imag-
es.lpcdn.ca/641x427/201209/26/593956-
hydro-quebec-plus-affaire-nucleaire.jpg
Gentilly-2 nuclear power plant
JUSTICE DEALING
WITH MENTAL DIS-
ORDERS
Gabriel Archambault
Human sciences
The recent liberation under
of former cardiologist Guy Tur-
cotte, who killed his two children,
few years ago, generates anger and
questioning. Less and less are those
who have faith in our justice sys-
tem. Effectively, the efficiency of
the criminal court with cases that
treat mental disorders like for Tur-
cotte is becoming a new major de-
bate in Quebec. Claiming to be not
criminally responsible, people who
did severe crimes have one option
to get free easily: psychological
reasons. Are they taking advantage
of our laws?
The case of Lika Rocco
Magnotta is also moving the de-
bate. Suspected of dismemberment-
murder, Magnotta defends himself
in saying that he suffers from men-
tal illness in front of the judge.
There are chances for him because
of the Article 16 of Canada’s Crim-
inal Code affirms that ‘No person is
criminally responsible for an act
committed while suffering from a
mental disorder that rendered the
person incapable of appreciating
the nature and quality of the act’.
Because of this, Magnotta has to
prove he’s not a psychopath. Since
1994, the Supreme Court has
changed the article of the code so
that it does not apply to psycho-
paths for a particular reason. Ap-
proximately three-quarter of prison-
ers are considered as psychopaths.
So, we can’t begin to all free them
even if they are dominated by their
sickness. Psychologists are also
saying that psychopaths are very
hard to rehabilitate because of their
antisocial attitude and their lack of
guilt.
The fact that psychiatry isn’t
an exact science is also a major
problem for few cases. The psy-
chologists are repeating that this
field of study is based on observa-
tion, so it can’t be perfect. It would
be easier to take someone’s blood
and prove that he’s schizophrenic
or depressive but it’s not possible.
In fact, the panel of judges has to
believe and be confident with psy-
chologists who go testify during a
trial. This way of working is not
accepted by everyone. Turcotte’s ex
-wife expressed, to the news, after
his conditional release, her opinion
about the weakness of our justice
system. ‘I don’t have faith anymore
in our justice system, not with the
current rules’. She declared the in-
accuracy of psychiatric studies is
not the only factor that has a several
impact on the final verdict. It de-
pends on the judge, the experience
of the lawyers, but also how rich
the defendant is. In the case of her
ex-husband, he had the money to
pay a respected lawyer, so he had a
better chance to be liberated than an
ordinary citizen. She, as many oth-
ers, hopes for change.
After having admitted to
stabbing his children, Guy Turcotte
was released with low conditions.
The thing that saved him is the tes-
timony about the fact he was dis-
traught over the breakup with his ex
-wife and the fact he was experi-
encing blackouts. It seems easy for
a defendant to use his psychological
problems to be forgiven. In answer
to this famous case, the Harper gov-
ernment said that they will change
the laws to make it more difficult
for offenders who use mental disor-
ders as an argument. The system
may change with those kinds of
events.
Sources:
Tania Krywiak, CTV Montreal Wednesday
December 12, 2012.
René Bruemmer, The Gazette December
21, 2012
A legend of Rock
After the reincarnation of Gerry Boulet played by Mario St-amant in the
biographical movie Gerry, toujours vivant, a lot of artists decided to
make their own tribute to the legend of Rock, and so I will in this paper!
Born in 1946, near Montreal, Gerry was, already at his young age, a pas-
sionate musician for the church of his village. He formed the band Offen-
bach in 1969 that will soon become popular with their radio successes
like ‘Faut que j’me pousse’ or ‘Chu un rocker’. Their songs and way to
create Rock ‘n’ roll with French lyrics were so popular at the time that
they were the first band from Quebec to play at the Forum of Montreal,
that is now called the Bell Center. Because of Gerry and his band, a gen-
eration of French signers are making Rock ‘n’ roll today.
Gabriel Archanbault
Lac-Mégantic train
derailment: the envi-
ronmental impact
Justine Power
Pure Sciences
The train derailment that occurred on
July 6th, 2013 in Lac-Mégantic and
that killed 47 people was over in a few
seconds, but the environmental impact
of the disaster will last much longer.
Analyses have been made by the envi-
ronmental consulting firm Golder As-
sociates to evaluate the consequences
that the derailment has had on the en-
vironment. Most of the crude oil that
gushed from the train fueled the fire
that burned for two days, but a very
big amount of oil seeped into the soil
and made its way to the two waterways
near the city, Chaudière River and
Lake Mégantic. The zone affected by
the accident needed a huge cleanup
that took months, but it’s going to take
years for the town of Lac-Mégantic to
recover from the disaster.
On the 72 cars of the Montreal, Maine
and Atlantic Railway train that de-
railed, only nine were not involved in
the accident, the 63 others spilling al-
most 6 million litres of crude oil. 31
hectares of land have been contaminat-
ed by hundreds of thousand litres of
hydrocarbons, and 100 000 litres of it
spilled in Chaudière River.
We don’t know exactly how much, but
most of the oil burned after the explo-
sion, and “contaminants – including
benzene, toluene, ethylene, xylene,
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and
volatile organic compounds – were
released, air-quality testing
showed” (Beaudin, 2014). Also, oil
overwhelmed the town’s sewer system
and reached the water treatment center.
That is how it spilled in Chaudière
River and Lake Mégantic in a cata-
strophic quantity. The area of the town
that has been the most contaminated is
evidently the crash site, but half a kilo-
meter around had also big damages. 40
buildings have been destroyed.
The cleanup has been made by the
company Pomerleau Inc. In the days
that followed the accident, the work
couldn’t be started in the contaminated
zone, because the air quality was not
acceptable. For five days after the de-
railment, emergency workers were still
trying to stop the oil from spilling out
of the train cars.
The workers tried to minimize
the amount of oil that reached the wa-
terways by closing some parts of the
sewer network, but it was already too
late. About 46 million litres of oily
water has been removed from Lake
Mégantic and Chaudière River, but
compounds of contaminants have been
found 130 kilometres further Lac-
Mégantic.
More than 100 000 cubic metres of soil
had to be decontaminated. Once exca-
vated, the contaminated soil is moved
to a storage and treatment site that has
been built for the cause. There, the
goal is to decontaminate the soil and
return it back to the town of Lac-
Mégantic.
Hundreds of soil and water samples
helped Golder Associates to write the
853-page report on the town’s contam-
ination. Happily, the oil did not reach
underground water, because the soil in
the area has a low permeability. Also,
chemicals were used to stop the raging
fire, not helping the level of contami-
nation of the soil. Analyses made on
the oil that didn’t spill revealed that the
oil was more volatile and explosive
that normal oil, what contributed to
feed the raging fire.
The estimated cost of the cleanup is
near $200 million, but a similar case
that happened in 2010 in Michigan
cost $1 billion. The federal govern-
ment accepted to pay $95 million.
Quebec is actually prosecuting six
companies, because they didn’t follow
the security rules put in place by the
government.
So, the tragic night of July 6th, 2013
left a tremendous mark, on people and
on the environment, Water, soil and air
have been contaminated by millions of
litres of crude oil. As a huge cleanup
work is made to help Lac-Mégantic
town to recover from the accident, we
hope that companies like MMA will
change things in their way to do to
make sure a similar catastrophe won’t
happen again.
Bibliography:
Beaudin, Monique. Huge scope of Lac
-Mégantic cleanup comes into focus.
http://www. montrealgazette.com/
news/Huge+scope
+Mégantic+cleanup+comes+int
o+focus. html. (September 15,
2014).
A worker starting the cleanup
Thisiswhyimbroke.com, Site Review
Nowadays, everything can be find on the internet… Literally any-
thing! From magic wand remote controller, to glow in the dark
toilet paper and even diesel powered MechWarrior (only
1 350 000$), the website www.thisiswhyimbroke.com is present-
ing every weird object you always dreamed of but never thought
you could buy. Even though the products I enumerate earlier seem
useless, the website does present really useful objects like toolkits
and lamps. You can thank this website, because now you will nev-
er arrive at an office party with a boring gift again. Great funny
gifts can be found on there and for a decent price. The only prob-
lem is that when you find the article you really wanted to have
since you were 8 years old, thisiswhyimbroke.com will transfer
you to the website that is actually selling the product. So if you
are unlucky, the website you get transferred on won’t be shipping
to Quebec and at the end of the day, you will need to continue im-
agining yourself with this awesome light saber umbrella. But
don’t worry plenty of other really cool things are waiting for you.
By Vincent Landry
CEGEP Abolition:
Premier Couillard’s
Point Of View Has
Not Changed
Philippe Leclerc,
Student in Human Sciences
Are the two years between high
school and university really useful? Well,
the PLQ youth wing does not think so and
it would like to make a little change in the
CEGEP system, or, actually, quite a big
one: abolish them during the next mandate.
However, the young liberals have to face
the opposition of their own leader, Premier
Philippe Couillard. During their annual
summit that was held last August 9th, over
400 liberal youngsters discussed the pro-
ject and a small majority has been in fa-
vour of the reform. But, a great part of
liberals continue to support the actual CE-
GEP system (CTV News, August 9, 2014,
p. 1).
According to the leader of the
youths, Nicholas Perrino, CEGEPs do not
respond adequately to the needs of the
employment market. The solution would
be to transform those public buildings into
institutes of professional formation. The
two missing years would be replaced by an
extra year of high school and university,
like elsewhere in Canada and the United
States. The leader aims for an upgrade of
the educational efficiency and thinks that it
would be more logical if students could go
to university faster.
Premier Couillard’s point of view
has not changed since 2013, the last time
the debate was launched. He said employ-
ment “is not the only goal of the education
system” and that it has to offer to Quebec-
ers a good “general education […] in all
the regions of Quebec” (Philip Authier,
August 9, 2014, p. 4). He does not wipe
the idea to review some of the current CE-
GEP programs to adjust them, but he does
not want a complete restructuration of the
system like the majority of young liberals
(Philip Authier, August 9, 2014, p. 4).
The Premier argued that his current
goal is to make financial cuts in the budget
to reduce the public dept. According to
political analyst Jean Lapierre, education,
health and family are the three main places
where the government spends public
funds. Therefore, CEGEPs will certainly
have to face financial cuts or to be re-
viewed in some ways if the government
wants to reach their goal, the “déficit
zéro”, as they call it (CTV News, August
9, 2014, p. 1).
Couillard is not the only one to be
hostile to CEGEP abolition. The Federa-
tion of CEGEPs and the PQ think that such
reforms would be an absolutely “pointless
and useless” reorganisation of all the edu-
cational system (Philip Authier, August 9,
2014, p. 5). They think that minor modifi-
cations could be done, but eliminating
completely CEGEPs would be excessive.
All in all, the youth PLQ wing’s
idea does not seem to be approved by eve-
rybody, starting by the Premier himself. It
has already generated a great debate inside
and outside the party, but the negotiations
do not seem to be done yet. If the project is
finally applied, some questions concerning
the transition between both systems remain
without any answers. For example, no one
has confirmed, at least for now, if Que-
bec’s universities actually have the capaci-
ty to receive a lot of extra students.
TOP 10: BEST FALL COATS
Tiffany Hebert
Student in business management
Now girls, summer is our favorite season but, now it’s time to look perfect for Fall! For fashion, fall is THE best seasons. We can play with our
look, put more or less accessorize, and fall is the season for creation! So don’t forget to always be stylish while the cold temperature is approaching.
That is why; I’ll present you my top 10 of best fall coats.
