Author: Maria Gill

The Canadian Francophonie Rapprochement Summit, on Saturday 12 June, opened with two discussions: the past and the future of relations between Quebec and other francophones in the country. Activities will end on Thursday 17th June. For the occasion, the Quebec Minister in charge of Canadian and Francophone Canadian Relations, Sonia Lebel, announced that Quebec Prime Minister François Legault will be present, in an effort to make the summit historic. The purpose of the summit is to provide a space for discussion of relations between Quebec and the Francophone and Acadian communities. Building new bridges and promoting language across Canada. Approximately…

The number of hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 is gradually declining at two hospitals in Sherbrooke. As of Friday, 21 people have been hospitalized, three of whom are in intensive care. At the height of the third wave in mid-May, there were 40 patients in hospital, nine of them in intensive care.Another plus point, vaccination is also progressing: 337,182 out of 505,520 Estes have received a first dose of one of the vaccines against COVID-19, or 66.7% of the population.CIUSSS de l’Estrie-CHUS has also started giving more second doses of the vaccine, while 9.3% of the population has been fully vaccinated…

Challenges of reopening bordersPosted on June 12, 2021The flags of Canada and the United States fly in front of the Ambassador Bridge on the border near Windsor.Photo: The Canadian Press / Rob GordybeckThe deregulation process is progressing. Life begins before the country resumes. There are many voices calling for the borders to be reopened quickly as the big tourist season approaches. The President of the Treasury, Jean-Yves Duclos, calls for patience. “We know what to expect” and “as soon as possible,” asks Christian Germain, co-chair of Germain Hôtels. She believes that the time has come to open the borders, but…

eIn English, the term is stronger: we are talking about “washable” wipes, which indicates that they can be safely emptied into the toilet bowl. However, a quick Google search reveals that many media outlets, both in English and French, have regularly questioned this claim for years.composition wipesDisposable wipes are mainly made from paper pulp that can be treated in multiple ways to strengthen it: for example, by using certain polymers as a binder and by creating supportive tissues by adding fibers. Toilet paper is created differently. Small pieces of wood are cooked with certain chemicals, resulting in wood pulp that…

Pierre Paul Paulin’s photo St. Catherine’s Foundation and Champlain Street, southeast corner, today The valve room on Champlain Street Image courtesy, City Archives of Montreal At the corner of Champlain Streets and Sainte-Catherine Est, workers are driving stakes for piping work on the main conduit pipe, which will be 48 inches long. The valve compartment is installed under the road. This installation is used for good circulation of water from the canal in the area. Other valve rooms in the city are above ground, but this one is not. ” safety first Can we read in English on the wooden…

DrSo worried researchers wondered whether this radiation could, in the long run, affect the reproductive capabilities of humans, as well as the animals that would accompany them in their new lives. To answer this question, a large-scale scientific experiment was launched and its results were published on Friday in the journal science progress, somewhat reassuring.After spending nearly six years in orbit on the International Space Station (ISS), already freeze-dried rat sperm were able to give birth, once back to Earth, to a group of healthy mice. Radiation from space includes the “solar wind, cosmic rays” emitted from the sun or…

Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday afternoon in Kansataki, near Oka in the Laurentians, for a huge party, angering a Mohawk community that fears flooding. Final Hour: A huge party upsets the Kanisatake Mohawk. Videos show that there are 200 to 300 cars of revelers (mostly white) parked along 344. It takes place in the green room. Complaints submitted to Tweet embed Tweet embed pic.twitter.com/x9PDHgdJY4- Yves Poirier (@poirieryvesTVA) June 12, 2021 Images obtained by TVA Nouvelles show hundreds of vehicles parked along Route 344. According to our information, the revelers are in the Green Room, a local cannabis dispensary. They…

The National Public Institute of Quebec reported one new person with COVID-19 in Bas-Saint-Laurent on June 12. Health authorities are now counting 40 active cases in Bas-Saint-Laurent, a statistic that has been declining since the day before. The identified case is in an MRC in the Basque Country. Since yesterday, the number of hospitalized cases has decreased by one, and now stands at 3. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 3,943 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Bas-Saint-Laurent, including 3,853 recoveries, or 40 more cases since last week. The case from MRC in Bas-Saint-Laurent Kamuraska: 672 casesRivière de Loup:…

In financial difficulties, the Nautilus Plus brand protects itself from its creditors. The company is withdrawing nearly $42 million in debt. On Thursday, the fitness center group, which is owned by investment firm Novacap and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, placed itself under bankruptcy and insolvency law with the aim of submitting a proposal to its creditors. Martin LegaryCEO of Nautilus Plus “Our goal is to pursue our mission and preserve the identity of Quebec. This is why at the end of the financial restructuring, it is proposed that a group of investors, including Fondaction and existing directors,…

American researchers give us very concrete advice to take care of our mental health in this difficult period …Between the coronavirus (and its many variants), health measures (curfew, mask…) and concerns about the future (employment, education…), it is clear that the spirits of the French are not looking good. According to a survey by Inserm and Purdue University, the French are now more anxious than they were in 2014: Depressive symptoms have risen in particular among women, young people and the elderly.about the same topicResearchers at Binghamton University (USA) specifically studied factors that have an effect (positive or negative) on…