THE PHOENIX MAGAZINE

Novembre 2014

The Quebec imagined by its students

Close your book and come take a

look at your Inouks !

On Saturday, October 25th

At Jean-Yves Phaneuf football field

What is Flag football?

Flag football is a version of American football, but instead of

tackling players to the ground, the defensive team tackles a

player by pulling their flag. The object of the game is to score

touchdowns by advancing the ball up the field by running or

throwing the ball, and crossing the end zone line.

Table of content

4. Quebec’s great plan by Loïc Martel

5. No Sovereignty Without The Youth by Thomas Gaucher-

Peressini

6. Is it the end of CEGEP? by Maxime Lachapelle

7. A Boy Or A Girl? by Audrey Mathieu

8. Gentilly-2 Is Now Dormant by Yohan Finet

9. Justice dealing with mental disorders by Gabriel Archam-

bault

10. A legend of Rock by Gabriel Archambeault

11. Lac-Mégantic train derailment: the environmental impact

by Justine Power

12. This is why i’m broke by Vincent Landry

13. CEGEP Abolition: Premier Couillard’s Point Of View

Has Not Changed by Philippe Leclerc

14. Top 10 best fall coat by Tiffany Hebert

15. Selling Quebec’s Beauty for an Uncertain Amount of

Money by Simon Lavigne

16. Student, is it time for you that the session end? by Quiz

by Magalie Cadorette

17. Will Hydro-Quebec Become Windy-Quebec? by Vincent

Landry

18. Skichichocs by Simon Lavigne

19. The City At The Fallen Bridge by Magalie Cadorette

20. CCM Tacks ad by Samuel Lavoie

21. Does Quebec Accept Too Many Immigrants ? By Marc-

Antoine Bédard

22. Drinking for the economy by Audrey Mathieu

23. The Dream of Mr. Pierre-Horace Boivin by Tiffany

Hebert

24. Green Tips by Alexandra Quintal

25. Maple Syrup World Leader Meets a New Threat by

Jade Hopkins

26. How Much Does Education Cost? by Béatrice Fournier

27. Not An April Fool by Cynthia Lamontagne

28.Local News by Justine Power

28. Sharing Our TV by Roxanne Laplante

29. I Remember by Alexandra Quintal

30. What about those who can't fight for their rights ? By

Genevieve Thomas

31. Do You Know H.P. Lovecraft? By Xavier Saint-Jean-

Banville

31.Frozen takes over the world By Genevieve Thomas

32. JUSTICE DEALING WITH MENTAL DISORDERS By

Gabriel Archambault

33. Ebola Epidemic Status by Béatrice Fournier

33.Trip tips by Loïc Martel

34. MONTREAL-BOSTON: HATE ALWAYS by Roxanne

Laplante

34. Restaurant review by Chloé-Marie Roberge

35. Student Factory by Emyl Ferland

36. Molson and his historical alliance with Québec by Samu-

el Lavoie

37. Horoscope by Jade Hopkins

38. Montréal On Top Of Its High Heels by Amelie Charbon-

neau

39. A Leader Of Quebec by Chloé-Marie Roberge

40. Quebec’s language history by Caroline Gagné

41. The Classik Santé by Ilyas Atahi

41. Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS)

42. So You Want To Be An Artist? By Roxanne Deslauriers

43. Solar Energy A Great Way To Reduce Pollution by Ilyas

Atahi

44. To Be Or Not To Be In Montreal by Xavier Saint-Jean-

Banville

45. Man With Spider Living Under His Skin. By Roxanne

Deslauriers

Quebec’s great plan

Loïc Martel

Science Pure

Everyone knows that the economy

of our province is not going well,

but is there something to fix?

There may be hope with Quebec’s

new plan. This huge project would

include the entire nation and a lot

of international private investors.

The North Plan as it is called,

should be a 25 years long project

lying on the sustainable resources

found in the north. It will create

thousands of jobs, help the econo-

my and will be a great challenge

for the engineers and other scien-

tific group.

80-billion is a big number, even

more when there is a cash symbol

in front of it. With all of this mon-

ey, a lot of time and our science

knowledge, the north should

change forever. But will it be a

success? It should, everything is

planned, or close. Lots of engi-

neers are ready to take on this chal-

lenge. But to get everything cohe-

sive, the north will have a great

transportation network. There are

already 26 airports, 4 ports, 1.200

kilometers of rail tracks and 51.000

kilometers of roads. A $821-

million road project is on the con-

nect every important place and

transportation buildings together.

Hydro-Quebec is already spending

billions on a 3 hydro projects vary-

ing from 920-megawatt to 1.550-

megawatt. These power plants

would be able to handle the energy

needed for the North.

Mining should be one of the big-

gest development for the North

Plan with investment reaching $1-

billion a year. It should create over

10.000 jobs. The diversity of min-

erals found in the north is great

news for the investors : Nickel,

cobalt, zinc, iron ore, copper, gold,

uranium ( may cause political

problems ), apatite, diamonds, nio-

bium and tantalum are among the

minerals that will be extracted

and .exploited through various

mines. Those mining plans are

considered the heart of the north

plan. Some others projects are

aiming towards trees for engi-

neered wood products, ‘’green’’

chemistry and bio-energy.

To continue, a project isn’t always

perfect. The North Plan may bring

billions of profit but it could im-

pact the environment. The govern-

ment is expecting to save up to

50% of the natural landscape, but

is it a reason to neglect the other

half ? The impact on the environ-

mental is becoming very contro-

versial, but one thing is for sure,

northern Quebec hosts a great and

vast animal diversity such as birds,

caribous, huge populations of

freshwater fish, wolverines and

golden eagles. Environmentalists

believe that they could be all

threatened due to the uncontrolled

and a lack of regulation from the

project’s exploitation. Over 500

scientists took part in writing a let-

ter to Jean Charest to make sure

that he realizes the negative side

with the environment:

‘’ In protecting northern Que-

bec’s natural environment and en-

suring responsible development in

the rest of the area, your govern-

ment will set in motion one of the

most ambitious sustainable devel-

opment and nature conservation

projects in North America, and one

that could serve as a model for the

rest of the world.’’

If the project obtains a full green

light, they must protect the envi-

ronment with great care.

Sources :

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/

news/politics/quebec-plans-80-

billion-investment-in-northern-

development/article579423/

http://rabble.ca/news/2011/05/le-

plan-nord-plan-exploit-northern-

quebec

http://

news.mongabay.com/2009/0913-

hance_quebec.html

Prime minister Jean Charest

No Sovereignty With-

out The Youth

Thomas Gaucher-Peressini

Human sciences world

The national question, also known as

the independence, or sovereignty, has

always been the subject of vivid de-

bates since the awakening of Quebec

nation consciousness, decades ago.

Over history, social progress has al-

ways been led by youths, just like in

Quebec where the juveniles have al-

ways been backing the project of a

French country in America. Even the

ex-Prime Minister of Quebec, Bernard

Landry, believes that the sovereignty

of Quebec cannot succeed without the

support of the youth.

Bernard Landry 2014

However, a poll realized in

June 2014 suggested that 69% of Que-

becers aged between 18 and 24 years

old would not endorse the independ-

ence option in a referendum. Students

interviewed in relation to the poll be-

lieve that the Parti Québécois, which

has been the warhorse of sovereignty

over the last decades, is too restrictive

for English language and that inde-

pendence is just not realistic. It is pos-

sible to believe that the sovereignty

movement is on a slippery descent

since only three years ago during sum-

mer 2011, a poll suggested that 32% of

Quebecers aged between 18 and 24

supported the referendum for inde-

pendence. There is no doubt that the

Parti Québécois is losing contact with

juveniles even though they are the only

way the movement for independence

could succeed. This raises a question,

why are young Quebecers turning their

back of the sovereignty option and

how could partisans of sovereignty

reconnect with the youth?

