The unions will demonstrate at the CAQ convention on Saturday

Daniel Mallard Photographer The unions grouped together in a common front deplore the slowness of the negotiations in progress and reject the employers' offers, after the expiry on March 31 of the collective agreements for 600,000 state employees. In photo, unions, including the CSQ, the FTQ and the CSN, demonstrate against Bill 59 in front of the Parliament of Quebec, in September 2021. Public sector unions will disrupt the convention of the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ ) by François Legault

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The tandem that shapes the new Bourgie Hall

Photo: Marie-France Coallier Le Devoir Caroline Louis and Olivier Godin are facing a “real” first season and not a transition season. “The current season is the last transition season, with all contracts postponed during the pandemic”, specifies the general manager. Caroline Louis, general manager, and Olivier Godin, artistic director, are the only masters on board the Bourgie Hall and the “we” is now a consensus. The programming for their first season, unveiled this week, is marked by a 20% reduction

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“Love’s Final Tableau”: Sensation Tableaux

Photo: Valérian Mazataud Le Devoir Benoit McGinnis and Angela Konrad are finally reunited at the theatre. It is the strength of a novel that brought together Angela Konrad and Benoit McGinnis for this first collaboration. When the director contacted Larry Tremblay to congratulate him after reading his on Tableau final de l’amourhe told her that the actor — with whom she had long wanted to work — had just taken the same step. The interpreter had indicated to the author

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Diving into the Sullivan Archives

Photo: Collection of the National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec Françoise Sullivan, “Walk in Greve in Chianti with my four boys”, 1975 It was at the Galerie de l'UQAM that Françoise Sullivan launched Thursday the activities that will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year. The gallery presents in digital form the exhibition An imaginary line, and the book of the same name, signed Louise Déry, which focuses on the career of the artist in the 1970s. Signatory of Refus

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“Shooting the stars at night”: fall for Étienne Daho

Photo: Pierre-Ange Carlotti According to Étienne Daho, when you are in love, you are ready to do anything to seduce the other. “Including shooting at the stars,” he claims. The first day of Étienne Daho's latest album, the dazzling Tirer la nuit sur les étoiles, comes to life as he watches a documentary about American actress Ava Gardner. “Shortly after they met, she and Frank Sinatra both drove off into the desert. They had a little drink and started shooting

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“Shooting the stars at night”: fall for Étienne Daho

Photo: Pierre-Ange Carlotti According to Étienne Daho, when you're in love, you're ready to do anything to seduce the other. “Including shooting at the stars,” he claims. The first day of Étienne Daho's latest album, the dazzling Tirer la nuit sur les étoiles, comes to life as he watches a documentary about American actress Ava Gardner. “Shortly after they met, she and Frank Sinatra both drove off into the desert. They had a little drink and started shooting at the

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Eman with family

Photo: Marie -France Coallier Le Devoir Rapper Eman Prolific rapper Eman returns with The power of the mind is infinite, a much lighter album than its title might suggest. This is what strikes you on first listen: Eman, the rhyme scientist in Alaclair Ensemble, the chameleon MC with acrobatic prosody, the explorer of the left bank of Quebec rap, bursts into a form more pop and more melodious while referring to the good club rap of the 2000s and current

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The lack of street vendors precipitates the end of paper newspapers

Photo: Jacques Nadeau Le Devoir Over the past three years, between the pandemic, the general labor shortage and inflation, the lack of vendors has increased and has become a real problem for several media. The shortage of street vendors is increasingly felt in Quebec. In towns and regions alike, many readers no longer receive their paper newspaper and end up canceling their subscription. A situation that gives the major media a hard time and precipitates the end of their printed

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The dangers of cannabis… and its synthetic analogues

Photo: iStock The chemical formula of tetrahydro-cannabinol (THC) Several studies have shown that the consumption of cannabis can induce the development of psychotic episodes in adolescents and is associated with a greater risk of suffering from a psychotic disorder in adulthood. Starting consumption at an early age, before the age of 16, would also be an important risk factor. Starting from these premises, the Canadian Cannabis and Psychosis Research Team investigated the genetic, neurodevelopmental, clinical and behavioral aspects of the

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Pierre Petitclair or inhabiting the language

< p> Illustration: Tiffet The play “Une partie de campagne” by Pierre Petitclair offers lessons that deserve to be pondered even today. Once a month, under the pen of writers from Quebec, Le Devoir de literature offers to revisit in the light of current events works from the ancient and recent past of Quebec literature. Discoveries? Proofreading? Different look? A choice. An initiative of the Académie des lettres du Québec in collaboration with Le Devoir. Current events have brought the

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