CanadaThe importance of Jean LapierreAn irreplaceable voice in Quebec, he both possessed political power and derived obvious joy in chronicling the pursuit of it
CanadaWhen comedy crosses the line in QuebecComedian Mike Ward’s joke about a 12-year old has landed him in court and put a brand of very edgy comedy on trial
CanadaMarine Le Pen’s Quebec misadventureThe far-right French leader brought her outrage to La Belle Province—a place that knows a thing or two about the politics of fear
CanadaSo, Nathalie Normandeau, about that apology...Quebec’s former deputy premier attacked Maclean’s for its coverage of corruption in Quebec. She is one of seven now facing fraud charges.
EconomyCan anything save New Brunswick?The province’s economy is in free fall, it has more deaths than births and an ugly language war to rival Quebec’s
CanadaThe PQ grows another propaganda armA new research institute will ’show the advantages of independence’. It’s hard to see what it could possibly add to the old argument.
SocietyThe hypocrisy at the heart of the Claude Jutra backlashQuebec is, rightly, scrubbing Claude Jutra’s name from the record. Why have other accused stars escaped such scrutiny?
WorldFor French speakers, an unwelcome grammatical hat trickNew reforms to the French language say its speakers should end use of the circumflex in some words. Purists aren’t happy.
CanadaNormand Brathwaite and Quebec’s problem with blackfaceBy suggesting there is nuance to the use of blackface, Normand Brathwaite committed the ultimate faux pas: critiquing while black.
NewsMichel Drapeau: Ghomeshi, rape in the military and what must changeMichel Drapeau says Lucy DeCoutere would have fared worse under a military tribunal