Many people believe that the current

generation of youth in Quebec is not

concerned with sovereignty. It is also

the opinion of political analyst Jean

Lapierre: « […] PQ [Parti

Québécois] may indeed be the party of

a single generation. The party has lost

touch with the youth, for the younger

generation, the PQ and sovereignty are

passe». Jean Lapierre is probably right,

many students and young people in

general don’t understand the reasons

behind the sovereignty project. Parti-

sans of sovereignty might find the

numbers discouraging but they should

see this as an opportunity of implant-

ing the seeds of nationalism to a whole

new generation. Convincing the youth

with arguments that fit their reality and

not the one of another generation

would also probably help. The parti-

sans of sovereignty have to project an

image of a solid group, forget some

political opinions divergence and make

sure the youth, black, white, red or yel-

low, English, Italian or French under-

stand the cultural difference and histo-

ry of Quebec. This big project of sov-

ereignty must be collective and should

not be the thing of only a couple of

persons. However, there will always a

great opposition to the independence

movement because this movement

want change and change scares people.

Brief, there is a lot to say about Que-

bec, its independence and the role of

young Quebecers in it. The national

question is a delicate one which re-

quire to understand many factors re-

sponsible for this vivid and endless

debate. But, the most important is to

understand that the young Quebecers

should be the most concerned about

this issue

because they are the ones who

will be the most affected by the bene-

fits or inconvenient of a referendum.

No one can predict if Quebec will one

day be independent or not but one

thing is sure, the future is in the hands

of the youth.

Reference:

CTVnews, (2014), Young Quebecers

reject PQ sovereignty.

Scott, Marian, (2011), Postmedia

News, Sovereignty losing appeal for

young Quebecers.

Image

Le Devoir, (2014), http://

media1.ledevoir.com/images_galerie/

d_104280_84488/image.jpg

Is it the end of CE-

GEP?

Maxime Lachapelle,

Human science, humanities

Since the creation of the first twelve

cegeps (college d`enseignement

général et professionnel) in Quebec

in 1960, a lot of writing came out

that criticized those institutions.

People are wondering why Quebec

is the only place in the world who

has these schools. This year, at the

liberal convention, Philippe Couil-

lard`s youth wing president, Nico-

las Perrino said that he wanted to

reform the Cegep system. Why

does the liberal party want to abol-

ish Cegep and people reacts to

it?

First, Cegeps were created to

standardize grades from high school

to university. Also, new needs

were emerging from the labour

market. Knowledge became very

important for the economical poten-

tial of Quebec. Their goal was to

increase scholars frequenting and

raising the quality of the pre-

university education.

¨At this year`s convention, the

youth wing dared to debate abolish-

ing the two-year Cegep pre-

university programs¨ (Don mac-

pherson, The Gazette, August 11th,

2014) This ideology came from

Nicolas Perrino, the Liberal youth

president. What Perrino wants is an

additional year of high school and

university and to keep Cegep only

for technical programs. However,

our Prime Minister Phillippe Couil-

lard does not think like its youth

wing. Before the debate started,

Mr. Couillard said he was against

the idea, because Cegeps are im-

portant cultural and social centres

“The needs of the 21st century are

not met with the Cegeps right now.

They were good in the 1960`s when

our parents were baby-boomers, but

we don’t believe it’s good for us

anymore, Perrino said” (Don Mac-

pherson, the Gazette, August 11th

2014).

A lot of other questions arose from

the debate. What will all the teach-

ers’ do? What will happen to our

Cegeps? How will the new educa-

tion system work? What will Que-

bec become?

The Parti Québécois reacted to the

Liberal Party’s debate about abol-

ishing Cegeps. “Léo Bureau-

Blouin, president of the PQ’s youth

wing was ardent in his insistence

the Quebec government pay no

mind to the proposal” (journalist,

CBC news, August 9th 2014. Léo

Bureau-Blouin is against the idea of

Perrino saying that Cegep is a

waste of time. Mr. Bureau-Blouin

said the opposite of the liberal

youth wing. He finds the pre-

university programs useless and

peculiar to Quebec. He also said to

the Canadian Press: “The post-

secondary experience allows stu-

dents to better chose their education

and career paths by giving them a

solid general knowledge

base” (Journalist CBC news, Au-

gust 2nd 2014). Furthermore, uni-

versities are not close by for every-

one. Some students can stay at

home while attending school

whereas others must leave home

and pay for lodging. Thus, the Parti

Québécois is against the idea to

abolish Cegep system for technical

schools throughout the province.

To conclude, the idea of the Liberal

youth president, Nicolas Perrino, to

abolish Cegep’s two year pre-

university for technical schools did-

n’t go too far when Prime Minister

Philippe Couillard said he was

against it. Although Perrino still

thinks it is a good thing for Quebec.

However, the Parti Québécois re-

jects the idea from A to Z, stating

that Cegeps are giving a solid gen-

eral knowledge base to the students.

References:

-The Montreal Gazette page. Internet www page at:

http://www.montrealgazette.com/

Macpher-

son+Liberal+youth+wing+differ+with+Couillard/101

09181/story.html

-Yahoo News page. Internet www page at:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/parti-qc-b-cois-defends-

162849525.html

Image:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-

liberals-choose-philippe-couillard-as-leader-

1.1348440

A Boy Or A Girl? Audrey Mathieu

Administration student

A Hong Kong 66 years old discover he

was a woman after a medical appointment

for simple bloating.

Victim of a rare syndrome

This man suffers of the ‘’Turner Syn-

drome’’, a rare genetic disorder (1 in 2500

birth 3000 girls) whose main symptoms are

a very small genital size and sterility.

Why this made him looks like a man

These ‘’men’’ are endowed of male

attributes due to a very high secretion of

male hormones. The part of the brain, the

pituitary gland specifically, secretes hor-

mones such as gonadotropins, follicle stim-

ulating hormone, luteinizing hormone and

of course the testosterone. All in too large

quantities, they make appear male attributes

to victims of Turner syndrome. However,

all their internal organs are female. They

had a uterus, ovaries, etc. The sexagenarian

has cyst on his ovaries which gave him the

feeling of bloating for which he had con-

sulted.

Still a man or a new girl?

Doctors do not understand why it was

not until the age of 66 years old they dis-

cover his disease. However, the man con-

tinue to consider himself masculine.

Sources:

1:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovarian cyst

(October 15th)

2:http://

www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/04/66-

year-old-hong-kong-man-is-woman

(October 14th)

3: https://www.google.ca/search?q=brain

(October 15th)

Gentilly-2 Is Now

Dormant

Yohan Finet

Pure science

Group 06

Gentilly-2 nuclear power plant, in Bécan-

cour, has been sleeping since June 2014.

Although it was closed on December 28,

2012, it took 18 months to render it

dormant.

During these 18 months, workers removed

the reactor’s uranium fuel, processed the

heavy water and deactivated many sys-

tems.

A lot of reasons have brought the govern-

ment to close Gentilly-2. There were,

among them, financial reasons and health

reasons. Not everybody was willing to

close Gentilly-2. Many employees weren’t

in agreement with the government.

The profitability of the exploitation of

Gentilly-2 was the main reason why the

Partie Québécois chose to close the nuclear

plant.

In fact, former Natural Resources Minister

Martine Ouellet said that “refurbishing the

Gentilly reactor wasn’t an economically

viable option for Quebecers”. (Martine

Ouellet, 2012, page 1) It would have cost

4.3 billion dollars to refurbish Gentilly-2

which would have extended its life by 30

years.

Also, Hydro-Québec estimated that the

electricity Gentilly-2 was producing was

costing 12.3 cents per kilowatt hour in

2012. At this moment, Quebecers were

paying, in average, seven cents per kilo-

watt hour.

The electricity the nuclear plant was pro-

ducing was much more expensive than the

electricity Quebecers were used to paying.

Quebec government also learned about

what happened in Point Lepreau, New

Brunswick. The refurbishment of a reactor

there cost 1 billion dollars more than it was

supposed to and the process took three

years more than expected. During these

three years, the power plant was not work-

ing, so it wasn’t profitable. Quebec gov-

ernment didn’t want this to happen to Gen-

tilly-2. In short, the exploitation of the

power plant wasn’t profitable.

The power plant was also closed for health

reasons.

Effectively, while the director of public

health for the Mauricie and center of Que-

bec, Dr. Gilles-W. Grenier, was saying

that it was safe for people to live near Gen-

tilly-2, the public health department regis-

tered a 27-per-cent increase in the number

of children suffering from leukemia living

within 20 kilometers of the power plant.

There was also a professor in medicine at

the Université de Montréal who said that it

wasn’t safe to live near a power plant.

Between 2000 and 2004, eleven pregnant

women had miscarriages on the same street

in Bécancour.

