Author: Sophie Laurent

Not only the Commissioner for Official Languages, but also Prime Minister Francois Legault’s office warned Air Canada earlier this week of the dangers associated with a speech given only in English. • Read also: The monolingualism of the Air Canada CEO: “It’s an unacceptable situation,” Trudeau says • Read also: Air Canada: Controversy rages around the world • Read also: Air Canada: Over 200 complaints to the Office of the Official Languages ​​Commissioner Monday, Montreal Magazine She reported that the Air Canada president was preparing to speak only English at the CCMM forum. call him magazine, Then the office of…

infection rate 58.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in Nouvelle-Aquitaine (compared to 50.9 in the previous week), 145 new cases of Covid-19 patients in the week of October 25-31: The acceleration of viral circulation continues The number of new hospital admissions and admissions to critical care services continues to increase.” Refers to public health in France in its regional epidemiological bulletin on Friday 5 November. Infection rate is increasing or stable in most departments; A decrease is observed in Charente-Maritime and in the Landes. This rate is above the alert threshold of 50 per 100,000 inhabitants over the entire territory except…

Michael Russo’s words evoke all kinds of feelings. How can an Air Canada CEO-caliber executive afford to hold a conference only (99% say) in English in front of a business audience in Montreal? How can he say that he does not have time to learn French and that he does not really need it, given that he has lived here for 14 years without any difficulty? Once we have expressed surprise, anger, or dissatisfaction with what Michael Russo has said, we must now turn our attention to the Official Languages ​​Act and the work of the Air Canada Board of…

primary Science Tour Truck develops free activities on “Changing Climate” and “Its Impact on Our Daily Lives”. It’s a strange green truck that has landed in Palma. Welcomed by the city council and commissioned by the association “Little Stunt”, the car with the stamp “Science Tour” stopped in the morning in the eco-zone park in Fidelhan and in the afternoon in Cyprus Square. Her role: Develops free activities on “Changing Climate” and “Its Impact on Our Daily Lives”. “Les Petits Débrouillards is a popular educational association that offers wandering activities around digital transformation, ecological transition and living together,” says Malicia…

(Toronto) The Canadian financial regulator announced Thursday that it has lifted the temporary suspension to increase the dividend and share buybacks it had imposed on banks at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Posted on November 4, 2021 at 4:53 pm The head of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), Peter Routledge, explained that “prudent and effective” restrictions put in place to support the resilience of financial institutions are no longer necessary. Financial institutions are also allowed to increase the salaries of their CEOs. Routledge says corporate boards must be able to make decisions about payments, and…

Researchers from the University of Tautavel branch and staff from the Museum of Prehistory participated in a three-day science festival in the In cube building on the university’s campus. The theme of this 30th edition was feelings. In this context, the workshop suggested playing the role of an archaeologist and reclaiming the feelings of discovery, from excavation to the study of the objects that have been brought out. The workshop consisted of five different locations: excavation, pollen, animal bones, human remains, and stone tools. The elementary classes were able to test the knowledge newly introduced in the class and the…

(Montreal) The Ministry of Health and Social Services confirmed, Thursday, problems of delays in the retroactive payment of amounts owed to health workers, under their new collective agreements. Posted on Nov 4, 2021 at 10:24am Updated at 12:40 Leah Levesque Canadian Press Thousands of nurses and beneficiaries, in particular, who expect retroactive payments under the new collective agreements, will not receive the due dates. Even worse, they don’t know exactly when they will receive them, FIQ’s vice president of labor relations, Patrick Guay, deplored in an interview. “It’s not something that just came out. These are the dates that were…

For several days, experts agreed that we had entered the fourth wave of Covid-19 in Belgium. The main indicators of the epidemic are on the rise in all age groups and in all regions of the country. But what about the pressure on hospitals compared to the “traditional” flu pandemic season, which usually peaks in February?A new report from GEMS, the group of experts tasked with advising the federal government on the health crisis, lifts the veil on the issue. This is the report from our colleagues latest news They were able to learn, its origin stems from the expert…

AA / Montreal / Hatem KattoMelanie Jolie, Canada’s new foreign minister, stressed that fighting climate change, defending democratic values, and opposing protectionism, as the tripartite diplomacy of Ottawa during the coming period. This emerged from an interview that the appointed minister gave on October 26th to the local newspaper, La Presse.The minister noted that although “the United States is our greatest ally with whom we share many priorities, especially with regard to climate change and democracy promotion, at the same time we have concerns at the level of international trade,” referring to the re-emergence of protectionism in Southern neighbor. The…

The bronchiolitis season is already well established. Highly contagious, the disease is now present in twelve of the capital’s thirteen districts. In the latest weekly bulletin, published on Wednesday, November 3, the French public health authority noted “the persistence of a sharp and early increase in monitoring indicators of bronchiolitis in children under the age of two”. This respiratory disease mainly affects children every winter. Although this condition remains benign in most cases, it can cause breathing difficulties that may require a visit to the emergency room. or even admission to the hospital. According to the health authority’s report, 12…