The trench coat 2. The varsity jacket 3. The XXL coat
Available at Zara Available at H&M Available at ASOS
4. The cape 5. The duffle coat 6. The boyfriend coat
Available at H&M Available at ASOS Available at Zara
7. The textured coat 8. The damp proof coat 9. The 60s coat
Available at Kitsch Boutique Available at ASOS Available at Zara
10. The perfecto
Available at Against Nudity
So, to you all girls, that hate fall/winter as much as I do: don’t
forget that you can still look good and sexy while you are trying
to deal with the cold! You can try to put a scarf and a hat over
that coat and you will totally look gorgeous!
Selling Quebec’s
Beauty for an Uncer-
tain Amount of Money
Simon Lavigne
Student in Pures Sciences
Would you sell your car to someone with-
out being sure that you will get some mon-
ey for it? Quebec’s government wants to
permit petrol companies to make hydraulic
fracturing in some regions of Quebec.
Pierre Arcand said “There is no guarantee
[to find petrol]” (Pierre Arcand, 2014, p.7),
the government is trying to reassure the
population by saying there is no danger to
fracking, and environmentalist groups are
denouncing the project.
The government planned to invest in oil
exploration and carats examination. $55
million have been invested in 2014 and
$45 million are going to be invested in
2015, for a total of about 18 wells on the
island of Anticosti. They are using frack-
ing technique, which consists of shooting
high pressure fluid underground. The fluid
contains a lot of water, sand, acids and
other chemicals. It is used to break shale
formations and extract gas.
According to Marc Durand, an ex-geology
professor at the University du Québec à
Montréal, Anticosti’s potential has been
exaggerated by the island’s promoters.
The study will not only be about Anticosti
Island, it will also be extended to the low-
lands, between Montreal and Quebec City,
where a population of about two million
people are living.
Some citizen and environmental groups
denounced Quebec’s government actions
in this project, due to the risks for the envi-
ronment and population in the fragile re-
gion of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. For ex-
ample, each well uses two to five million
gallons of water and will contaminate it
forever. Due to hydraulic fracturing, other
states have also saw consequences like
drinking water contamination including
surface and groundwater, which is almost
impossible to decontaminate.
A Greenpeace representative has also told
that government should invest to reduce
the greenhouse gas emission, not to in-
crease it. “There is no social acceptance at
this time”, Arcand said (Pierre Arcand,
2014, p.7).
On top of that, Petrolia, an oil company,
has proposed to use propane instead of
water in the fracking process on Anticosti,
saying that they will save million gallons
of water. However, only half of the fluid
used in wells returns to the surface, the rest
is lost underground. The use of the frack-
ing technique on Anticosti may be terrible
for the environment, according to environ-
mental groups.
In May 2013, Amir Khadir, from Québec
Solidaire, also expressed concerns about
the environment protection: “The PQ gov-
ernment is too permissive, too weak in
front of extremely strong lobbies… The
responsibility of the minister is not to pro-
tect oil companies…his responsibility is to
protect the environment” (Amir Khadir,
2013, p.6).
All of these groups denounce the govern-
ment’s environmental position because of
the sensibility of this region. The lowland
is the position where we can find the best
farmlands of the province. On Anticosti
Island, we can find up to 200,000 deer.
The Gulf of St. Lawrence could expose to
high environmental consequences if a frac-
ture or an interconnection between the
shale formation and the aquifers happened.
Finally, the controversial subject continues
to rage some environmental groups be-
cause of the unknown impact this project
will have on the environment. On its side,
the government hopes to reach a petro-
riches era, as it is in Alberta.
References
Clean water action. Fracking: The dangers. Internet
WWW page at: http://www.clean
wateraction.org/page/fracking-dangers (September
3, 2014)
CTV Montreal. Quebec government invests heavily
in oil exploration on Anticosti Island. Internet WWW
page at: http://montreal.ctv
news.ca/quebec-government-invests-heavily-in-oil-
exploration-on-anticosti-island-1.1685105
(September 1th, 2014)
Dougherty, Kevin. Quebec announces extensive
studies to assess oil and gas potential. Internet
WWW page at: http://www.montrealgazette.
com/technology/
Que-
bec+announces+extensive+studies+assess+potential
/9893756/story.html (September 3, 2014)
Fontaine, Hugo. Mines: Amir Khadir accuse. Internet
WWW page at: http://affaires.lapresse.ca/economie/
energie-et-ressources/201005/13/01-4279946-mines
-amir-khadir-accuse.php (October 12, 2014)
Lavoie, Denis. The Utica Shale and gas play in southern Quebec: Geological and hydrogeological syntheses and methodological approaches to groundwater risk evaluation. Internet WWW page at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166516213002437 (September 3, 2014) Se guin, Rhe al and Marotte, Bertrand. Quebec op-position denounces fracking legislation. Internet WWW page at:http://www.theglobe andmail.com/news/national/quebec-opposition-denounces-fracking-legislation/article11943093/ (September 1, 2014)
Student, is it time for you that the session end?
Quiz by Magalie Cadorette
Do you have difficulty to sleep because you think of ALL the homework you have to do?
Yes, because they are all for tomorrow
No, I am a super hero of homework
Are you scared of your marks because there is less to have than what you have accumulated?
Yes, I have to save them from the hell.
No, because it’s too late to save them.
Are you trying to stay awake in your course because you had not slept last night due to homework for the
next morning?
Yes, I am not a super-hero of homework.
No, I don’t need, the coffee do it for me.
Are you planning in your head what you will do during holiday more than you are listening the teacher?
Yes, and it’s so nice that I could not want to come at school tomorrow.
No, the course is too important to do that.
How many coffees do you drink when you wake up to go to school?
I don’t have time for that.
I can’t count them by the importance of numb.
A reasonable number.
The results
Calculate your total of points, if you circle
3 points
1 point
0 point
Look at your sickness of school, if you have accumulate
10-15 points à it’s TIME it is finish!
10 points and less à it’s time to ask you if you’re a human or not!
Will Hydro-Quebec
Become Windy-
Quebec?
Vincent Landry
Pure science
Wind power has an even bigger
potential than hydropower in Quebec.
Knowing this, Hydro-Quebec jumped on
the occasion to develop wind power all
over Quebec
It all took place in 1998 with the
“Le Nordais” project. Later, in 2003, eight
contracts were signed for a total of
990MW of power capacity. Those projects
have played a major role in the economical
diversification of the Gaspe Peninsula.
From those projects, 600 jobs have been
created for the production of wind turbine.
Needless to say that the wind power indus-
try helped this economically depressed
region a lot. Hydro-Quebec have continued
their wind-power expansion in 2005 with
fifteen contract reaching 2000MW of wind
energy. In 2009, minor projects of under
25MW took place. Somehow, those pro-
jects were special, because they were tar-
geted in part for the First Nations initia-
tions to ensure local spin-offs. Other pro-
jects are, or have been developed in the
lower St. Lawrence Region, the Chaudiere-
Appalaches Region, the Saguenay-Lac-
Saint-Jean Region and many more regions
all over Quebec. In 2013, there were 23
wind farms generating about 2398MW of
wind energy. At the end of 2015, when all
the projects on the table will be in com-
mercial operation, Quebec’s wind energy
production will reach 4000MW.
Even though it seems to be a huge
amount of energy, this number represents
only 1% of Quebec’s wind power poten-
tial. Indeed, Quebec’s full wind energy
potential is estimated to be just under the
400 000MW cap. Surprisingly, this num-
ber amounts to approximately 100 times
the power currently generated by the hy-
dropower industry. But we are still really
far from this outstanding production since
we are only at 1%. Additionally, wind
power represents only 10% of Quebec’s
total power output.
This high potential can be explain
by the presence of high wind sites near the
power line. Since wind power production
depends on the wind speed, some regions
have more potential than others. For exam-
ple, cities like Saguenay and Rimouski
have a higher potential than Granby. It
takes wind of about 12 to 14 Km/h to start
generating electricity. When winds reach
50 to 60 Km/h, the turbines are working at
full capacity. The top speed the turbine can
generate power from is 90 Km/h. Faster
than that, the turbines must be stopped
because they could be damaged. Other
factors like the air density and the area
swept by the blades also affect the amount
of electricity generated by wind turbines.
One of the major problem for Hy-
dro-Quebec is the conflict they need to
deal with because of some cities denying
the establishment of wind turbines in their
area, because they want to preserve their
landscape. This controversy is slowing
Hydro-Quebec’s expansion, preventing
them from exploiting good wind sites.
In conclusion, it is clear that wind
power has a brilliant future in the province
of Quebec. But we must not forget that this
process will take time and improvements
will need to be made if Quebec wants to
reach his full potential. Quebec Energy
Minister, Pierre Arcand, raised an interest-
ing point saying: “How come, for instance,
construction costs of wind towers are high-
er in Quebec than in Ontario? What can we
do about it? What kind of rules can we
change to improve their efficiency?” in an
interview with The Gazette. Wind power is
still at an early stage of his development,
but Quebec’s wind industry is on the right
track.
_________________________________
References:
1-Shalom, François. The Gazette. http//
www.montrealgazette.com/technology/
wind+power+potential+under+study/1003
8387/story.html (September 7).
2-Quebec association of renewable energy
production, http://en.aqper.com/ in-
dex.php/wind-power (September 7).
Image:
http://creneaueolien.ca/wp-content/
uploads/MdS_121024_-09-EDF-
585x389.jpg
Wind farm in Gaspe
SKICHICCHOCS
Did you know that Quebec hides mountains such as those you can find in western
Canada, big and snowy enough to fulfill ski lovers’ dream? Indeed, the Chic-
Chocs include not more than 25 peaks over 1,000 meters high, where you can find
the fluffiest snow!
You might want a certified and qualified instructor to visit the mountains with you
for the first time so you can ski without risking your life in avalanches and discov-
er backcountry skiing in this area. He may help you to make an itinerary based on
your needs and abilities. Put on your skin or snowshoe, climb and enjoy the land-
scape and the fabulous ski conditions, all this here, in Quebec.
To learn more, visit us at: www.skichicchocs.com/
By Simon Lavigne
The City At The Fall-
en Bridge Magalie Cadorette
Humanities
Champlain Bridge, which was con-
structed in 1962, is decaying faster that
it should be. Government is spending a
lot of money to keep it in good condi-
tion. Last fall, they installed a super-
beam to keep it safe for drivers. Of
course, the idea of a brand-new bridge
is touching the mind of leaders.
The project should cost between $3
billion and $5 billion. That is why the
federal government wants to establish
an old way for helping the payment of
the bridge: tolls. Before years 1990’s,
Quebec had tolls on highways and on
bridges, but they removed them for
political questions.
Many people, commuters and political
leader, slammed the toll slated by the
Prime Minister because they think it
will cost too much. [“The only basis on
which we can do that is with financial
participation by local people. That
means if there is not a toll, there will
not be a bridge.”] Prime Minister Har-
per said. (Daniel Leblanc, 2014) At the
same time, he wants to ensure that Ca-
nadian taxpayers will not pay for all
the new structure. He is thinking right
because the Champlain Bridge is the
busiest bridge in Canada and it is
crossed by over 60 million cars and
cross-border goods transporters every
year. So, tourism will also help the
government with the bill. Also, Que-
beckers risk to pay more than the rest
of the country because it is in the big-
ger city in the province of Quebec.
In another way, people sway because
they think that the installation of the
toll will convince drivers to bypass the
new Champlain Bridge by crossing
other bridges that link Montreal to the
ground. They also think that will cause
other problems by clogging other
roads. That is why they should not put
a toll on the bridge. On the other side,
the government installed a toll on a
bridge that linked Montreal to Laval in
2011. The fees are $2.40 during peak
hours or $1,80 in off-peak hours and a
lot of commuters cross it every day to
save time.