The 800 jobs were 800 reasons that

brought the former premier Jean Charest to

say in 2008 that the power plant would be

refurbished.

Some of the employees stayed after the

power plant was closed to render it

dormant, but most of them had to quit.

According to Gordon Edwards, president

of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Re-

sponsibility, closing Gentilly-2 is not nega-

tive for the employment in the region. He

says that around 100 nuclear power plants

are coming to the end of their life in the

U.S. This is an opportunity for the region

because Gentilly-2 could be transformed

into a centre of expertise on dismantling

nuclear power plants. It is an employment

opportunity.

For the next 40 years, the power plant will

stay dormant. By this time, most of the

radioactivity will be disperse. After this, it

will be dismantled.

Sources

CBC NEWS. (Page viewed on August 27,

2014). Quebec nuclear reactor shutdown

will cost $1.8 billion, [Online]. URL ad-

dress: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/

montreal/quebec-nuclear-reactor-shutdown

-will-cost-1-8-billion-1.1159201

THE GAZETTE. (Page viewed on August

27, 2014). Parti Québécois says it will

keep promise to close Gentilly-2 nuclear

power plant, [Online]. URL address: http://

blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/09/12/

parti-quebecois-says-it-will-keep-promise-

to-close-gentilly-2-nuclear-power-plant/

Image

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Gentilly-2 nuclear power plant

JUSTICE DEALING

WITH MENTAL DIS-

ORDERS

Gabriel Archambault

Human sciences

The recent liberation under

of former cardiologist Guy Tur-

cotte, who killed his two children,

few years ago, generates anger and

questioning. Less and less are those

who have faith in our justice sys-

tem. Effectively, the efficiency of

the criminal court with cases that

treat mental disorders like for Tur-

cotte is becoming a new major de-

bate in Quebec. Claiming to be not

criminally responsible, people who

did severe crimes have one option

to get free easily: psychological

reasons. Are they taking advantage

of our laws?

The case of Lika Rocco

Magnotta is also moving the de-

bate. Suspected of dismemberment-

murder, Magnotta defends himself

in saying that he suffers from men-

tal illness in front of the judge.

There are chances for him because

of the Article 16 of Canada’s Crim-

inal Code affirms that ‘No person is

criminally responsible for an act

committed while suffering from a

mental disorder that rendered the

person incapable of appreciating

the nature and quality of the act’.

Because of this, Magnotta has to

prove he’s not a psychopath. Since

1994, the Supreme Court has

changed the article of the code so

that it does not apply to psycho-

paths for a particular reason. Ap-

proximately three-quarter of prison-

ers are considered as psychopaths.

So, we can’t begin to all free them

even if they are dominated by their

sickness. Psychologists are also

saying that psychopaths are very

hard to rehabilitate because of their

antisocial attitude and their lack of

guilt.

The fact that psychiatry isn’t

an exact science is also a major

problem for few cases. The psy-

chologists are repeating that this

field of study is based on observa-

tion, so it can’t be perfect. It would

be easier to take someone’s blood

and prove that he’s schizophrenic

or depressive but it’s not possible.

In fact, the panel of judges has to

believe and be confident with psy-

chologists who go testify during a

trial. This way of working is not

accepted by everyone. Turcotte’s ex

-wife expressed, to the news, after

his conditional release, her opinion

about the weakness of our justice

system. ‘I don’t have faith anymore

in our justice system, not with the

current rules’. She declared the in-

accuracy of psychiatric studies is

not the only factor that has a several

impact on the final verdict. It de-

pends on the judge, the experience

of the lawyers, but also how rich

the defendant is. In the case of her

ex-husband, he had the money to

pay a respected lawyer, so he had a

better chance to be liberated than an

ordinary citizen. She, as many oth-

ers, hopes for change.

After having admitted to

stabbing his children, Guy Turcotte

was released with low conditions.

The thing that saved him is the tes-

timony about the fact he was dis-

traught over the breakup with his ex

-wife and the fact he was experi-

encing blackouts. It seems easy for

a defendant to use his psychological

problems to be forgiven. In answer

to this famous case, the Harper gov-

ernment said that they will change

the laws to make it more difficult

for offenders who use mental disor-

ders as an argument. The system

may change with those kinds of

events.

Sources:

Tania Krywiak, CTV Montreal Wednesday

December 12, 2012.

René Bruemmer, The Gazette December

21, 2012

A legend of Rock

After the reincarnation of Gerry Boulet played by Mario St-amant in the

biographical movie Gerry, toujours vivant, a lot of artists decided to

make their own tribute to the legend of Rock, and so I will in this paper!

Born in 1946, near Montreal, Gerry was, already at his young age, a pas-

sionate musician for the church of his village. He formed the band Offen-

bach in 1969 that will soon become popular with their radio successes

like ‘Faut que j’me pousse’ or ‘Chu un rocker’. Their songs and way to

create Rock ‘n’ roll with French lyrics were so popular at the time that

they were the first band from Quebec to play at the Forum of Montreal,

that is now called the Bell Center. Because of Gerry and his band, a gen-

eration of French signers are making Rock ‘n’ roll today.

Gabriel Archanbault

Lac-Mégantic train

derailment: the envi-

ronmental impact

Justine Power

Pure Sciences

The train derailment that occurred on

July 6th, 2013 in Lac-Mégantic and

that killed 47 people was over in a few

seconds, but the environmental impact

of the disaster will last much longer.

Analyses have been made by the envi-

ronmental consulting firm Golder As-

sociates to evaluate the consequences

that the derailment has had on the en-

vironment. Most of the crude oil that

gushed from the train fueled the fire

that burned for two days, but a very

big amount of oil seeped into the soil

and made its way to the two waterways

near the city, Chaudière River and

Lake Mégantic. The zone affected by

the accident needed a huge cleanup

that took months, but it’s going to take

years for the town of Lac-Mégantic to

recover from the disaster.

On the 72 cars of the Montreal, Maine

and Atlantic Railway train that de-

railed, only nine were not involved in

the accident, the 63 others spilling al-

most 6 million litres of crude oil. 31

hectares of land have been contaminat-

ed by hundreds of thousand litres of

hydrocarbons, and 100 000 litres of it

spilled in Chaudière River.

We don’t know exactly how much, but

most of the oil burned after the explo-

sion, and “contaminants – including

benzene, toluene, ethylene, xylene,

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and

volatile organic compounds – were

released, air-quality testing

showed” (Beaudin, 2014). Also, oil

overwhelmed the town’s sewer system

and reached the water treatment center.

That is how it spilled in Chaudière

River and Lake Mégantic in a cata-

strophic quantity. The area of the town

that has been the most contaminated is

evidently the crash site, but half a kilo-

meter around had also big damages. 40

buildings have been destroyed.

The cleanup has been made by the

company Pomerleau Inc. In the days

that followed the accident, the work

couldn’t be started in the contaminated

zone, because the air quality was not

acceptable. For five days after the de-

railment, emergency workers were still

trying to stop the oil from spilling out

of the train cars.

The workers tried to minimize

the amount of oil that reached the wa-

terways by closing some parts of the

sewer network, but it was already too

late. About 46 million litres of oily

water has been removed from Lake

Mégantic and Chaudière River, but

compounds of contaminants have been

found 130 kilometres further Lac-

Mégantic.

More than 100 000 cubic metres of soil

had to be decontaminated. Once exca-

vated, the contaminated soil is moved

to a storage and treatment site that has

been built for the cause. There, the

goal is to decontaminate the soil and

return it back to the town of Lac-

Mégantic.

Hundreds of soil and water samples

helped Golder Associates to write the

853-page report on the town’s contam-

ination. Happily, the oil did not reach

underground water, because the soil in

the area has a low permeability. Also,

chemicals were used to stop the raging

fire, not helping the level of contami-

nation of the soil. Analyses made on

the oil that didn’t spill revealed that the

oil was more volatile and explosive

that normal oil, what contributed to

feed the raging fire.

The estimated cost of the cleanup is

near $200 million, but a similar case

that happened in 2010 in Michigan

cost $1 billion. The federal govern-

ment accepted to pay $95 million.

Quebec is actually prosecuting six

companies, because they didn’t follow

the security rules put in place by the

government.

