Author: Tony Vaughn

The Datagotchi app, which has been accessible online since Tuesday morning, was designed by the research team in the Leadership in Digital Social Science Teaching at Université Laval (CLESSN). After comparing the effectiveness of different statistical models, the designers of the web platform, whose name is a nod to Tamagotchi, that virtual pet who was all the rage in the 1990s, trained a learning algorithm capable of predicting users’ voting intentions from a list of 30 questions. Fun app to predict the votePhoto: Radio Canada / Jean-Francois BlanchettThese range from sexual preferences to the means of transportation most used, hair…

They are far from their homeland but want to stay connected to their roots. Nothing is better than music to remind you of where you come from. Blue Bay is a group of Mauritian nationals who have been playing in Canada for the past two years. Everything stems from desire. Promoting the Mauritian musical heritage for children. It is also lacking. Including Mauritian entertainment in Canada. Yuguesh Fagoonee, installed in this country for 17 years, decided in 2019 to gather around him music lovers. In January 2020, the Blue Bay Band, which he officially leads, was created. The group consists…

The world was a lot funnier thanks to Norm MacDonald. We lost a brilliant comedian and a great CanadianCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded on Twitter. The start of the Twitter gadget. Skip the widget?The end of the Twitter gadget. Back to the beginning of the widget?According to his brother Neil MacDonald, the actor and comedian has been suffering from leukemia for a long time. He didn’t mention it because he didn’t want it to affect his comedic acting. He didn’t want this to change the way he was looked at… He wanted to continueNeil MacDonald explained by phone from…

Born in Montreal in 1939, he got his start in the radio world when he was 15 years old as a broadcaster. Passionate about poetry, he devotes himself to body and soul and publishes about thirty collections. For him, poetry was a way to improve everyday life, explained in an interview with Radio Canada director Robert Bellon, who has worked with Michel Garneau on several radio programs on Radio Canada. crazy clarity projectMichel Garneau seeks through his works to make everyday life poetic, but without any illusions. He was involved in the Crazy Serenity Project. This was the key phraseRobert…

What about culture in this federal election? We talked a little bit about it, as host Catherine Perrin explained at the opening of the Broadcast Culture debate Monday. discussion ? But the continuation of discussions and current topics without surprises. On the list: broadcast law, potential oversight of web giants, copyright, and employment support for the self-employed, including those in the cultural field. Five men formed the committee brought together by the Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (CDEC) and the Department of Communication at the University of Montreal. The Minister for Heritage, Stephen Gilbo, can sit on the…

Sorry, your browser does not support videos It is finally possible to watch the trailer for the movie drunk birdsDirected by Ivan Gerbovich, which will premiere on September 13 at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Posted September 7, 2021 at 2:00 PM. Leah Carrier Journalism To see it in theaters, it will be necessary to wait until October 15. But patience can see a prophecy, revealed Tuesday by Films Opale and micro_scope. Written by Ivan Gerbovich (Romeo Eleven) and Sarah Mashara who is also the Director of Photography, drunk birds Stars Mexican actor Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Oscar winner…

The Prime Minister of Quebec, François Legault, will hold a press conference on Tuesday, 1 p.m., accompanied by the Minister of Health, Christian Duby, and the National Director of Public Health, Horacio Arruda. The trio must assess the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in the county, where the number of cases has been on the rise for a few weeks. This is the first press conference for the three men since the start of summer vacation. The Minister of Health, Christian Duby, recently increased calls for vaccination to prevent the epidemiological situation from deteriorating too quickly. On Friday, he also…

Last week, Chateaudun Municipal Councilor Luc Tremblay said It’s time [Cap-de-la-Madeleine] Getting all the attention it deserves. He criticized the slow progress of cases in Trois-Rivieres. Then, in turn, Pointe de Lac Municipal Councilor François Bellil lamented on Friday, saying: The city is always centered, always the center. Realize that the city center is important. The city center is not the city. Most people don’t stay downtown […] For years, there has been a bias based on the center, he had commented. Mayor Lamarche defended himself in front of the microphone on Monday always in the morning. The first big…

Stimulating consumption is one of the most important ways a government can contribute to economic growth. North American households have paid off an impressive portion of their debt since the spring of 2020 and have been able to save at unprecedented levels. How consumers spend this accumulated money will have a direct impact on how the Canadian economy recovers. Since the beginning of 2021, studies have followed and likened to each other: Canadians’ financial situation appears to have improved. Excluding real estate obligations, Canadian household public debt has shrunk over the past year. Not being able to afford large expenses…

Advertising on boarding school daysIt’s 14 minutes long14 minutesIn the 1950s, several propaganda films were made to promote the boarding school system.Photo: Radio CanadaThanks to excavations carried out in former Indian residential schools, we now understand a little better behind the scenes of one of the darkest periods in Canadian history. A perfect system for a long time, especially because of the propaganda films that were produced at that time.As the truth about the former residential school system unfolds, it is hard to understand why there has been so little investigation and resistance during the decades these schools have operated:…