The project that will begin in summer
2015 will have a structure unique to
Montreal, according to the architect
Poul Ove Jensen. (CBC news, 2014)
That will be a cable-stayed structure
that is going to make it outstanding.
There will be a segment for each way
of traffic and a way for cyclists and
pedestrians. Unfortunately, the project
of a new Champlain Bridge will affect
families around the location of the
bridge because at least 16 homes will
be expropriated.
The project of the busiest bridge in
Canada could be completed in 2018
and it will have a toll even if people
don’t approve the new way to pay the
bill. It is going to help the government
and Canadian taxpayers to pay this
expensive project and to keep it in
good condition so the new bridge
would stay in the landscape for a long
time. The winning consortium will
have the chance to build the new
Champlain Bridge and a part of the
highway that links it to the location of
the span.
References:
CBC news. Champlain Bridge: sneak
peek at the sleek new design. Internet.
http://www.cbcnews.com (September
5, 2014)
Leblanc, Daniel. Ottawa’s plans for a
toll on Champlain Bridge draw criti-
cism in Quebec: Internet. www.page
at. www.theglobeandmail.com
(September 5, 2014)
Magder, Jason. Montreal-Laval toll
bridge opens. Internet. http://
www.themontrealgazette.com
(September 5, 2014)
Riga, Andy. Ottwa invites three con-
sortia to bid on Champlain Bridge pro-
ject. Internet. http://
www.themontrealgazette.com
(September 5, 2014)
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You can also decide of the flex you want
between 75, 85 and 95. The 75 flex
being the lowest flex available on a
senior stick and 95 the highest.
You can decide the blade pattern you
want on your stick.
CCM Tacks ad by Samuel Lavoie
Does Quebec Accept Too
Many Immigrants ?
By Marc-Antoine Bédard
Humanities
Due to the drop of the natality rate in
Quebec, the government needs to accept
more immigrants in the province. But in
the 21st century, many believe that there
are too much newcomers and fear for
their identity. Indeed, the government
wants to reduce the number of immi-
grants for a better French integration.
Last year, the Values Charter was pro-
posed by the Parti Québécois to ensure
Quebecers identity. Right now, the prov-
ince is in the heat of a cultural debate :
Does Quebec accept too many immi-
grants ?
Many factors can answer this question.
The first one to take in consideration is
the need to integrate. In other words,
newcomers have to learn how Quebec’s
society works and they have to live with
this order in mind. Unfortunately, there
are a small amount of immigrants who
don’t respect this system. Many people
are worried about this situation. Even if it
is a small percentage of immigrants who
want to make their own rules in the
province, many changes were done. For
example, in the commercials, it is now
impossible to hear ‘’Merry Christmas’’.
This expression has been replace by
‘’Happy Holiday’’.
According to the Brandon Sun, the prov-
ince tries ‘’to stabilize immigration lev-
els around 50 000 new arrivals per year,
a target that was regularly exceed’’. (The
Canadian Press, 2013) If the natality rate
keeps dropping, in a couple of years,
Quebecers may become a minority in
their own province. However, most im-
migrants integrate themselves into Que-
bec society, so they are the new genera-
tion of Quebecers.
In 2013, the government of
Pauline Marois built up the Values Char-
ter. They created this project ‘’to estab-
lish the neutrality of the state and create
clear rules on religious accommodation
for public employees.’’ (CTV News,
2013) So, they attacked the identity
problem by assuring the religious neu-
trality. In this way, everybody has to
contribute for a better social cohesion.
The Goal of the Charter is to
‘’contribute to integration and social co-
hesion’’. (CTV News, 2013) If immi-
grants are partially integrated (they need
to keep a part of their own culture), the
province will benefit a multi-cultural
society, a province where every culture
lives in harmony, but without religious
signs. The Values Charter would ban
every conspicuous religious symbols for
public employees. In addition ‘’it would
make it mandatory for everyone to have
their face uncovered while receiving a
state service’’. (CTV News, 2013)
Many political debates followed this
project. Indeed, most of the population
rejected the Values Charter. Now, Paul-
ine Marois is no longer the prime minis-
ter, so the project has no chance to be
accepted.
According to the Brandon Sun, the gov-
ernment ‘’will spend an additional 13.5
million $ per year during the next three
years to teach immigrants French.’’ (The
Canadian Press, 2013) So, the French
identity is safe and the cultural heritage
will stay.
It is possible to think that the province
takes too many immigrants. But, it’s
important to remember that without
them, Quebec’s population would be
really low.
References:
Mulholland, Angela. CTV News.
<http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/quebec
-s-values-charter-what-is-it-and-what-
will-it-change-1.1458292> (September
3rd 2014)
Drinking for the economy Audrey Mathieu
Administration student
You know the saying ‘’ the pessi-
mist sees the glass half-empty,
while the optimist sees it half-
full’’? In the world of microbrew-
eries in Quebec, this expression
makes perfect sense.
Beer is a tradition in Quebec and
Canada
Many will be surprised to
learn that making beer in mi-
crobreweries in Quebec is one of
the oldest tradition in Canada. Beer
is the alcoholic beverage drunk the
most in Quebec and Canada. Mi-
crobrewers try to attract consumers
with beer with original flavors pro-
nounced by unusual amalgam in-
gredients from here. This beer is
powered by events such as ‘’
World of Beer ‘’, ‘’The Festival of
World Beer’’, and ‘’ Days of Que-
bec’s Beer’’. These activities pro-
mote the beer and the efforts of
brewers in microbreweries since 80
years here in Quebec.
More and more refined
Because Quebec is a very
large province, microbreweries are
separated by many kilometers. This
distance offers the opportunity to
start a business without being
afraid of a real hard competition. In
fact, microbreweries have to differ-
entiate their tastes in beers, but also
in their way to manufacturing their
products and also trough the other
products they offer, such as food.
So, we can taste several beers that
offer a large variety of different
flavors, with special accents such
as fruits. Also, microbreweries are
sometimes affiliated together to
create beers that are more and more
refined. Some also have their own
secret recipes with amazing ingre-
dients. Water, hops, malt and yeast
are the ingredients of a normal
beer, but microbreweries likes to
combine them with flavors like
coffee, fruits, pepper, honey, tea,
spices and even nuts flavors. The
only thing that is important for
them to brewing the beer with the
old tradition. So now we can taste
good beers with meals that gives a
perfect match.
Beer improve Quebec’s economy
‘’Prior to the late 1970s, the
beer market in Quebec was almost
100% dominated by North America
brewing giants like Molson and
Labatt.’’ Today microbreweries
have 3% of the total beer market in
Canada! The most incredible thing
is that beer come mostly from Que-
bec! Of course, this may seem a
very small number of Canada’s
PIB and the unemployment. Mi-
crobreweries survived the unstable
economic cycles of Quebec and
still have a spot in the hearts of
Quebecers households.
Favorable rise
In conclusion, depending on
the view we have of the beer mar-
ket, we can see the glass as half-
empty or half-full. Microbreweries
innovates everyday their products
and their production methods. Que-
becers have always keep in mind
the traditions and values of their
culture. The rise of microbreweries
cannot be more favorable for Que-
bec’s province will then improve.
All of this, because of our tradi-
tions, values and the love we have
for beer.
Sources:
1:http://offislandgazette.com/news/from-
the-gazette/story/2012/05/09/bill-young-
local-entrepreneurs-bank-on-
microbrewery/ (September
3 th)
2:http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/
articl-413/
Que-
bec_Beer,_Brewers_and_Breweries.html
(August 27 th)
3:http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/
Microbreweries/5825974/story.html
(September 3 th)
4:http://www.saxerbeer.com/category/
calgary-microbrewery/
(October 15th)
The Dream of Mr.
Pierre-Horace Boivin
Tiffany Hebert
Student in Business management,
October 2014
In 1905 was born one of the great
visionary of Quebec: Mr. Pierre-
Horace Boivin. Mr. Boivin was
named in 1994, knight of “the Na-
tional order of Quebec” for his con-
tribution to the evolution of Que-
bec, by founding the Granby Zoo.
The Granby Zoo is one of the most
important zoological parks in Que-
bec.
The attraction
has a big economical
contribution with its
entire tourist. At the
peck of the seasons the
Granby Zoo’s, is one
of the only entertain-
ment park to receive
every member of a family. In 1953,
the Granby Zoo’s started to emerge,
it was officially transferred to the
present site: 1050 Boulevard David
Bouchard Nord, Granby.
Mr. Boivin had a dream to
build his Zoo and never stopped
inaugurating, so every year they are
trying to put something new in the
Zoo. Indeed, they planed a new at-
traction, with new animals for sum-
mer 2014: Australia had arrived in
Granby with its kangaroos and koa-
las.
In 2012, the Zoo
have been
“recipient of the
Grand prix du
tourisme
Desjardins des
Cantons-de-l’Est
award in the
Tourist Attrac-
tions Exceeding
100,000 visitors category”. This
was a big honour, not only for the
Zoo, but also for Granby. “The
Granby Zoo’s direct and indirect
economic impact on its region is
estimated at over 50 million dollars
annually”.
Quebec is proud to have an
attraction like this one; it can bring
tourists from over the world to sup-
port their economy. The Granby
Zoo always had in mind that they
want to procure new sensations at
every visitor, every year, that’s why
they keep improving constantly.
In the peck of the season,
over 630 employees on the site staff
it. They want it to be perfect to give
the best experience to every of their
clients. Its economical impact on its
region had increase of 75% since
2004. That is why; the Granby
Zoo’s become one of the most im-
portant zoological parks in Quebec.
Mr. Pierre-Horace Boivin
had a dream that became real “in
1944 when he convinced three of
his friends to give him a piece of
land”. Since that day, the Zoo never
stops getting bigger. “In 2003, the
Granby Zoo celebrated its 50th
birthday, but, sadly, without its
founder who passed away in 1993.”
Mr. boivin always loved animals.
He started his plan with half a doz-
ens dog, some horses and a goat
born with only three legs.
“For Mr. Pierre-Horace Boi-
vin, each occasion was a good op-
portunity to highlight his city and
enrich the Zoo’s popu-
lation.” In every travel
that Mr. Boivin has
done he would always
take a chance and ask
someone to give him
an animal to put in his
Zoo.
With all his energy and
time, Mr. Boivin successfully ar-
rived to build his dream, the Gran-
by Zoo. The province of Quebec
will always be proud to have had an
important character as Mr. Boivin,
to increase the economy and open
minds on new things such as a Zoo.
Sources:
www.wikipedia.com
www.zoodegranby.com
How would you choose to go to school? Would you take
the car or the bus ? Would you walk ? I already hear you
telling me that it depends on the weather or how far you
live from school. I think you have already understood that
I’m talking about public transport, which is very impor-
tant for our environment. About 30% of U.S. carbon
dioxide is used by the pollution that transport makes.
There is always a way more ecologist than the other. Un-
fortunately, if you don’t live near to the school, you can
do carpooling with other people. However, public trans-
port is the best way to be ecological and at the same time
you save money because a car costs a lot. I hope this cap-
sule will help you to make better choice about your trans-
port in the future.
Alexandra Quintal
Maple Syrup World
Leader Meets a New
Threat
Jade Hopkins
Business
Quebec’s maple syrup in-
dustry has seen in the past ten
years its exportations, and so its
production, take a drop. The main
reason for this decline sits right
under it: Vermont. It now sells
cheaper maple products and its
“production has more than doubled
over 13 years”.