So, the tragic night of July 6th, 2013

left a tremendous mark, on people and

on the environment, Water, soil and air

have been contaminated by millions of

litres of crude oil. As a huge cleanup

work is made to help Lac-Mégantic

town to recover from the accident, we

hope that companies like MMA will

change things in their way to do to

make sure a similar catastrophe won’t

happen again.

Bibliography:

Beaudin, Monique. Huge scope of Lac

-Mégantic cleanup comes into focus.

http://www. montrealgazette.com/

news/Huge+scope

+Mégantic+cleanup+comes+int

o+focus. html. (September 15,

2014).

A worker starting the cleanup

Thisiswhyimbroke.com, Site Review

Nowadays, everything can be find on the internet… Literally any-

thing! From magic wand remote controller, to glow in the dark

toilet paper and even diesel powered MechWarrior (only

1 350 000$), the website www.thisiswhyimbroke.com is present-

ing every weird object you always dreamed of but never thought

you could buy. Even though the products I enumerate earlier seem

useless, the website does present really useful objects like toolkits

and lamps. You can thank this website, because now you will nev-

er arrive at an office party with a boring gift again. Great funny

gifts can be found on there and for a decent price. The only prob-

lem is that when you find the article you really wanted to have

since you were 8 years old, thisiswhyimbroke.com will transfer

you to the website that is actually selling the product. So if you

are unlucky, the website you get transferred on won’t be shipping

to Quebec and at the end of the day, you will need to continue im-

agining yourself with this awesome light saber umbrella. But

don’t worry plenty of other really cool things are waiting for you.

By Vincent Landry

CEGEP Abolition:

Premier Couillard’s

Point Of View Has

Not Changed

Philippe Leclerc,

Student in Human Sciences

Are the two years between high

school and university really useful? Well,

the PLQ youth wing does not think so and

it would like to make a little change in the

CEGEP system, or, actually, quite a big

one: abolish them during the next mandate.

However, the young liberals have to face

the opposition of their own leader, Premier

Philippe Couillard. During their annual

summit that was held last August 9th, over

400 liberal youngsters discussed the pro-

ject and a small majority has been in fa-

vour of the reform. But, a great part of

liberals continue to support the actual CE-

GEP system (CTV News, August 9, 2014,

p. 1).

According to the leader of the

youths, Nicholas Perrino, CEGEPs do not

respond adequately to the needs of the

employment market. The solution would

be to transform those public buildings into

institutes of professional formation. The

two missing years would be replaced by an

extra year of high school and university,

like elsewhere in Canada and the United

States. The leader aims for an upgrade of

the educational efficiency and thinks that it

would be more logical if students could go

to university faster.

Premier Couillard’s point of view

has not changed since 2013, the last time

the debate was launched. He said employ-

ment “is not the only goal of the education

system” and that it has to offer to Quebec-

ers a good “general education […] in all

the regions of Quebec” (Philip Authier,

August 9, 2014, p. 4). He does not wipe

the idea to review some of the current CE-

GEP programs to adjust them, but he does

not want a complete restructuration of the

system like the majority of young liberals

(Philip Authier, August 9, 2014, p. 4).

The Premier argued that his current

goal is to make financial cuts in the budget

to reduce the public dept. According to

political analyst Jean Lapierre, education,

health and family are the three main places

where the government spends public

funds. Therefore, CEGEPs will certainly

have to face financial cuts or to be re-

viewed in some ways if the government

wants to reach their goal, the “déficit

zéro”, as they call it (CTV News, August

9, 2014, p. 1).

Couillard is not the only one to be

hostile to CEGEP abolition. The Federa-

tion of CEGEPs and the PQ think that such

reforms would be an absolutely “pointless

and useless” reorganisation of all the edu-

cational system (Philip Authier, August 9,

2014, p. 5). They think that minor modifi-

cations could be done, but eliminating

completely CEGEPs would be excessive.

All in all, the youth PLQ wing’s

idea does not seem to be approved by eve-

rybody, starting by the Premier himself. It

has already generated a great debate inside

and outside the party, but the negotiations

do not seem to be done yet. If the project is

finally applied, some questions concerning

the transition between both systems remain

without any answers. For example, no one

has confirmed, at least for now, if Que-

bec’s universities actually have the capaci-

ty to receive a lot of extra students.

TOP 10: BEST FALL COATS

Tiffany Hebert

Student in business management

Now girls, summer is our favorite season but, now it’s time to look perfect for Fall! For fashion, fall is THE best seasons. We can play with our

look, put more or less accessorize, and fall is the season for creation! So don’t forget to always be stylish while the cold temperature is approaching.

That is why; I’ll present you my top 10 of best fall coats.

The trench coat 2. The varsity jacket 3. The XXL coat

Available at Zara Available at H&M Available at ASOS

4. The cape 5. The duffle coat 6. The boyfriend coat

Available at H&M Available at ASOS Available at Zara

7. The textured coat 8. The damp proof coat 9. The 60s coat

Available at Kitsch Boutique Available at ASOS Available at Zara

10. The perfecto

Available at Against Nudity

So, to you all girls, that hate fall/winter as much as I do: don’t

forget that you can still look good and sexy while you are trying

to deal with the cold! You can try to put a scarf and a hat over

that coat and you will totally look gorgeous!

Selling Quebec’s

Beauty for an Uncer-

tain Amount of Money

Simon Lavigne

Student in Pures Sciences

Would you sell your car to someone with-

out being sure that you will get some mon-

ey for it? Quebec’s government wants to

permit petrol companies to make hydraulic

fracturing in some regions of Quebec.

Pierre Arcand said “There is no guarantee

[to find petrol]” (Pierre Arcand, 2014, p.7),

the government is trying to reassure the

population by saying there is no danger to

fracking, and environmentalist groups are

denouncing the project.

The government planned to invest in oil

exploration and carats examination. $55

million have been invested in 2014 and

$45 million are going to be invested in

2015, for a total of about 18 wells on the

island of Anticosti. They are using frack-

ing technique, which consists of shooting

high pressure fluid underground. The fluid

contains a lot of water, sand, acids and

other chemicals. It is used to break shale

formations and extract gas.

According to Marc Durand, an ex-geology

professor at the University du Québec à

Montréal, Anticosti’s potential has been

exaggerated by the island’s promoters.

The study will not only be about Anticosti

Island, it will also be extended to the low-

lands, between Montreal and Quebec City,

where a population of about two million

people are living.

Some citizen and environmental groups

denounced Quebec’s government actions

in this project, due to the risks for the envi-

ronment and population in the fragile re-

gion of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. For ex-

ample, each well uses two to five million

gallons of water and will contaminate it

forever. Due to hydraulic fracturing, other

states have also saw consequences like

drinking water contamination including

surface and groundwater, which is almost

impossible to decontaminate.

A Greenpeace representative has also told

that government should invest to reduce

the greenhouse gas emission, not to in-

crease it. “There is no social acceptance at

this time”, Arcand said (Pierre Arcand,

2014, p.7).

On top of that, Petrolia, an oil company,

has proposed to use propane instead of

water in the fracking process on Anticosti,

saying that they will save million gallons

of water. However, only half of the fluid

used in wells returns to the surface, the rest

is lost underground. The use of the frack-

ing technique on Anticosti may be terrible

for the environment, according to environ-

mental groups.

In May 2013, Amir Khadir, from Québec

Solidaire, also expressed concerns about

the environment protection: “The PQ gov-

ernment is too permissive, too weak in

front of extremely strong lobbies… The

responsibility of the minister is not to pro-

tect oil companies…his responsibility is to

protect the environment” (Amir Khadir,

2013, p.6).

All of these groups denounce the govern-

ment’s environmental position because of

the sensibility of this region. The lowland

is the position where we can find the best

farmlands of the province. On Anticosti

Island, we can find up to 200,000 deer.

The Gulf of St. Lawrence could expose to

high environmental consequences if a frac-

ture or an interconnection between the

shale formation and the aquifers happened.

Finally, the controversial subject continues

to rage some environmental groups be-

cause of the unknown impact this project

will have on the environment. On its side,

the government hopes to reach a petro-

riches era, as it is in Alberta.

