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Why doesn't Canada let schools provide child care?

Canada’s policy-makers could take lessons from other countries who have streamlined early learning and child care within their schools.

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How the St. Lawrence Seaway will continue to become more important to Québec's economy

The St. Lawrence Seaway is made up of a broad network of interconnected infrastructures. Channels, canals, port facilities and fleets illustrate the connections between transportation equipment, industrial production and the artificial, human-made environment.

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Can scientists predict when the next exceptional high tide will occur along the St. Lawrence River?

Residents of eastern Québec probably remember the exceptional weather conditions and the very high tide of Dec. 6, 2010. The combination caused flooding along the shores of the St. Lawrence River and millions of dollars in damage to public and private infrastructure.

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In defence of the notwithstanding clause: Why Canada should hold onto it

In response to a streak of lamentable applications of the notwithstanding clause in Ontario and Québec over the past few years, consensus seems to be forming that Canada would be better off to get rid of the clause altogether.

The Conversation

Tilray's Good Supply Brand Expands Its Cannabis Portfolio In Québec

Tilray Brands, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: TLRY) (TSX:TLRY) cannabis brand Good Supply has expanded its product offering in Québec with the launch of Hash-Infused Pre-Rolls, in collaboration with the Société Québ&e

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Québec’s new French law could ban English language in game studios

Ubisoft and Eidos Montreal are among the big players who may be impacted.

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The St. Lawrence River tourism industry: Caught between fantasy and reality

When tourists think of Québec, the St. Lawrence River is one of the main things that come to mind, especially the wide, eastern part of the river’s estuary, with its spectacular sunsets that give visitors the feeling they’re on the seaside.

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Roe v. Wade: Canada can respond to U.S. bans by improving access to abortion care here

As an abortion care provider in Canada, I feel deep solidarity with colleagues south of the border and terror for their patients after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that the U.S. Constitution afforded protection to the right to abortion. Individual states now may ban…

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Why Uber drivers aren't unionizing in Québec

As of mid-June, the Uber platform will extend its services to the entire province of Québec. On a global scale, Uber is in nearly 10,000 cities and 71 countries and has more than 3.5 million workers.

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The common eider sea duck contributes to its own conservation by donating its feathers

The common eider is a sea duck that nests in colonies on islands along the North American coast from Maine to Labrador, and in the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence in Québec.

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My trip to festival showed Scotland and Quebec have much in common

TO visit the Carrefour International (“International Crossroads”) theatre festival in Québec City is – for me, as a theatre critic,…

The National (Scotland)

What is Québec's Bill 32 on academic freedom, and why does it matter?

In the wake of the controversy over the suspension of a professor at the University of Ottawa for using the n-word in a 2020 lecture, the Québec government hopes to pass Bill 32, a proposed act “respecting academic freedom in the university sector.”

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A new earthquake warning system will prepare Canada for dangerous shaking

Large earthquakes can wreak enormous violence upon lives, livelihoods, infrastructure and the environment. High-density urban populations in the relatively small, seismically active areas of British Columbia and the Québec City-Montréal-Ottawa corridor leaves residents extremely vulnerable to earthquakes.

The Conversation

Bill 96 will harm Indigenous people in Québec. We need more equitable language laws

One of the reasons I moved to Québec in 2015 was because of the mélange of languages in which many Quebecers — especially in Montréal — live and work. Some are able to change languages from sentence to sentence; others will switch in the middle of sentences or speak in…

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Wet agriculture could protect peatlands and climate, but remains largely unexplored

Across the globe, peatlands are under threat and their destruction is contributing to climate change. Damaged peatlands are responsible for roughly five per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Why Canada shuttered some mackerel and spring herring fisheries in Québec and Atlantic Canada

The announcement by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to suspend fishing for Atlantic mackerel and spring herring in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence made waves as the fishing season opened.

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How Québec's abandoned logging roads are damaging lakes, rivers and streams — and putting wildlife at risk

For more than 25 years, the Québec Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks has had a very effective tool to make its forest industry more competitive than other provinces.

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As provinces open up, trust erodes when what we experience differs from what institutions tell us

Our trust in those around us is often challenged.

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Tetra Bio-Pharma Gets CA$4.5M From Québec's Government To Develop Medicine For ARDS

Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc. (TSX:TBP) (OTCQB: TBPMF) (FRA: JAM1) announced the approval of a CA$4.5 million ($3.53 million) participative loan from the ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation (MEI) under the BioMed Propulsion Program, managed by Investissement Québec (IQ)

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Are mosquito-killing natural pesticides unintentionally harming frogs?

The question of how pesticides affect public health and the environment has generated a lot of attention in Québec. Pesticides are widely used and often end up in our natural environment.

The Conversation

5 years after the Quebec City mosque shooting: How do children and teens cope with the trauma?

Five years ago, on Jan. 29, 2017, six men were killed by a gunman at the Grand Mosque of Québec City. The attack also injured eight people and left 17 children orphaned. There were also children on the second floor of the mosque during the shooting.

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Sunwing saga: Why do influencers have so much sway?

The story of a group of Québec influencers enjoying the “party of the year” on board a Sunwing flight in complete defiance of health restrictions made headlines at the beginning of January, not just in Québec and in Canada, but also internationally and, of course, in social media. Even Prime…

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