There are a couple of expla-
nations for this fast growth, but the
most interesting is the technologi-
cal improvements that have helped
Vermont’s producers “to tap more
trees and to turn family sugar bush-
es into full-time jobs”.
It is important for Quebec
to stay the world leader, because
this industry is “the largest in the
primary sector” in the entire prov-
ince and it produces “71% of the
world production”. It also pro-
vides around “58 000 jobs”.
A Vermont producer said
that “now that the U.S. and Cana-
dian currencies are closer to par”
they can sell their maple syrup for
less and they make more money.
Even if it started with al-
most nothing for Vermont, it is
now a real threat for Quebec. The
only thing they both fear is that the
production could go faster than the
demand and could cause a crash in
prices. But they don’t have to wor-
ry because not all countries can
produce maple syrup.
In fact, there needs to be
specials waves of temperature for
maple sap to flow in the trees.
This is the main reason why most
of the maple syrup production is
exported to other countries like
“Germany” or “Japan”. They
don’t have the weather conditions
to make it. To collect maple water,
the weather needs to be perfect.
Usually between March and April,
the nights are cold, under the freez-
ing point, and the days are a little
warmer, form 0 to 5 degrees.
Normally, each maple tree
that has a diameter of about 8 inch-
es or more can be tapped. Larger
trees can even be tapped more but
not more than 3 times, otherwise it
will threaten its health and growth.
After the water has been
collected, it is boiled to keep the
sugar from the water. To make 1
liter of maple syrup, we need 40
liters of maple water and if we
want to make other maple products
like butter, taffy or candies, it
needs to be boiled more. This is
why there are so many sugar bush-
es in Quebec and Vermont, this
industry needs a lot of the primary
product called maple sap.
But as the final product is a
luxurious product, if the economy
doesn’t go well, the demand is go-
ing to decrease. But for the years
to come, it is supposed to go well.
The unemployment rate is decreas-
ing and people are going back to
work. It means that they’re going
to make more money and they’ll
spend more of it. The consumption
rate is also going better. Econo-
mist preview a rate of 2% between
2014 and 2015.
Those are good news for
maple syrup producers because
they won’t have to worry about the
demand for a couple of years still.
They’ll just have to hope for per-
fect weather conditions to make a
good harvest this spring.
Sources:
http://www.siropderable.ca/Afficher.aspx?
section=5&langue=en
http://www.siropderable.ca/Product_en.aspx
http://www.siropderable.ca/Afficher.aspx?
page=40&langue=en
http://www.siropderable.ca/Afficher.aspx?
page=44&langue=en
How Much Does Edu-
cation Cost? Béatrice Fournier
Human profile student
Everyone probably knows it,
university is not given nowadays. In
2014, education is not accessible like
it was 20 years ago in Quebec. The
tuition of university students changed
a lot in the last two years because of
the government.
FEES RISE IN QUEBEC AND IN
THE REST OF CANADA
In 2012, the liberal government decid-
ed to increase tuition. The project was
to rise the cost by $325 per year.
Because of this new law, students
have to pay $2519 for one year in
2013, but it continued to increase year
after year.
Has example the impact of the new
tuition come specialists compared the
cost of a university in Alberta in 1975
and 2012. For the same degree in
medicine the price has risen by
1400%. In 1975, students needed to
pay $715 annually and now they have
to pay $12 438.
Most of the time when society talks
about tuition ,everyone thinks about
the cost for students living in Canada,
but it also make a difference a differ-
ence for international students who
come here to study.
The McGill Tribune found that stu-
dents from other countries:
"Will be charged upward of $35 000
in tuition for the upcoming 2014-2015
from the approximate $15 000
charged in 2007-2008."
ARE STUDENTS ABLE TO PAY
THEIR SCOLARITY?
First of all, there is a big difference
between a student living at their
parent’s house and a student who need
to rent an apartment.
In Quebec, a student living at home
will need approximately $4800 by
year. In contrast a student living alone
needs to budget between $16 500 and
$20 000.
In
Canada, analysis calculate that a per-
son who goes fulltime to university
and who works at minimum wages,
need to spend 570 hours working to
pay for university compare to 230
hours in 1975.
Hopefully most of the time parents are
there to help their child. A recent
study found that the cost for a parent
who paid for post-secondary educa-
tion will need around $64 300.
TUITION AROUND CANADA
Quebec is the less expensive province
to study. Even if the population are
not happy of the new law from the
liberal government, the province has
the most accessible program of educa-
tion in the country.
Right after us, there is Newfoundland
and Labrador where the tuition is
around $100 more than here.
The most costly province is Ontario
the tuition has an average of $5 388to
$6 640 in the last four years.
Finally, we are lucky here to not have
to pay that much, but research shows
that in 2010:
"The universities were underfunded
by $620 million."
To conclude, in Quebec like in the rest
of Canada in the fees of university rise
every year. It can make a problem,
because most of the time students
can’t pay all the tuition. But we have
to remember that here, in the province
of Quebec, is the place where the cost
to study is the lowest.
As a final point, the most important
question after that, is not how much
you pay for your education, but if
there is a link between the cost of your
university and the quality of them.
BILIOGRAPHY
CBC. Quebec tuition fight about keeping education accessi-
ble, students say. Internet WWW page at: www.cbc.ca
(September 2014)
Huffington post. Quebec student strike. Internet WWW
page at: www.huffigtonpost.ca (September 2014)
Huffington post. Tuition cost Canada. Internet WWW page
at: www.huffigtonpost.ca (September 2014)
The McGill Tribune. (Feb 04, 2015). Deregulation at pro-
grams results in tuition increases for international students.
Not An April Fool
Cynthia Lamontagne
Administration
On April 1st, it's time to
make some jokes to our
friends! But Hydro-
Québec will not try to fool
the Quebecers on April 1st
2015 with the hike of elec-
tricity prices because of
their investments in wind
power generators.
In fact, Hydro-Quebec is going to
increase the prices of electricity by
3,9 percent in Quebec. That repre-
sents a hike of 2$ by month for
those who live in an apartment and
5$ to 10$ (depending on how they
heat) by month for those who live
in a house. The major cause of this
hike is due to Hydro-Quebec's in-
vestments in wind power genera-
tors. "Wind power is a good source
of environmentally sustainable
electricity" said Patrice Lavoie,
spokesperson of Hydro-Quebec.
That is why they are investing in
wind power. These wind farms are
due for December 2016-2017. But
it is not the only cause that justifies
the increase of electricity prices.
The heritage pool electricity is an-
other part of it. The price on it was
frozen during a certain period of
time but now it increases because
of the inflation. Hydro-Quebec
needs to cover this cost so they will
increase the electricity prices of
Quebecers.
"We ask because it's actually the
real cost to provide the service for
2015-2016 and it's the same pro-
cess each year." said Patrice La-
voie, spokesperson of Hydro-
Quebec. Also, even is the prices
are increase, Hydro-Quebec said
that the electricity rates in Quebec
will remain the lowest in Canada.
Last year, Hydro-Quebec
was supposed to increase the pric-
es. But, at this time, they decided
that they wanted a hike of 5,8 per-
cent. Some consumer groups rapid-
ly demonstrated their disagree-
ments. They said that this hike was
totally unjustified. The Energy
Board decided that it was too high
but allowed a raise of 4,3 percent
to Hydro-Quebec. This raise was
approved because of the fact that
the electricity rates in Quebec will
still remain the lowest. Because of
the hike, to help low-income cus-
tomers to pay their electricity bills,
Hydro-Quebec will continue to
provide efficiency programs and
personalized arrangements. They
know that it will be a little bit
harsh for customers so
they want to help them.
To conclude, the biggest
company of electricity in
Quebec, Hydro-Quebec,
will increase the prices of
electricity of 3,9 percent.
This hike is due to the in-
vestments in wind power
generator and to cover the
inflation of the heritage pool. The
company knows that it will be a
little bit hard for the Quebecers
because it is an important hike but
they affirmed that it is normal. So,
on April 1st 2015, Hydro-Quebec
will not try to prank their custom-
ers with the hike. "It's basically the
real cost of what it cost to provide
the service to Quebec customers."
Sources
http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/hydro-quebec-asks-
for-permission-to-increase-prices-1.1946750
http://www.montrealgazette.com/
Hydro+Qu%C3%
A9bec+customers+could+another+jolt/10
091294/story.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/
hydro-qc%C3%A9bec-seeks-to-hike-rates
-by-3-9-in-2015-1.2728948
Image
http://rsde-montreal.ca/entreprises-
quebecoises/hydro-quebec-un-bon-
exemple-de-rsde-au-quebec/
Sharing Our TV
Roxanne Laplante
It is possible for Quebec TV shows to get
recognition across Canada. Indeed, since a
couple of years, Radio-Canada has been
working with English networks, mostly its
twin, CBC, to translate and export our TV
shows.
Until now, our series have had a good
response in english, but they haven't get as
much success as the producers would have
wished. Somehow, they believe in our French
culture and they are pretty optimistic.
Previous Attempts
Speaking of it, previous attempts of
adapted shows in English didn't really suceed
because of the USA competition. These big
budget shows are usually getting way more
attention, even on our side of America. Put-
ting that aside, Quebec TV shows are show-
ing our very own culture that is worth sharing
abroad.
In fact, our series show the world in a
different way that US shows do. As Fabienne
Larouche, a massive author and producer
here, in Quebec said : «[It's] Americans, with
a French way of thinking. » She still believes
that Quebec has something to offer that no-
body else does.
The quebec tv show 19-2 has been translated
in english and the first season is now on the
air on canada's english network.
Quebec ideas are worth it
Despite the fact that French series are
kind of getting lost in translation, the quality
of our ideas and production is getting a lot of
attention across Canada, and even around the
world. There is obviously a certain interest
out there for Quebec talents. Producers wish
to explore this interest and develop it into
something that could be profitable on both
sides, French and English. They think that
there is clearly a gap in the market for Quebec
TV shows in english.
Some years ago, Radio-Canada and
CBC tried to share some common projects.
They aired simultaneously shows shot in both
languages on both networks. Some were get-
ting success, like the mini-series The last
chapter, but some, like He shoots, he scores
(Lance et compte) didn't last long enough on
the English side to prove its benefits.
Fighting the competition
The question here is : what does it ex-
actly take for a Quebec concept to get recog-
nition on the other side of the boarder? Since
Quebec television is really different from
American's, it's hard to know what would be
interesting for an english audience. But it is
also a great risk that makes some series inter-
esting for remake.
Indeed, Quebec humor is unique, it
breaks apart from the usual stuff we see on
American TV. Based on that, Quebeckers
really do believe in their culture and its ability
to cross over our english neighbours side.
According to that, Rémy Girard, an
important Quebec actor pronounced himself
on this idea of pushing our TV shows limits a
bit further : « I don't think it's just the lan-
guage barrier […] it's a question of loyalty. »
He thinks that when you learn to like a certain
show, you just stick to it. Then, it's only a
matter of time until english Canadians learn
to like Quebec TV.
What about money
Another important point to consider is
certainly the budget. Some series, like Unité
9, are shot outside of Radio-Canada studios,
so they almost cost nothing to produce. That
is mostly the main argument that makes
shows more attractive for remake in english.
The only thing to consider in that case would
be the competition. Would a low budget Que-
bec remake be able to stand tall beside the
giant big productions of the American indus-
try?