References

Clean water action. Fracking: The dangers. Internet

WWW page at: http://www.clean

wateraction.org/page/fracking-dangers (September

3, 2014)

CTV Montreal. Quebec government invests heavily

in oil exploration on Anticosti Island. Internet WWW

page at: http://montreal.ctv

news.ca/quebec-government-invests-heavily-in-oil-

exploration-on-anticosti-island-1.1685105

(September 1th, 2014)

Dougherty, Kevin. Quebec announces extensive

studies to assess oil and gas potential. Internet

WWW page at: http://www.montrealgazette.

com/technology/

Que-

bec+announces+extensive+studies+assess+potential

/9893756/story.html (September 3, 2014)

Fontaine, Hugo. Mines: Amir Khadir accuse. Internet

WWW page at: http://affaires.lapresse.ca/economie/

energie-et-ressources/201005/13/01-4279946-mines

-amir-khadir-accuse.php (October 12, 2014)

Lavoie, Denis. The Utica Shale and gas play in southern Quebec: Geological and hydrogeological syntheses and methodological approaches to groundwater risk evaluation. Internet WWW page at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166516213002437 (September 3, 2014) Se guin, Rhe al and Marotte, Bertrand. Quebec op-position denounces fracking legislation. Internet WWW page at:http://www.theglobe andmail.com/news/national/quebec-opposition-denounces-fracking-legislation/article11943093/ (September 1, 2014)

Student, is it time for you that the session end?

Quiz by Magalie Cadorette

Do you have difficulty to sleep because you think of ALL the homework you have to do?

Yes, because they are all for tomorrow

No, I am a super hero of homework

Are you scared of your marks because there is less to have than what you have accumulated?

Yes, I have to save them from the hell.

No, because it’s too late to save them.

Are you trying to stay awake in your course because you had not slept last night due to homework for the

next morning?

Yes, I am not a super-hero of homework.

No, I don’t need, the coffee do it for me.

Are you planning in your head what you will do during holiday more than you are listening the teacher?

Yes, and it’s so nice that I could not want to come at school tomorrow.

No, the course is too important to do that.

How many coffees do you drink when you wake up to go to school?

I don’t have time for that.

I can’t count them by the importance of numb.

A reasonable number.

The results

Calculate your total of points, if you circle

3 points

1 point

0 point

Look at your sickness of school, if you have accumulate

10-15 points à it’s TIME it is finish!

10 points and less à it’s time to ask you if you’re a human or not!

Will Hydro-Quebec

Become Windy-

Quebec?

Vincent Landry

Pure science

Wind power has an even bigger

potential than hydropower in Quebec.

Knowing this, Hydro-Quebec jumped on

the occasion to develop wind power all

over Quebec

It all took place in 1998 with the

“Le Nordais” project. Later, in 2003, eight

contracts were signed for a total of

990MW of power capacity. Those projects

have played a major role in the economical

diversification of the Gaspe Peninsula.

From those projects, 600 jobs have been

created for the production of wind turbine.

Needless to say that the wind power indus-

try helped this economically depressed

region a lot. Hydro-Quebec have continued

their wind-power expansion in 2005 with

fifteen contract reaching 2000MW of wind

energy. In 2009, minor projects of under

25MW took place. Somehow, those pro-

jects were special, because they were tar-

geted in part for the First Nations initia-

tions to ensure local spin-offs. Other pro-

jects are, or have been developed in the

lower St. Lawrence Region, the Chaudiere-

Appalaches Region, the Saguenay-Lac-

Saint-Jean Region and many more regions

all over Quebec. In 2013, there were 23

wind farms generating about 2398MW of

wind energy. At the end of 2015, when all

the projects on the table will be in com-

mercial operation, Quebec’s wind energy

production will reach 4000MW.

Even though it seems to be a huge

amount of energy, this number represents

only 1% of Quebec’s wind power poten-

tial. Indeed, Quebec’s full wind energy

potential is estimated to be just under the

400 000MW cap. Surprisingly, this num-

ber amounts to approximately 100 times

the power currently generated by the hy-

dropower industry. But we are still really

far from this outstanding production since

we are only at 1%. Additionally, wind

power represents only 10% of Quebec’s

total power output.

This high potential can be explain

by the presence of high wind sites near the

power line. Since wind power production

depends on the wind speed, some regions

have more potential than others. For exam-

ple, cities like Saguenay and Rimouski

have a higher potential than Granby. It

takes wind of about 12 to 14 Km/h to start

generating electricity. When winds reach

50 to 60 Km/h, the turbines are working at

full capacity. The top speed the turbine can

generate power from is 90 Km/h. Faster

than that, the turbines must be stopped

because they could be damaged. Other

factors like the air density and the area

swept by the blades also affect the amount

of electricity generated by wind turbines.

One of the major problem for Hy-

dro-Quebec is the conflict they need to

deal with because of some cities denying

the establishment of wind turbines in their

area, because they want to preserve their

landscape. This controversy is slowing

Hydro-Quebec’s expansion, preventing

them from exploiting good wind sites.

In conclusion, it is clear that wind

power has a brilliant future in the province

of Quebec. But we must not forget that this

process will take time and improvements

will need to be made if Quebec wants to

reach his full potential. Quebec Energy

Minister, Pierre Arcand, raised an interest-

ing point saying: “How come, for instance,

construction costs of wind towers are high-

er in Quebec than in Ontario? What can we

do about it? What kind of rules can we

change to improve their efficiency?” in an

interview with The Gazette. Wind power is

still at an early stage of his development,

but Quebec’s wind industry is on the right

track.

_________________________________

References:

1-Shalom, François. The Gazette. http//

www.montrealgazette.com/technology/

wind+power+potential+under+study/1003

8387/story.html (September 7).

2-Quebec association of renewable energy

production, http://en.aqper.com/ in-

dex.php/wind-power (September 7).

Image:

http://creneaueolien.ca/wp-content/

uploads/MdS_121024_-09-EDF-

585x389.jpg

Wind farm in Gaspe

SKICHICCHOCS

Did you know that Quebec hides mountains such as those you can find in western

Canada, big and snowy enough to fulfill ski lovers’ dream? Indeed, the Chic-

Chocs include not more than 25 peaks over 1,000 meters high, where you can find

the fluffiest snow!

You might want a certified and qualified instructor to visit the mountains with you

for the first time so you can ski without risking your life in avalanches and discov-

er backcountry skiing in this area. He may help you to make an itinerary based on

your needs and abilities. Put on your skin or snowshoe, climb and enjoy the land-

scape and the fabulous ski conditions, all this here, in Quebec.

To learn more, visit us at: www.skichicchocs.com/

By Simon Lavigne

The City At The Fall-

en Bridge Magalie Cadorette

Humanities

Champlain Bridge, which was con-

structed in 1962, is decaying faster that

it should be. Government is spending a

lot of money to keep it in good condi-

tion. Last fall, they installed a super-

beam to keep it safe for drivers. Of

course, the idea of a brand-new bridge

is touching the mind of leaders.

The project should cost between $3

billion and $5 billion. That is why the

federal government wants to establish

an old way for helping the payment of

the bridge: tolls. Before years 1990’s,

Quebec had tolls on highways and on

bridges, but they removed them for

political questions.

Many people, commuters and political

leader, slammed the toll slated by the

Prime Minister because they think it

will cost too much. [“The only basis on

which we can do that is with financial

participation by local people. That

means if there is not a toll, there will

not be a bridge.”] Prime Minister Har-

per said. (Daniel Leblanc, 2014) At the

same time, he wants to ensure that Ca-

nadian taxpayers will not pay for all

the new structure. He is thinking right

because the Champlain Bridge is the

busiest bridge in Canada and it is

crossed by over 60 million cars and

cross-border goods transporters every

year. So, tourism will also help the

government with the bill. Also, Que-

beckers risk to pay more than the rest

of the country because it is in the big-

ger city in the province of Quebec.

In another way, people sway because

they think that the installation of the

toll will convince drivers to bypass the

new Champlain Bridge by crossing

other bridges that link Montreal to the

ground. They also think that will cause

other problems by clogging other

roads. That is why they should not put

a toll on the bridge. On the other side,

the government installed a toll on a

bridge that linked Montreal to Laval in

2011. The fees are $2.40 during peak

hours or $1,80 in off-peak hours and a

lot of commuters cross it every day to

save time.

The project that will begin in summer

2015 will have a structure unique to

Montreal, according to the architect

Poul Ove Jensen. (CBC news, 2014)

That will be a cable-stayed structure

that is going to make it outstanding.

There will be a segment for each way

of traffic and a way for cyclists and

pedestrians. Unfortunately, the project

of a new Champlain Bridge will affect

families around the location of the

bridge because at least 16 homes will

be expropriated.

The project of the busiest bridge in

Canada could be completed in 2018

and it will have a toll even if people

don’t approve the new way to pay the

bill. It is going to help the government

and Canadian taxpayers to pay this

expensive project and to keep it in

good condition so the new bridge

would stay in the landscape for a long

time. The winning consortium will

have the chance to build the new

Champlain Bridge and a part of the

highway that links it to the location of

the span.

References:

CBC news. Champlain Bridge: sneak

peek at the sleek new design. Internet.

http://www.cbcnews.com (September

5, 2014)

Leblanc, Daniel. Ottawa’s plans for a

toll on Champlain Bridge draw criti-

cism in Quebec: Internet. www.page

at. www.theglobeandmail.com

(September 5, 2014)

Magder, Jason. Montreal-Laval toll

bridge opens. Internet. http://

www.themontrealgazette.com

(September 5, 2014)

Riga, Andy. Ottwa invites three con-

sortia to bid on Champlain Bridge pro-

ject. Internet. http://

www.themontrealgazette.com

(September 5, 2014)

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Does Quebec Accept Too

Many Immigrants ?

By Marc-Antoine Bédard

Humanities

Due to the drop of the natality rate in

Quebec, the government needs to accept

more immigrants in the province. But in

the 21st century, many believe that there

are too much newcomers and fear for

their identity. Indeed, the government

wants to reduce the number of immi-

grants for a better French integration.

Last year, the Values Charter was pro-

posed by the Parti Québécois to ensure

Quebecers identity. Right now, the prov-

ince is in the heat of a cultural debate :

Does Quebec accept too many immi-

grants ?

Many factors can answer this question.

The first one to take in consideration is

the need to integrate. In other words,

newcomers have to learn how Quebec’s

society works and they have to live with

this order in mind. Unfortunately, there

are a small amount of immigrants who

don’t respect this system. Many people

are worried about this situation. Even if it

is a small percentage of immigrants who

want to make their own rules in the

province, many changes were done. For

example, in the commercials, it is now

impossible to hear ‘’Merry Christmas’’.

This expression has been replace by

‘’Happy Holiday’’.

According to the Brandon Sun, the prov-

ince tries ‘’to stabilize immigration lev-

els around 50 000 new arrivals per year,

a target that was regularly exceed’’. (The

Canadian Press, 2013) If the natality rate

keeps dropping, in a couple of years,

Quebecers may become a minority in

their own province. However, most im-

migrants integrate themselves into Que-

bec society, so they are the new genera-

tion of Quebecers.

In 2013, the government of

Pauline Marois built up the Values Char-

ter. They created this project ‘’to estab-

lish the neutrality of the state and create

clear rules on religious accommodation

for public employees.’’ (CTV News,

2013) So, they attacked the identity

problem by assuring the religious neu-

trality. In this way, everybody has to

contribute for a better social cohesion.

The Goal of the Charter is to

‘’contribute to integration and social co-

hesion’’. (CTV News, 2013) If immi-

grants are partially integrated (they need

to keep a part of their own culture), the

province will benefit a multi-cultural

society, a province where every culture

lives in harmony, but without religious

signs. The Values Charter would ban

every conspicuous religious symbols for

public employees. In addition ‘’it would

make it mandatory for everyone to have

their face uncovered while receiving a

state service’’. (CTV News, 2013)

Many political debates followed this

project. Indeed, most of the population

rejected the Values Charter. Now, Paul-

ine Marois is no longer the prime minis-

ter, so the project has no chance to be

accepted.

According to the Brandon Sun, the gov-

ernment ‘’will spend an additional 13.5

million $ per year during the next three

years to teach immigrants French.’’ (The

Canadian Press, 2013) So, the French

identity is safe and the cultural heritage

will stay.

It is possible to think that the province

takes too many immigrants. But, it’s

important to remember that without

them, Quebec’s population would be

really low.

References:

Mulholland, Angela. CTV News.

<http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/quebec

-s-values-charter-what-is-it-and-what-

will-it-change-1.1458292> (September

3rd 2014)

Drinking for the economy Audrey Mathieu

Administration student

You know the saying ‘’ the pessi-

mist sees the glass half-empty,

while the optimist sees it half-

full’’? In the world of microbrew-

eries in Quebec, this expression

makes perfect sense.

Beer is a tradition in Quebec and

Canada

Many will be surprised to

learn that making beer in mi-

crobreweries in Quebec is one of

the oldest tradition in Canada. Beer

is the alcoholic beverage drunk the

most in Quebec and Canada. Mi-

crobrewers try to attract consumers

with beer with original flavors pro-

nounced by unusual amalgam in-

gredients from here. This beer is

powered by events such as ‘’

World of Beer ‘’, ‘’The Festival of

World Beer’’, and ‘’ Days of Que-

bec’s Beer’’. These activities pro-

mote the beer and the efforts of

brewers in microbreweries since 80

years here in Quebec.

More and more refined

Because Quebec is a very

large province, microbreweries are

separated by many kilometers. This

distance offers the opportunity to

start a business without being

afraid of a real hard competition. In

fact, microbreweries have to differ-

entiate their tastes in beers, but also

in their way to manufacturing their

products and also trough the other

products they offer, such as food.

So, we can taste several beers that

offer a large variety of different

flavors, with special accents such

as fruits. Also, microbreweries are

sometimes affiliated together to

create beers that are more and more

refined. Some also have their own

secret recipes with amazing ingre-

dients. Water, hops, malt and yeast

are the ingredients of a normal

beer, but microbreweries likes to

combine them with flavors like

coffee, fruits, pepper, honey, tea,

spices and even nuts flavors. The

only thing that is important for

them to brewing the beer with the

old tradition. So now we can taste

good beers with meals that gives a

perfect match.

Beer improve Quebec’s economy

‘’Prior to the late 1970s, the

beer market in Quebec was almost

100% dominated by North America

brewing giants like Molson and

Labatt.’’ Today microbreweries

have 3% of the total beer market in

Canada! The most incredible thing

is that beer come mostly from Que-

bec! Of course, this may seem a

very small number of Canada’s

PIB and the unemployment. Mi-

crobreweries survived the unstable

economic cycles of Quebec and

still have a spot in the hearts of

Quebecers households.

Favorable rise

In conclusion, depending on

the view we have of the beer mar-

ket, we can see the glass as half-

empty or half-full. Microbreweries

innovates everyday their products

and their production methods. Que-

becers have always keep in mind

the traditions and values of their

culture. The rise of microbreweries

cannot be more favorable for Que-

bec’s province will then improve.

All of this, because of our tradi-

tions, values and the love we have

for beer.

Sources:

1:http://offislandgazette.com/news/from-

the-gazette/story/2012/05/09/bill-young-

local-entrepreneurs-bank-on-

microbrewery/ (September

3 th)

2:http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/

articl-413/

Que-

bec_Beer,_Brewers_and_Breweries.html

(August 27 th)

3:http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/

Microbreweries/5825974/story.html

(September 3 th)

4:http://www.saxerbeer.com/category/

calgary-microbrewery/

(October 15th)

The Dream of Mr.

Pierre-Horace Boivin

Tiffany Hebert

Student in Business management,

October 2014

In 1905 was born one of the great

visionary of Quebec: Mr. Pierre-

Horace Boivin. Mr. Boivin was

named in 1994, knight of “the Na-

tional order of Quebec” for his con-

tribution to the evolution of Que-

bec, by founding the Granby Zoo.

The Granby Zoo is one of the most

important zoological parks in Que-

bec.

The attraction

has a big economical

contribution with its

entire tourist. At the

peck of the seasons the

Granby Zoo’s, is one

of the only entertain-

ment park to receive

every member of a family. In 1953,

the Granby Zoo’s started to emerge,

it was officially transferred to the

present site: 1050 Boulevard David

Bouchard Nord, Granby.

Mr. Boivin had a dream to

build his Zoo and never stopped

inaugurating, so every year they are

trying to put something new in the

Zoo. Indeed, they planed a new at-

traction, with new animals for sum-

mer 2014: Australia had arrived in

Granby with its kangaroos and koa-

las.