Sources :
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2014/02/07/
que-
becs_francophone_tv_dramas_translate_well_else
where.html
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/
why-is-quebecs-tv-success-getting-lost-in-
translation/article568726/
Local News
Justine Power
On the night of Octo-
ber 6th, an act of
vandalism was made
in the Granby pizze-
ria Chez Jack, on
Denison Est Street.
Gasoline was spilled
in the restaurant, but
no fire was lit. When
the owner entered in
his pizzeria in the
morning, there was a
strong smell of gas.
People who live in
the apartments over
the restaurant were
forced to evacuate.
The individuals who
commited the act of
vandalism haven’t
been found yet. The
pizzeria is still
closed, and it will be
until a cleanup is
made.
Image:
http://
www.lapresse.ca/la-
voix-de-lest/
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lites/201410/08/01-
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-repandue-dans-une-
pizzeria.php
I Remember
Alexandra Quintal
Humanities
« Yes » or « No » ? That was
the question. Thirthy-five years
ago, Quebeckers had to go to the
polls. In fact, they were voting
about the sovereignty of Quebec.
The Franco-Canadians didn’t just
go once but they went twice. In
1980, René Lévesque, Prime Minis-
ter of Quebec did the first one and
in 1995, Jacques Parizeau tried
again. Canadians all know the re-
sults of the both referendum, the
« No » won but what wen wrong ?
Did something made people afraid
about the separation of Quebec
from the rest of Canada ?
In 1967, Charles de Gaulle
did a speech that every Quebecker
still remembers : « Vive le Quebec
libre » he said (Charles de Gaulle,
1967). This renew the flame in
Quebecker’s heart.
In 1976, the Parti Québécois
(PQ) won the provincial election.
They had made the promise to do a
referendum in the future. Pierre
Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
at this time, was the main opponent
of René Lévesque. Meanwhile, in
Canada, a election had been set on.
There was a rivality between the
actual Prime Minister and the Con-
servatism leader, Joe Clark. René
Lévesque thought that it was the
best moment to put the referendum
soon. However, Pierre Trudeau
won again.
The Quebeckers were very
splitted about that. The other pro-
vince didn’t want Quebec to be se-
parated and had done everything in
their power to convince that Que-
bec would be better in Canada.
Some people were worried about
the economy, others just felt diffe-
rent from the rest of Canada and
wanted Quebec to be a country.
When Quebeckers had to go to the
polls, they were pleased to answer a
question by yes or no. Maybe the
« yes » lost because the question
was too complicated. It was men-
tioned to have « an economic asso-
ciation including a common curren-
cy [with Canada] » (The Canadian
Encyclopedia). Futhermore, the PQ
government did a major error by
referring housewives to a sexist ca-
ricature called Yvettes. Finally, the
results were 59% for the « No » and
40% for the « Yes ». At the end,
René Lévesque said : « My dear
friends, if I understand you cor-
rectly, you’re saying : « until the
next time ». » (René Lévesque,
1980)
René Lévesque was right be-
cause in 1995, Jacques Parizeau,
the new leader of PQ, set another
referendum. The « No » side won
by a low margin.
Many reasons can show the
comeback for the « yes » side.
When Pierre Trudeau pa-
triated the Canadian constitution,
Quebec felt like had been fooled by
the other provinces. Quebec de-
cided to not sign the constitution.
Furthermore, other accords like the
Charlottetown Accord was rejected
by Quebec. Everything seemed to
be perfect to gain a majority of
yesses. However, « No » votes won
by 50,6% of the population.
Jacques Parizeau made a speech
that turned off the flame in the heart
of certain Quebeckers. He put the
defeat of the referendum upon eth-
nic and anglophone shoulders.
It’s been many years and we
still hear people or politicians tal-
king about referendums. On April
2014, the PQ lost the election be-
cause of the sovereignty question.
On September 18th 2014, Scotland
(in Great Britain) will do the same
thing that Quebeckers did twenty
and thirthy-five years ago. If the
« Yes » votes win, maybe this will
turn on the flame that is still bru-
ning in some Quebecker’s hearts.
Sources :
THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPE-
DIA. «Quebec Referendum
(1995)», (consulted on September
15th 2014). URL address : http://
www.canadianencyclopedia.com/
en/article/quebec-referendum-1995-
«A survey of Canada : A dream that
does not fade», The Economist, no.
950, published on Saturday, De-
cember 3rd 2005.
Image :
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nodogsoranglo-
phones.blogspot.ca/2012/10/why-
sovereigntists-should-consider.html
What about those
who can't fight for
their rights ? Genevieve Thomas
Human profile student
It's a fact that a lot of people in this
world have cats and dogs. So,
when someone is talking about
those animals, many are con-
cerned. Currently, there is a prov-
ince in Canada where our four-
paws friends are not protected by
the law. It's the province of Que-
bec.
What is going on in Quebec ?
In a lot of countries, regulations
about animals have changed over
time, but not in Quebec. Many
people may think it's like other
countries but to their big surprise,
it's not. Actually, critters are con-
sidered as "personal property".
That means that objects are equal
as living animals. For example, a
dog is worth the same as a desk.
The actual law doesn't care about
well-being.
In a one country there could be a
majority of provinces with the best
laws and a minority of provinces
with horrible laws. This is the situ-
ation in Canada.
In fact, Quebec and Nunavut have
the worst regulations about protect-
ing animals. All the others provinc-
es have much better laws.
There is a long way to go ...
For the province of Quebec, the
rules are so useless that horrible
things are happening to these poor
animals. At the present time, peo-
ple can own up to 14 cats or dogs.
To have more pets, people only
need to get a license.
Consequently, "puppy mills" are
legal. As a result, in May 2014,
"animal protection authorities
found more than 200 dogs kept in
inhumane conditions on a farm in
Bonsecours." (CBC news, May 25,
2014)
Equally important, there are a lot
of deficiencies that need to be im-
proved in the animal protection
laws. As long as those regulations
don't change, any person could
have many dogs without any em-
ployees to help for the care of the
critters. Those dogs could live on
"wire flooring" which can cause
injuries, be tethered all day long
exposed to the hot summer sun,
without any friends to socialize
with and in a disgusting cage.
Moreover, if the owner doesn't like
the animal for any reason, "there is
no inclusion of appropriate eutha-
nasia protocols, allowing the gas-
sing of dogs with outdated meth-
ods and equipment." (SPCA, Janu-
ary 14, 2012)
Are those people punished for
their actions ?
What about the consequences ?
Many think that penalty is not se-
vere enough. The big difference
between the province of Quebec
from the others in Canada is that
Quebec's consequences are mini-
mal.
In detail, "other provinces have
amended their penalty provisions
to include fine up to $75 000 and
incarceration of up to two years, in
Quebec the maximum penalty for a
first time individual offender is a
negligible $600." (Humane Society
International Canada, June 29,
2011)
The difference between the fines is
enormous. A lot of people are actu-
ally fighting to change these regu-
lations to help animals to have a
better life. The reason is that the
fines don't get people to change
their attitude. They continue to
make animals live in horrible con-
ditions.
Who can help animals to make a
change ?
The principal aspect that makes
people think the law is not fair
about animal is that critters can
feel pain. They do have feelings
and have the same needs required
as a human. It's a fact that animals
and humans can't understand each
other. Under those circumstances,
critters don't have any power on
what people do to them. It's the
population who can make a
change. People have to fight for
animals rights because obviously
they can't do it by themselves.
Sources
OUELLET, Martin. "Quebec to amend
Civil Code to better protect animals from
abuse" CBC news (August 9, 2014)
"Advocates seek improved legal status for
animal in Quebec" CBC news (May 25,
2014)
SPCA. HSI Canada and CSPCA Call on
Quebec Government to Strengthen Animal
Protection Laws, Montreal, January 14,
2012, http://www.spca.com/?
p=419&lang=en (Consulted on Septem-
ber 5)
Do You Know H.P. Lovecraft?
Xavier Saint-Jean-Banville
Human science
H.P. Lovecraft, for anyone that has read any of
his book, that name come with a chill down the
spine, but to someone that haven’t read him, that
don’t know him, where to start? Howard Phillips
Lovecraft is the father of the materialistic modern
horror genre tale and a source of inspiration for many
modern writers. Stephen say about him that he is "the
twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic
horror tale."
But, to anyone that want to discover H.P
Lovecraft, where to start? Most people agree, that for
a profane, Call Of Cthulhu is the best introduction to
the Lovecraftian genre.
Call of Cthulhu set the scene for what is called;
The Cthulhu mythos, a set of book from Lovecraft
and some of his friends that feature the Great
Cthulhu, the eternal lord of madness and destruction
and the Necronomicon, the ultimate sanity-shattering
book of pure evil.
But why bother reading Lovecraft? First he is
the father of the modern horror genre, secondly, there
are reference to his work everywhere! Especially in
TV show, books or videogame, take South Park,
Game Of Throne or true Detective for example, and
finally because Lovecraft is just such a great writer
and most of his books are simply recognized master-
pieces.
Frozen takes over the world
Genevieve Thomas
Human profile student
It’s a fact that the new Walt Disney movie with The Snow Queen be-
came popular all over the world. It became successful faster than the
majority of the others Walt Disney movies. Actually, it has won a lot
of awards of many different categories and it is believable. Frozen is
really a good movie for kids and the songs are catchy. It stays in your
mind and makes you want to sing along. The songs are so good that
the movie had been translated into many different languages. It’s may-
be the track that makes the movie so good and it can hide the bad mo-
rality. In the movie, Elsa is born with magical powers and her parents
keep telling her to hide it and to keep them away from other people.
Consequently, she’s doesn’t feel good about herself and she’s always
sad. That is not something we want to learn to children. We want
them to feel good about themselves. So, the parents in the story aren’t
learning the right values to their kids.
But in general it is still a good movie
thought.
Image references
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hit-movie-frozen/
JUSTICE DEAL-
ING WITH MEN-
TAL DISORDERS
By Gabriel Archambault
from Human sciences
The recent liberation
under of former cardiologist
Guy Turcotte, who killed his
two children, few years ago,
generates anger and question-
ing. Less and less are those
who have faith in our justice
system. Effectively, the effi-
ciency of the criminal court
with cases that treat mental
disorders like for Turcotte is
becoming a new major debate
in Quebec. Claiming to be not
criminally responsible, people
who did severe crimes have
one option to get free easily:
psychological reasons. Are
they taking advantage of our
laws?
The case of Lika Roc-
co Magnotta is also moving
the debate. Suspected of dis-
memberment-murder, Mag-
notta defends himself in say-
ing that he suffers from mental
illness in front of the judge.
There are chances for him be-
cause of the Article 16 of Can-
ada’s Criminal Code affirms
that ‘No person is criminally
responsible for an act commit-
ted while suffering from a
mental disorder that rendered
the person incapable of appre-
ciating the nature and quality
of the act’.
Because of this, Magnot-
ta has to prove he’s not a psy-
chopath. Since 1994, the Su-
preme Court has changed the
article of the code so that it
does not apply to psychopaths
for a particular reason. Ap-
proximately three-quarter of
prisoners are considered as
psychopaths. So, we can’t
begin to all free them even if
they are dominated by their
sickness. Psychologists are al-
so saying that psychopaths are
very hard to rehabilitate be-
cause of their antisocial atti-
tude and their lack of guilt.
The fact that psychiatry
isn’t an exact science is also a
major problem for few cases.
The psychologists are repeat-
ing that this field of study is
based on observation, so it
can’t be perfect. It would be
easier to take someone’s blood
and prove that he’s schizo-
phrenic or depressive but it’s
not possible. In fact, the panel
of judges has to believe and be
confident with psychologists
who go testify during a trial.