In 2012, the Zoo

have been

“recipient of the

Grand prix du

tourisme

Desjardins des

Cantons-de-l’Est

award in the

Tourist Attrac-

tions Exceeding

100,000 visitors category”. This

was a big honour, not only for the

Zoo, but also for Granby. “The

Granby Zoo’s direct and indirect

economic impact on its region is

estimated at over 50 million dollars

annually”.

Quebec is proud to have an

attraction like this one; it can bring

tourists from over the world to sup-

port their economy. The Granby

Zoo always had in mind that they

want to procure new sensations at

every visitor, every year, that’s why

they keep improving constantly.

In the peck of the season,

over 630 employees on the site staff

it. They want it to be perfect to give

the best experience to every of their

clients. Its economical impact on its

region had increase of 75% since

2004. That is why; the Granby

Zoo’s become one of the most im-

portant zoological parks in Quebec.

Mr. Pierre-Horace Boivin

had a dream that became real “in

1944 when he convinced three of

his friends to give him a piece of

land”. Since that day, the Zoo never

stops getting bigger. “In 2003, the

Granby Zoo celebrated its 50th

birthday, but, sadly, without its

founder who passed away in 1993.”

Mr. boivin always loved animals.

He started his plan with half a doz-

ens dog, some horses and a goat

born with only three legs.

“For Mr. Pierre-Horace Boi-

vin, each occasion was a good op-

portunity to highlight his city and

enrich the Zoo’s popu-

lation.” In every travel

that Mr. Boivin has

done he would always

take a chance and ask

someone to give him

an animal to put in his

Zoo.

With all his energy and

time, Mr. Boivin successfully ar-

rived to build his dream, the Gran-

by Zoo. The province of Quebec

will always be proud to have had an

important character as Mr. Boivin,

to increase the economy and open

minds on new things such as a Zoo.

Sources:

www.wikipedia.com

www.zoodegranby.com

How would you choose to go to school? Would you take

the car or the bus ? Would you walk ? I already hear you

telling me that it depends on the weather or how far you

live from school. I think you have already understood that

I’m talking about public transport, which is very impor-

tant for our environment. About 30% of U.S. carbon

dioxide is used by the pollution that transport makes.

There is always a way more ecologist than the other. Un-

fortunately, if you don’t live near to the school, you can

do carpooling with other people. However, public trans-

port is the best way to be ecological and at the same time

you save money because a car costs a lot. I hope this cap-

sule will help you to make better choice about your trans-

port in the future.

Alexandra Quintal

Maple Syrup World

Leader Meets a New

Threat

Jade Hopkins

Business

Quebec’s maple syrup in-

dustry has seen in the past ten

years its exportations, and so its

production, take a drop. The main

reason for this decline sits right

under it: Vermont. It now sells

cheaper maple products and its

“production has more than doubled

over 13 years”.

There are a couple of expla-

nations for this fast growth, but the

most interesting is the technologi-

cal improvements that have helped

Vermont’s producers “to tap more

trees and to turn family sugar bush-

es into full-time jobs”.

It is important for Quebec

to stay the world leader, because

this industry is “the largest in the

primary sector” in the entire prov-

ince and it produces “71% of the

world production”. It also pro-

vides around “58 000 jobs”.

A Vermont producer said

that “now that the U.S. and Cana-

dian currencies are closer to par”

they can sell their maple syrup for

less and they make more money.

Even if it started with al-

most nothing for Vermont, it is

now a real threat for Quebec. The

only thing they both fear is that the

production could go faster than the

demand and could cause a crash in

prices. But they don’t have to wor-

ry because not all countries can

produce maple syrup.

In fact, there needs to be

specials waves of temperature for

maple sap to flow in the trees.

This is the main reason why most

of the maple syrup production is

exported to other countries like

“Germany” or “Japan”. They

don’t have the weather conditions

to make it. To collect maple water,

the weather needs to be perfect.

Usually between March and April,

the nights are cold, under the freez-

ing point, and the days are a little

warmer, form 0 to 5 degrees.

Normally, each maple tree

that has a diameter of about 8 inch-

es or more can be tapped. Larger

trees can even be tapped more but

not more than 3 times, otherwise it

will threaten its health and growth.

After the water has been

collected, it is boiled to keep the

sugar from the water. To make 1

liter of maple syrup, we need 40

liters of maple water and if we

want to make other maple products

like butter, taffy or candies, it

needs to be boiled more. This is

why there are so many sugar bush-

es in Quebec and Vermont, this

industry needs a lot of the primary

product called maple sap.

But as the final product is a

luxurious product, if the economy

doesn’t go well, the demand is go-

ing to decrease. But for the years

to come, it is supposed to go well.

The unemployment rate is decreas-

ing and people are going back to

work. It means that they’re going

to make more money and they’ll

spend more of it. The consumption

rate is also going better. Econo-

mist preview a rate of 2% between

2014 and 2015.

Those are good news for

maple syrup producers because

they won’t have to worry about the

demand for a couple of years still.

They’ll just have to hope for per-

fect weather conditions to make a

good harvest this spring.

Sources:

http://www.siropderable.ca/Afficher.aspx?

section=5&langue=en

http://www.siropderable.ca/Product_en.aspx

http://www.siropderable.ca/Afficher.aspx?

page=40&langue=en

http://www.siropderable.ca/Afficher.aspx?

page=44&langue=en

How Much Does Edu-

cation Cost? Béatrice Fournier

Human profile student

Everyone probably knows it,

university is not given nowadays. In

2014, education is not accessible like

it was 20 years ago in Quebec. The

tuition of university students changed

a lot in the last two years because of

the government.

FEES RISE IN QUEBEC AND IN

THE REST OF CANADA

In 2012, the liberal government decid-

ed to increase tuition. The project was

to rise the cost by $325 per year.

Because of this new law, students

have to pay $2519 for one year in

2013, but it continued to increase year

after year.

Has example the impact of the new

tuition come specialists compared the

cost of a university in Alberta in 1975

and 2012. For the same degree in

medicine the price has risen by

1400%. In 1975, students needed to

pay $715 annually and now they have

to pay $12 438.

Most of the time when society talks

about tuition ,everyone thinks about

the cost for students living in Canada,

but it also make a difference a differ-

ence for international students who

come here to study.

The McGill Tribune found that stu-

dents from other countries:

"Will be charged upward of $35 000

in tuition for the upcoming 2014-2015

from the approximate $15 000

charged in 2007-2008."

ARE STUDENTS ABLE TO PAY

THEIR SCOLARITY?

First of all, there is a big difference

between a student living at their

parent’s house and a student who need

to rent an apartment.

In Quebec, a student living at home

will need approximately $4800 by

year. In contrast a student living alone

needs to budget between $16 500 and

$20 000.

In

Canada, analysis calculate that a per-

son who goes fulltime to university

and who works at minimum wages,

need to spend 570 hours working to

pay for university compare to 230

hours in 1975.

Hopefully most of the time parents are

there to help their child. A recent

study found that the cost for a parent

who paid for post-secondary educa-

tion will need around $64 300.

TUITION AROUND CANADA

Quebec is the less expensive province

to study. Even if the population are

not happy of the new law from the

liberal government, the province has

the most accessible program of educa-

tion in the country.

Right after us, there is Newfoundland

and Labrador where the tuition is

around $100 more than here.

The most costly province is Ontario

the tuition has an average of $5 388to

$6 640 in the last four years.

Finally, we are lucky here to not have

to pay that much, but research shows

that in 2010:

"The universities were underfunded

by $620 million."

To conclude, in Quebec like in the rest

of Canada in the fees of university rise

every year. It can make a problem,

because most of the time students

can’t pay all the tuition. But we have

to remember that here, in the province

of Quebec, is the place where the cost

to study is the lowest.

As a final point, the most important

question after that, is not how much

you pay for your education, but if

there is a link between the cost of your

university and the quality of them.

BILIOGRAPHY

CBC. Quebec tuition fight about keeping education accessi-

ble, students say. Internet WWW page at: www.cbc.ca

(September 2014)

Huffington post. Quebec student strike. Internet WWW

page at: www.huffigtonpost.ca (September 2014)

Huffington post. Tuition cost Canada. Internet WWW page

at: www.huffigtonpost.ca (September 2014)

The McGill Tribune. (Feb 04, 2015). Deregulation at pro-

grams results in tuition increases for international students.