This way of working is not ac-
cepted by everyone. Turcotte’s
ex-wife expressed, to the news,
after his conditional release,
her opinion about the weakness
of our justice system. ‘I don’t
have faith anymore in our jus-
tice system, not with the cur-
rent rules’. She declared the
inaccuracy of psychiatric
studies is not the only factor
that has a several impact on the
final verdict. It depends on the
judge, the experience of the
lawyers, but also how rich the
defendant is. In the case of her
ex-husband, he had the money
to pay a respected lawyer, so
he had a better chance to be
liberated than an ordinary citi-
zen. She, as many others,
hopes for change.
After having admitted
to stabbing his children, Guy
Turcotte was released with low
conditions. The thing that
saved him is the testimony
about the fact he was dis-
traught over the breakup with
his ex-wife and the fact he was
experiencing blackouts. It
seems easy for a defendant to
use his psychological problems
to be forgiven. In answer to
this famous case, the Harper
government said that they will
change the laws to make it
more difficult for offenders
who use mental disorders as an
argument. The system may
change with those kinds of
events.
Ebola Epidemic Status By Béatrice Fournier
Student in human profile
Ebola is one of the most murders vi-
ruses of the 21 century. The first case was
notified in Africa in March 2014. Most of
the time victims have symptoms like fever
fatigue, muscle pain, headache, vomiting,
diarrhoea… The virus is transmissible very
easily by human liquid. So presently the
entire world works every day to find a
treatment. Canada is one of the countries
who create a brand new vaccine to try to
stop the epidemic. Sadly during the re-
search between 5 000 and 10 000 people
are infected every week in Africa. For now,
authorities work hard to be prepare and to
do prevention with the population if the vi-
rus comes in North America.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, Ebola virus disease
Internet WWW at: http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-
programmes/dpc/epidemic-a-pandemic-alert-and-response/
epr-highlights/4164-ebola-virus-disease-in-west-africa.html
Trip tips
Loïc Martel
Science Pure
Some of you may enjoy travelling around the world,
here’s some quick tips that could be very useful for
your next trip. No matter where you are going, you
should always think about the content of your lug-
gage a week prior your departure. Take note every
time you remember something useful or important.
As general rule: take half of your clothes and bring
twice the money. Try to mix and match, three shirts
and three bottoms will create 9 outfits. If it’s im-
portant and can’t fit into your daypack, leave it at
home. Stuff gets stolen no matter where you go.
The usage of your cell can be very expensive if used
outside of the counytry unless your have travel ar-
ragement with your provider or use a local cellular.
In such case, having access to data with your cell
could be very usefull. For instance, it can help you
find your way, find a restaturant, knowing the local
events helping you finding a restaurant.
MONTREAL-
BOSTON: HATE AL-
WAYS
Roxanne Laplante
Arts & Litterature
Here in Quebec, where hockey has al-
ways been almost like a religion, Mon-
treal Canadiens are
our heroes, our abso-
lute dream team.
Since 90 years
though, our dear
Canadiens have had
some tough rivalry.
Indeed, our
worst enemy in hock-
ey has been, since the
National Hockey
League very begin-
nigs, the big bad Bruins. We don't even
know why we hate each other so much,
but hockey fans are more intense than
ever. Last year series proved it enough.
Rivalry History
Montreal-Boston rivalry mostly devel-
opped throughout the playoffs over the
years. In fact, Montreal faced Boston 32
times in the playoffs and Montreal won
24 stanley cup through that. From 1946
to 1987, Montreal got advantages 18
times over Boston.
Though, Boston did prove their
skills starting form 1990, when they won
4 playoffs in 5 seasons.
Impact on society
Last year, when the Bruins faced Mon-
treal in the second round of the playoffs,
the fans' enthusiasm for the rivalry be-
tween the two hockey teams went viral.
It was obviously the most rassembling
event of the
year. Even
some peo-
ple who
don't really
like hockey
chose their
team and
cheared for
their heroes.
Even
the publi-
cists saw the marketing potential of the
rivalry. They created special publicities
based on the fight between montreal and
boston to move the fans. And of course,
it worked! Everywhere we went, every-
one was talking about the rivalry im-
pacts, in a way or the other. And nobody
could have said that he wasn't move by
this intense event which is our national
sport.
Restaurant review
Chloé-Marie Roberge
I recently went to Montreal
with friends and I decided to go
try the crescent sushi because
some people had told me it was a
really nice place to go when you
want to eat good sushi and they
were right about it. It’s a beautiful
place and the prices are not that
expensive. It’s a little bit like a all
you can eat because you can de-
cide to pay 25$ and you have the
choice of sushi you want and also
you have no limits of sushi to or-
der. So people who want to eat a
lot and not pay that much will be
really happy at this place. They
were really good and the place is
really nice so I think people who
are going to Montreal have to try
this restaurant. It’s Downton in
the city so it’s really easy to go
there. There’s also something re-
ally nice for young students if you
bring your cards from your school
you have 10% off on your bill.
Student Factory
By Emyl Ferland
Humanities
When you have the power over a
nation, you can do almost every-
thing. It is known than many politi-
cians have helped out our country.
Some were federalists, while some
were sovereignists. Some were blue
and some were red. But when it
comes to talk about our education
system, they become as hungry as
wolves. They smell the opportuni-
ties for the party and they try re-
form after reform to create their
own little soldiers. In 2011, Jean
Charest liberal government tried to
apply intensive English program
that would had bring to his party a
numerous count of ‘’soldiers’’ to
vote for them. While in 2013, Paul-
ine Marois Parti Québécois govern-
ment applied brakes on that project
and in the same time tried to modi-
fy the History program to reshape it
with more nationalist content. Here
again we saw an attempt to tinker
the education system for the party’s
needs.
Over the 9 years it has had power,
Charest’s Parti Libéral tried to re-
shape the education system to add
English classes to primary 1st and
2nd students. Claiming it was good
for youngsters to start learning a
second language at that age. Then
they announced another modifica-
tion to the course: intensive English
for the sixth-year primary students.
They would pass half the year in
English while the other half would
be in French. If you take a step
back and look over the future dec-
ades, more English at that age will
certainly be augmenting English
speakers. The trick is that Parti
Libéral got a high percentage
among Anglophones when 80% of
them supported the Parti Libéral for
2014 elections.(CTV-Ipsos, 2014)
This is a good example of a politi-
cal takeover on the education sys-
tem in attempt to create their own
‘’little soldiers’’.
Since nothing is clearly black nei-
ther is completely white, Pauline
Marois’ Parti Québécois surely had
been denunciating this method but
by the other hand did the same
thing when they received power.
They first slowed down their
‘’enemies’’ plan by claiming it
would ‘’interfere with the mastery
of French’’. (National post, March
7th 2013) Then the PQ announced a
new reform that would modify his-
tory programs to add more sover-
eignty-based subjects. Education
Minister Marie Malavoy claimed
that the reform would make stu-
dents understand that sovereignty
has ‘’deeply marked our recent his-
tory’’. (Montreal Gazette, October
11th 2012) That was the PQ’s plan
to slowdown the PLQ’s attempt to
create ‘’soldiers’’ and by the other
hand do the same with the modifi-
cation of the history program. Here
again, you have to take a step back
and look over the future generations
to see that if you put sovereignty in
a central position on school boards,
you will favorite discussions on in-
dependence and have more chance
to convince people. The party with
the bigger army wins in almost eve-
ry war. Here again, the education
system was only another way to
create more ‘’little soldiers’’.
Remember that every war had had
its own generals and each of them
had their strategy to win. The Jean
Charest’s Parti Libéral used power
to redirect our education system for
the party’s interests and Pauline
Marois’ Parti Québécois did exactly
the same with the history program.
Like in real wars, the population is
trapped in the middle and has to
choose his side.
Sources:
Web pages:
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net WWW page at: http://
montreal.ctvnews.ca/ctv-ipsos-poll-
gives-liberals-five-point-lead-
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Internet WWW page at : http://
news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/07/
parti-quebecois-government-
english-language/
Molson and his histor-
ical alliance with Qué-
bec
October 13,2014
By Samuel Lavoie, Student in Ges-
tion de commerces
Beer and hockey, two things that
define our culture. Most of Canadi-
ans would agree that there`s noth-
ing better than drinking a beer
while watching a hockey game. The
Molson family is a major founder
of this tradition, because they own
the Molson beer company and the
Montreal Canadiens hockey club. It
became a tradition in the early
1900’s , but it evolved since then.
Since 1786, Quebecois can taste
Molson’s different brewed products
due to new technologies of brewing
and alliances with other business.
The Molson beer company was es-
tablished in 1786, on the banks of
the St.Lawrence river in Montreal.
The positioning of the brewery was
a strategic move by John Molson,
the founder, because he could have
all the water he needed to brew his
beer and he was able to send it eve-
rywhere else by boat. It was a good
consciousness that most of the other
companies of that era didn’t have.
The Molson family invested in the
lumber yards market and the steam-
boats market, which was the begin-
ning of the industrial era in Quebec.
They also owned a bank to grant
loans to smaller merchants of Mon-
treal. The Montreal native brewing
company, changed their name a few
time, such as it did for his owners,
that were apart of a generational
family business. Over the years,
they’ve helped the Quebec econo-
my grows, offering jobs to the pop-
ulation and to little businesses
around them. In 1967, they’ve
bought more enterprises in the lum-
ber yard market, which made Mol-
son the biggest retailer of lumber in
Canada in the 1990’s. After that,
they made alliances with other
companies to expand their markets,
and to bring a taste of Canadian
beer everywhere around the world.
They also sold most of their busi-
nesses (lumbers and sports). The
company is now known as Molson
Coors, and has retailers everywhere
in the world, so you can be on the
beach in Florida or in your living
room and drink one of their prod-
ucts. Geoff Molson and his brother
Andrew, represent the Molson fam-
ily in the company. In fact, Geoff
rebought the Montreal Canadiens, a
organization they had sold a couple
years before, for 575 millions dol-
lars, which his the highest sale price
ever to buy a hockey franchise.
Geoff is now the president of the
organization.
Molson has been able to deal with
innovation over decades. They
brought the products people wanted
every time. At first, they were one
of the first Quebec businesses to
use steamboats frequently, in sec-
ond fact, they evolved to alumini-
um cans at the first time and they
brewed a beer to fit the culture of
generations. Per example, they in-
vented a low-calorie beer, so it can
fit today’s society, which is build
on a healthy-base lifestyle; no calo-
ries and no fat as said by Stephanie
Desutter, a senior brand manager at
Molson Canada:``Molson Canadian
67 can be an ideal partner for those
that enjoy a casual beer after a run,
a game or hitting the gym. Post ac-
tivity or out socializing, it makes
the ideal wingman``.
So, let’s play hockey and celebrate
our traditions with Molson’s prod-
ucts.
Horoscope
Jade Hopkins
Libra (September 23rd to
October 23rd)
Everything is on your side.
Beautiful days are coming.
Please yourself. Love Luck
Aries (March 21st to
April 19th)
You will meet someone that you
haven’t seen in a while. Be care-
ful with your health, sleeping is
the best remedy. Love Luck
Scorpio (October 24th to
November 21st)
Worst day of the week, but
keep your head up it is going
to get better. Smile, it will
help you a lot. Love Luck
Taurus (April 20th to
May 20th)
Your boss is one of your best
friends, and he could give you a
big promotion. The love one will
be kind and loving. Spend time
with your family. Love Luck
Sagittarius (November 22nd to
December 21st)
Your health is at its best.
Give time to your lover and
your family. They need
some support. Love Luck
Gemini (May 21st to
June 21st)
You must have fun today, other-
wise you will be mad at every-
thing and people are going to
blame you. Spend time with your
lover, it will help you feel better
and reduce your frustration. Love Luck
Capricorn (December 22nd to
January 19th)
Work is hard these days but
keep fighting for your pro-
jects and it’s going to be
worth it. Love Luck
Cancer (June 22nd to
July 22nd)
A near friend may have bad news
about his or her health. He or she
will need your support. Love Luck
Aquarius (January 20th to
February 18th)
After work, go out with your
friends, fun and pleasure will
meet the rendezvous. Your
lover is a little stressed out, a
bath and some cuddles may
help a lot. Love Luck
Leo (July 23rd to
August 22nd)
Take the time to listen to your
family. They have problems in
which you’re involved. Love Luck
Pisces (February 19th to
March 20th)
You will make new friend-
ship but an old friend is hid-
ing something from you. Love Luck
Virgo (August 23rd to
September
22nd)
You will receive a gift you haven’t
expected. Be thankful and appre-
ciate it. Everyone will be proud of
you, let the success invade you. Love Luck
Montréal On Top Of
Its High Heels Amelie Charbonneau
Human sciences, administration
Fashion Is a Mystery, Even For
the Designers
Since globalization has affected
Quebec society, some industries,
like fashion, are having some is-
sues. In fact, the problem is that
designers are not sure about the
best place to produce. Here or in
China ? The government had to
help them in this choice and that’s
what it did. In fact, when the gov-
ernment of Montreal, the fashion
city, understood that it was cheaper
for those artists to make their pro-
duction outside the country, it cre-
ated the Montréal Fashion Bureau,
an organization that helps the in-
dustry to face globalization. But
have the designers been sincerely
helped by those actions taken by
the Montreal government?
A Government Who Sees as High
as High Heels
First, if we want this question to be
answered, we will have to look
more carefully at the Fashion Bu-
reau. This system was founded in
2009 to promote the creativity of
the fashion designers working in
Montreal, but also to give to the
city a "distinctive identity". In fact,
7 mains actions have been estab-
lished by the government. Let’s
have a look at the first one : The
web strategy. The fashion bureau, a
part from being "very active on so-
cial media" is also promoting a
website that includes a blog about
the latest news on local designers, a
"street Style" section where photos
of the best Montreal’s styles are
posted, a video section where run-
way’s and other fashion events are
shown and finally, a calendar sec-
tion that gives information about
the next fashion shows and the
sales of the season. Another action
that has been taken by the MFB
(Montreal Fashion Bureau) is the
Mode Montreal pins, a system that
indicates the boutiques that sell lo-
cal brands by putting a red sticker
on the door. All those stores are
then located on a map available on
the website ModeMontréal.TV. The
Prix#ModeMtl and the Montréal
Fashion Night at FNC (Festival du
nouveau cinema) had also been cre-
ated by the MFB. Two events that
highlight the hard work of our crea-
tors by rewarding them for their
great use of the Web
(Prix#ModeMtl), or giving them the
opportunity to present fashion vide-
os in collaboration with the
(Festival du Nouveau cinéma). A
program that invites foreign jour-
nalists in Montreal fashion’s events
has also been established to in-
crease designer’s visibility around
the world. Another project that has
been provided by the Fashion Bu-
reau is to give conferences and
masterclasses to fashion’s students
to help them understand the indus-
try and the business issues that they
may have later in their career. Fi-
nally the last action of the govern-
ment is to give a financial help for
the big fashion events happening in
the city.
Innovative Ideas Sensation Mode, one of the main
organizing group of fashion events
in Montréal has clearly been in-
spired by the government’s support
and wanted to make some major
innovations for 2014. Actually,
Sensation Mode has decided to can-
cel the fall edition of the fashion
week. This decision was made for
many reasons, including the fact
that most of the designer’s collec-
tions were not ready. But most of
all, the goal behind this declaration
was to focus on the festival Mode
and Design. The producers of this
event wanted to make Montreal
unique. They decided to transform
the festival by organizing the run-
ways one season later (the festival
is in August). So that the clients
had the possibility to buy the
clothes they had just seen on the
catwalk. This festival was one of
the most successful editions ever!
Let’s be Unique
Finally, it’s with those brilliant ide-
as of our artists and the collabora-
tion of the government that Montré-
al is taking its place on the fashion
international scene. Students now
know that Québec is a place that
will always support them and lead
them to success. Let’s follow Jean-
Claude Poitras’s (designer) advice :
"We have to be prove to ourselves
that we have to be very creative and
not always follow what others cities
are doing " and Montreal will go
forward.
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chema=PORTAL
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fashion-beauty/
Montreal+Fashion+Week+more/9223668/
story.html
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design-montreal-un-tissu-d-activites
A Leader Of Quebec By Chloé-Marie Roberge Business management
There are a lot of companies who
drives the economy of our prov-
ince. Some of them had succeeded
a lot and are now considered really
important for everyone. Quebecor
is one of those big enterprises. It’s
one of Canada’s largest media com-
panies. It delivers many services
such as analog and digital broad-
casting, cable and wireless tele-
phone, internet access, newspaper,
magazine, book and a lot more.
It was created by Pierre Peladeau
also known as one of the great
builders of his day because of all
the work and effort he did to bring
his company where it’s right now.
At the beginning in 1950 it was just
a small neighborhood newspaper
but Pierre Peladeau took his busi-
ness and worked hard with the
years he build a vast communica-
tion empire and today it’s one of
the biggest company in Canada.
Since de beginning of the company
they added a lot of services to keep
their customers satisfied and to re-
spond to all their desires. Even if
technology is taking a big place in
our society they still continue the
main service of their company
who’s here since 1950, the newspa-
per. They offer a lot to the readers
with 43 daily newspapers and over
250 community weekly newspapers
such as Sun Media Corporation, it’s
the largest press group in Canada.
They reach about millions of read-
ers each week and there’s no other
company who can offer all these
things.
They still have this success because
of their faithfulness to people who
are there from the started and also
because they put a lot of effort to
have the highest satisfaction rate.
As we know the most Quebecor
Media companies are industry lead-
ers like Videotron, TVA, Canoe
and Archambault store. Peladeau
was visionary and now his compa-
ny is working very well.
They already have a lot of different
services but they always have new
ideas and they want to have new
things to offer to their customers.
During summer 2014, they an-
nounced that they would create a
new media sector. It will be a me-
dia about information and entertain-
ment; they are innovating because
they know how people have
changed with the years. People who
listen television are not expecting
the same as when they started and
Quebecor knows that and it’s why
they are always innovating in their
different sector of activities. They
want to be more interesting and di-
versified. It will be directed by Julie
Tremblay, who’s already in charge
of the high management of Que-
becor Media. Their goal is to bring
new ideas to progress but at the
same time they want to keep their
name and not forget where they
have started.
Quebecor is considered as one of
the biggest company of Quebec be-
cause of all the effort and invest-
ment that people have put in this
company. It’s because of all their
ideas and all the time they put to
satisfy their client. They always
want to do more and innovate be-
fore the others. They are several
sector that are related to technolo-
gy and today it’s what people use
the most in their everyday life.
Sources
http://www.montrealgazette.com/
Videotron/9062644/story.html
http://www.montrealgazette.com/
news/a9e+attack/10262921/
story.html
Quebec’s language
history Caroline Gagné
Humanities
Two different languages
Quebec is a unique province in
Canada because of the language
spoken in that province. In Quebec,
people speak French. Nevertheless,
it has not always been like that and
if you go to Montreal these days,
you will see that half the population
speaks French and the other half in
English or other languages.
The history behind French
First of all, the first person who
arrived in Quebec was Jacques
Cartier, in 1534. He was sent on
an expedition by the King of
France and took possession of
the lands in Quebec.
Samuel de Champlain was the
next explorer to arrive in Que-
bec, in 1603. In 1608, he estab-
lished a colony in this province.
People who were established
there were French coming from
France. This colony was called
New-France.
In 1759, the Battle of the Plains of
Abraham took place and in this bat-
tle, the French lost against the Brit-
ish. Consequently, the King of
France had to give to the British
crown New-France.
So a large number of English immi-
grants arrived. Also, ″ the British
colonizer had a plan to assimilate
the French Canadians rapidly with
immigration […], but not many
people accepted to come and live in
such a rude climate″, Michel
Brunet said. (Fabienne Beauséjour,
2009)
After the conquest, a part of the
French educational system col-
lapsed, so the French language was
transfered by people themselves
from one generation to another. It is
one reason Quebecers do not have
the same French language as people
from France. Another reason would
be that ″ Quebecers had no contact
with France for decades″, accord-
ing to Jean-Claude Corbeil.
(Fabienne Beauséjour, 2009)
Laws protecting French language
Nowadays, many laws have been
adopted to protect the French lan-
guage in Quebec. The first law was
the Lavergne Law, in 1910. This
law obligated that tickets for buses,
trains and trams be printed in Eng-
lish and in French.
The second law passed, in 1937
under the government of Premier
Maurice Duplessis. This law re-
quired that the French text of Que-
bec laws had to prevail over the
English one. This law was repealed,
in 1938.
In 1974, Bill 22 was passed under
the government of Premier Robert
Bourassa. This law made French
the official language in Quebec.
Then, in 1977, the government of
René Lévesque passed Bill 101,
also known as the Charter of the
French Language. This bill made
French the official language of gov-
ernment, courts and workplaces.
All signs were required to be in
French and children were now obli-
gated to go at French school. This
law is the most important up to
now.
In spite of these laws French lan-
guage in Quebec remains a contro-
versial issue. For example, in the
Charter of French Language, it says
that ″ consumers of goods and ser-
vices have a right to be informed
and served in French ″. (Quebec
Government, 1977, chapter II) But,
if you go to Montreal, not everyone
knows how to speak French and
you could be served in English.
You may be shocked, but it is
now a reality in Quebec, espe-
cially in Montreal. Despite all
the laws that have been set in
place, not everyone is following
them.
Sources:
http://world.time.com/2013/04/08/
quebecs-war-on-english-language-
politics-intensify-in-canadian-
province/
http://
www2.publicationsudquebec.gouv.
qc.ca/dynamicsearch/
telecharge.php?type=2&file=/c11/
c11a.html http://globalnews.ca/
news/1237519/fact-file-what-si-bill
-101/
http://www.montrealities.ca/
education/englishenglish-and-
french-in-quebec-the-history-
behind-law-101.html#vansp1fd18e
http://www.bonjourquebec.com/qc-
en/histoire0.html
Image http://
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/
en/article/rene-levesque/
Integrated Ballistics Identification
System (IBIS)
A lot of people like TV shows like CSI and
others that show investigations using advanced
technology in laboratories to find evidence.
But did you know that an important tool used
in those investigations was actually created in
Quebec? The Integrated Ballistics Identifica-
tion System (IBIS) was developed in 1990 by
Forensic Technology Inc., a company from
Montreal, and is currently in use in over thirty
countries around the world. It is a system that
helps find evidence by photographing the sur-
face of bullets and casings from crime scenes
and laboratories and then using complicated
algorithms to compare it to other photos al-
ready in its data base using filters like caliber,
date of crime, etc. It then finds possible match-
es using this information. This technology al-
lowed to match over 32, 000 pieces of evi-
dence and opened thousands of new investiga-
tive leads.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-
3448300314.html
The Classik Santé
Ilyas Atahi
The 17 of October 2014 was held the
thirteenth edition of classik-santé. This activ-
ity is compulsory for students who are at
their first semester of Cégep. They should
run as fast as they can to get the best time
and have the great note for their class. This
event is organised each year to encourage
students to take care about their health and to
reduce obesity near to young people. Each
year, in average, 350 people participate to
this run, with a record of 550 people in 2008.
For this year, the weather was enjoyable
which permit students to get very good
times. The boy’s winner name is Guillaume
Chénard with a time of 9:55 minutes and the
girl nane is Anne-Marie Aubin with 12:30.
congratulation to both of them.
Image: http://www.reboundtohealth.ca/treatments/runners/
So You Want To Be An Artist?
Roxanne Deslauriers
Arts & Litterature
These days, it is so easy for teens to be
known for their artistic works. The Na-
tional Gallery of Canada has launched
the new edition of the contest called ‘’
So You Want To Be An Artist?’’. This
popular contest gives the opportunity for
teenage artists, aged between 16 to 19,
to be known for their creations across
Canada. They submitted their works on
the website, soyouwanttobeanartist.ca,
on May 21st, 2014 and the 12 entries
with the most votes were shown from
July 28th to September 1st at the Gallery.
There was three prizes to win.
How To Enter?
To enter the contest, the young aspiring
artists had rules to respect. There is no
limit, the artists were really inspired by
their imagination. Also, they could have
been inspired by the National Gallery of
Canada’s massive collection. The art-
works needed to come in two dimen-
sional pieces in any medium. The
young artists had written a short text
explaining their piece a little bit more. A
digital copy was shown on the official
website so people could vote. Three
additional artworks were chosen by an
expert, the Associate Curator of Europe-
an, American and Asian Prints and
Drawings, named Sonia Del Re. During
the display, which happened at the Na-
tional Gallery of Canada, the judges
evaluated the creations done by the
teens. The evaluation was based on the
clarity of the theme and message, the
originality and imaginativeness.
The Judges
The jury was quite impressive. The
members were Mélanie Boucher, teach-
er of museology; Rachelle Dickenson,
Curatorial Assistant, Indigenous Art at
National Gallery of Canada; Alex Liv-
ingston, Professor in Painting at the No-
va Scotia College of Art and design; and
Luke Painter, Assistant Professor of the
Contemporary Painting and Printmedia
department at the Ontario College of Art
and Design University.
The prizes
There were three prizes to win. The art-
ist who won first place was awarded
with a trip, hotel and meals included, in
Ottawa for two nights. There, the artist
had a ‘’behind-the-scenes’’ visit of the
National Gallery of Canada. Also, the
winner received expert advices on his or
her portfolio. Lastly, the winner re-
ceived a 500$ gift certificate for art sup-
plies. The second prize was a 1000$ gift
certificate for art supplies. The third and
last prize was a 500$ gift certificate for
art supplies.
Important things to know about the
Gallery
The National Gallery of Canada saw the
day in 1880. Since then, it is the most
important museum for Canadian culture
and art all over the country. Also, the
Gallery has the most important collec-
tions historical and contemporary Cana-
dian art. The Gallery has a lot of verities
such has prints collections, drawings
collections and photographs collections.
The Gallery is an attraction for tourists.
A Happy Jury
Everytime the ‘’So You Want To Be
An Artist?’’ contest happens, the judges
are always so impressed. Gary Good-
care, the National Gallery of Canada’s
manager of youth and school programs
said: ‘’we are always blown away by
the superb quality of the works submit-
ted.’’
Source: http://www.newswire.ca/fr/
story/1343147/aspiring-young-artists-
invited-to-enter-so-you-want-to-be-an-
artist-national-gallery-of-canada-s-art-
contest-for-teens
Solar Energy A Great Way To Reduce Pollu-tion
Ilyas Atahi
Student at Cégep de Granby
Nowadays, more and
more people are concerned
about the future of our planet.
This is why the government of
Quebec announced a project to
reduce consumption of fossil
fuels. This plan was announced
in the Budget plan 2011-2012
and has a total budget of seven
million dollars for each year be-
ginning from March 27, 2012.
The intention behind this invest-
ment is to encourage people the
installation of solar thermal and
solar PV systems.
Solar pannels
Everyday, the sun sends
onto Earth enough energy to sat-
isfy global energy needs for one
year. But less than one per cent
of this power is transformed into
electricity. Solar technology us-
es the sun’s rays with solar cells,
and converts sunlight directly
into electricity. We can use this
sort of electricity in many ways,
for example, as heat for making
hot water or heating buildings
and cooking. It is also uses to
remove the salt from seawater.
The installation of this sys-
tem is not very expensive be-
cause the government of Quebec
subsidizes up to fifty per cent of
the final costs. All kinds of pro-
jects are welcome: It could be
commercial buildings of all siz-
es, from small shops to shop-
ping malls, industrial buildings
and farm buildings. The installa-
tion of solar systems has several
advantages. For example, solar
energy does not cause pollution.
This is extremely important be-
cause the temperature of our
planet is rising and animals that
live in cold weather are dis-
turbed. Some of them are even
dying. These troubles are du to
people who don’t think about
the future and don’t use green
energies. Also, solar power is
more economical especially in
areas where it is too expensive
for the other form of electricity
like in Quebec. Almost every
year, Hydro-Québec is increas-
ing the cost of hydro-electricity.
Installing solar systems is a
great idea to save money. On the
other hand, solar energy is infi-
nite: however, scientists esti-
mate that the world’s oil re-
serves will last for thirty to forty
more years.
Unfortunately, there are
some disadvantages with this
sort of technology. For example,
it is not very powerful and in
countries where that are not re-
ally warm (like Canada) it could
be difficult to benefit. Also, it
requires a lot of land area to col-
lect the sun’s energy at rates
useful to supply enough people.
In Quebec, as result of energy
expenses, many businesses are
looking for ways to lower ex-
penses and increase revenue.
The solution is to install solar
systems to reduce costs. In gen-
eral, a solar model can trans-
form about 15-20 per cent of
solar radiation into electricity.
This happens when the sun is
very intense, particularly in
countries that are near to the
equator. In these areas, it is very
useful to install photovoltaic
panels because the sun produces
a lot of radiation.
In conclusion, we all
should encourage the installa-
tion of solar panels like the gov-
ernment of Quebec, because
there are many advantages for
instance, less emission of car-
bon dioxide in the air and the
costs are lower than hydro-
electricity.
Image :
http://
www.processindustryforum.com
/hottopics/advantages-and-
disadvantages-of-solar-energy
sources: http://
www.ecotechquebec.com/en/
clean-technologies/sectors/
renewable-energy/
http://solarenergy.com/
http://cansia.ca/news-media-
archive/quebec-government-
announces-solar-program-0
To Be Or Not To Be In
Montreal
Xavier Saint-Jean-Banville
Human science
Fact: there are a lot of CEGEP
student that will go to the university.
Fact: Montreal is a city that possesses
many universities. Fact: if someone goes
to university in Montreal, living in Mon-
treal might look like a good idea, BUT,
is it really? What is life like in Montreal?
Is it better than in other major cities?
That is not for this article to say, I is for
the reader to make his own mind about
living in Montreal, but here, the reader
will find out what are the pros and cons
of living in Montreal to help him taking
a decision.
First on the list, before going for the ad-
vantages and disadvantages, on must
know a bit about the city. Montreal is the
second largest city in Canada with a pop-
ulation of about 4 million and the second
largest French-speaking city in the world
in the world, after, (of course) Paris.
Speaking of French speakers, French is
the primary language of 66% of the in-
habitants of Montreal. 2011 statistic say
that only 12% of the population have
English as a mother tongue. In Montreal,
one will fing the largest narutal museum
in Canada, which is, in fact, composed
of three establishments: the botanical
garden, the biodome, the insectarium
and the planetarium.
With that done, it will be a ques-
tion of the disadvantages of living in
Montreal. Problem number one: traffic
and infrastructure. In Montreal, there are
1.8 cars for each resident. Combined
with a lot of roadwork because of how
the roads and sewers were neglected in
the past, people complain about how
traffic and parkings are an issue. Another
challenge the Montreal inhabitants must
face is the language barrier, which can
be in many spheres, social, educational
and on the labour market. If one isn’t
bilingual, it might be hard to find work
or to attend class at McGill University
(for a francophone). The last problem,
but not least, is the weather. Among
Canada large cities, Montreal is the cold-
est. During winter, activities are harder to
find for newcomers and the city might
be looking dead.
But, as it is important to always
look on the bright side of life, here are the
advantages of living in Montreal. Cy-
cling lane and parks, “In 2013 Copenha-
genize rated Montreal the best city in
North America for cycling. With the bixi
system, even those that don’t have a bike
can use the separate lanes. Another great
aspect of Montreal is the social and cul-
tural engagement in the city, in fact,
enough to be named Canada cultural
capital by monocle magazine. There is
nothing that you can do in Montreal that
you can’t do in Ottawa, but it will always
be done in a more entertaining way.
Montreal is a happy city; (as long as you
don’t engage in language debates) most
people will be friendly toward strangers.
In fact, according to “The Lonely Plan-
et” travel guide, Montreal is in second
place among the ten happiest cities in the
world.
To conclude, from the point of
view of a student and what a student
might be concerned about these are
some advantages and disadvantages of
living in Montreal. There are many
more, like the relatively low cost of life
compared to Ottawa, it history of corrup-
tion, there is so much to say about this
city, good or bad, that it would be impos-
sible to put it all in one short article.
Source:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/
opinion+pros+cons+life+Montreal/10168322/
story.html
Man With Spider Living Under
His Skin.
Roxanne Deslauriers
Arts & Literature
Dylan Thomas, a 21 years old man
from Australia, discovered that a
tropical spider lived under his skin
and traveled up to his chest while
he was on vacation in Bali.
A Nightmare in real life
One morning, Dylan woke up be-
cause he was feeling a little bit of
irritation, and he discovered a big
and red scar on his body. The trail
was running to his belly
button to his chest. As
the days passed by, the
trail kept getting bigger
and bigger. Dylan went
to the doctor. The doc-
tor thought the red line
was a reaction caused by
an insect bite. He pre-
scribed some medicine
to Dylan. The same day, the scar
started to form blisters. He went to
the doctor again. The doctor told
him that there was a tiny spider
living under skin.
When they surgically removed the
tropical spider from Dylan's skin, it
was already dead. For three days of
living in the body, it was probably
trying to escape from the skin. Dyl-
an said that the spider was pretty
much as big as the head of a
match.
The doctors gave the spider to the
arachnologists because they want
to do some research on the spider.
For them, it's really uncommon
that a spider lived in a human
body. They want to find out why it
was there.
How did the spider entered the
body?
The experts said that the small
arachnid had entered Dylan's body
through a scar in his belly button.
Indeed, Dylan had a recent appen-
dectomy. It's the only and possible
way.
True or fake?
Some people are not completely
sure that Dylan's story is 100% real.
Many of them said that a spider
needs to breath. Logically, it could-
n't live up to three days. The spider
would be dead before that. Also,
other arachnologists are skep-
tics. Dr. Charles E. Griswold,
Schlinger Curator of Arachnology at
the California Academy of Sciences
wrote: "In general this is impossi-
ble and there is no reason that a
spider would do
that." For him it is
something else: "Other
arthropods (ticks/mites/
perhaps some insects)
could 'possibly' be
'associated' with some-
thing like this… per-
haps... But certainly not
a spider."
Since then, Dylan's friends is calling
him Spiderman.
Sources: http://
www.torontosun.com/2014/10/16/tropical-
spider-burrows-under-mans-skin-lives-there-
for-three-days
http://io9.com/no-a-spider-did-not-burrow-
under-a-mans-skin-and-live-1647314968
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