Not An April Fool

Cynthia Lamontagne

Administration

On April 1st, it's time to

make some jokes to our

friends! But Hydro-

Québec will not try to fool

the Quebecers on April 1st

2015 with the hike of elec-

tricity prices because of

their investments in wind

power generators.

In fact, Hydro-Quebec is going to

increase the prices of electricity by

3,9 percent in Quebec. That repre-

sents a hike of 2$ by month for

those who live in an apartment and

5$ to 10$ (depending on how they

heat) by month for those who live

in a house. The major cause of this

hike is due to Hydro-Quebec's in-

vestments in wind power genera-

tors. "Wind power is a good source

of environmentally sustainable

electricity" said Patrice Lavoie,

spokesperson of Hydro-Quebec.

That is why they are investing in

wind power. These wind farms are

due for December 2016-2017. But

it is not the only cause that justifies

the increase of electricity prices.

The heritage pool electricity is an-

other part of it. The price on it was

frozen during a certain period of

time but now it increases because

of the inflation. Hydro-Quebec

needs to cover this cost so they will

increase the electricity prices of

Quebecers.

"We ask because it's actually the

real cost to provide the service for

2015-2016 and it's the same pro-

cess each year." said Patrice La-

voie, spokesperson of Hydro-

Quebec. Also, even is the prices

are increase, Hydro-Quebec said

that the electricity rates in Quebec

will remain the lowest in Canada.

Last year, Hydro-Quebec

was supposed to increase the pric-

es. But, at this time, they decided

that they wanted a hike of 5,8 per-

cent. Some consumer groups rapid-

ly demonstrated their disagree-

ments. They said that this hike was

totally unjustified. The Energy

Board decided that it was too high

but allowed a raise of 4,3 percent

to Hydro-Quebec. This raise was

approved because of the fact that

the electricity rates in Quebec will

still remain the lowest. Because of

the hike, to help low-income cus-

tomers to pay their electricity bills,

Hydro-Quebec will continue to

provide efficiency programs and

personalized arrangements. They

know that it will be a little bit

harsh for customers so

they want to help them.

To conclude, the biggest

company of electricity in

Quebec, Hydro-Quebec,

will increase the prices of

electricity of 3,9 percent.

This hike is due to the in-

vestments in wind power

generator and to cover the

inflation of the heritage pool. The

company knows that it will be a

little bit hard for the Quebecers

because it is an important hike but

they affirmed that it is normal. So,

on April 1st 2015, Hydro-Quebec

will not try to prank their custom-

ers with the hike. "It's basically the

real cost of what it cost to provide

the service to Quebec customers."

Sources

http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/hydro-quebec-asks-

for-permission-to-increase-prices-1.1946750

http://www.montrealgazette.com/

Hydro+Qu%C3%

A9bec+customers+could+another+jolt/10

091294/story.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/

hydro-qc%C3%A9bec-seeks-to-hike-rates

-by-3-9-in-2015-1.2728948

Image

http://rsde-montreal.ca/entreprises-

quebecoises/hydro-quebec-un-bon-

exemple-de-rsde-au-quebec/

Sharing Our TV

Roxanne Laplante

It is possible for Quebec TV shows to get

recognition across Canada. Indeed, since a

couple of years, Radio-Canada has been

working with English networks, mostly its

twin, CBC, to translate and export our TV

shows.

Until now, our series have had a good

response in english, but they haven't get as

much success as the producers would have

wished. Somehow, they believe in our French

culture and they are pretty optimistic.

Previous Attempts

Speaking of it, previous attempts of

adapted shows in English didn't really suceed

because of the USA competition. These big

budget shows are usually getting way more

attention, even on our side of America. Put-

ting that aside, Quebec TV shows are show-

ing our very own culture that is worth sharing

abroad.

In fact, our series show the world in a

different way that US shows do. As Fabienne

Larouche, a massive author and producer

here, in Quebec said : «[It's] Americans, with

a French way of thinking. » She still believes

that Quebec has something to offer that no-

body else does.

The quebec tv show 19-2 has been translated

in english and the first season is now on the

air on canada's english network.

Quebec ideas are worth it

Despite the fact that French series are

kind of getting lost in translation, the quality

of our ideas and production is getting a lot of

attention across Canada, and even around the

world. There is obviously a certain interest

out there for Quebec talents. Producers wish

to explore this interest and develop it into

something that could be profitable on both

sides, French and English. They think that

there is clearly a gap in the market for Quebec

TV shows in english.

Some years ago, Radio-Canada and

CBC tried to share some common projects.

They aired simultaneously shows shot in both

languages on both networks. Some were get-

ting success, like the mini-series The last

chapter, but some, like He shoots, he scores

(Lance et compte) didn't last long enough on

the English side to prove its benefits.

Fighting the competition

The question here is : what does it ex-

actly take for a Quebec concept to get recog-

nition on the other side of the boarder? Since

Quebec television is really different from

American's, it's hard to know what would be

interesting for an english audience. But it is

also a great risk that makes some series inter-

esting for remake.

Indeed, Quebec humor is unique, it

breaks apart from the usual stuff we see on

American TV. Based on that, Quebeckers

really do believe in their culture and its ability

to cross over our english neighbours side.

According to that, Rémy Girard, an

important Quebec actor pronounced himself

on this idea of pushing our TV shows limits a

bit further : « I don't think it's just the lan-

guage barrier […] it's a question of loyalty. »

He thinks that when you learn to like a certain

show, you just stick to it. Then, it's only a

matter of time until english Canadians learn

to like Quebec TV.

What about money

Another important point to consider is

certainly the budget. Some series, like Unité

9, are shot outside of Radio-Canada studios,

so they almost cost nothing to produce. That

is mostly the main argument that makes

shows more attractive for remake in english.

The only thing to consider in that case would

be the competition. Would a low budget Que-

bec remake be able to stand tall beside the

giant big productions of the American indus-

try?

Sources :

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2014/02/07/

que-

becs_francophone_tv_dramas_translate_well_else

where.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/

why-is-quebecs-tv-success-getting-lost-in-

translation/article568726/

Local News

Justine Power

On the night of Octo-

ber 6th, an act of

vandalism was made

in the Granby pizze-

ria Chez Jack, on

Denison Est Street.

Gasoline was spilled

in the restaurant, but

no fire was lit. When

the owner entered in

his pizzeria in the

morning, there was a

strong smell of gas.

People who live in

the apartments over

the restaurant were

forced to evacuate.

The individuals who

commited the act of

vandalism haven’t

been found yet. The

pizzeria is still

closed, and it will be

until a cleanup is

made.

Image:

http://

www.lapresse.ca/la-

voix-de-lest/

actua-

lites/201410/08/01-

4807317-de-lessence

-repandue-dans-une-

pizzeria.php

I Remember

Alexandra Quintal

Humanities

« Yes » or « No » ? That was

the question. Thirthy-five years

ago, Quebeckers had to go to the

polls. In fact, they were voting

about the sovereignty of Quebec.

The Franco-Canadians didn’t just

go once but they went twice. In

1980, René Lévesque, Prime Minis-

ter of Quebec did the first one and

in 1995, Jacques Parizeau tried

again. Canadians all know the re-

sults of the both referendum, the

« No » won but what wen wrong ?

Did something made people afraid

about the separation of Quebec

from the rest of Canada ?

In 1967, Charles de Gaulle

did a speech that every Quebecker

still remembers : « Vive le Quebec

libre » he said (Charles de Gaulle,

1967). This renew the flame in

Quebecker’s heart.

In 1976, the Parti Québécois

(PQ) won the provincial election.

They had made the promise to do a

referendum in the future. Pierre

Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada

at this time, was the main opponent

of René Lévesque. Meanwhile, in

Canada, a election had been set on.

There was a rivality between the

actual Prime Minister and the Con-

servatism leader, Joe Clark. René

Lévesque thought that it was the

best moment to put the referendum

soon. However, Pierre Trudeau

won again.

The Quebeckers were very

splitted about that. The other pro-

vince didn’t want Quebec to be se-

parated and had done everything in

their power to convince that Que-

bec would be better in Canada.

Some people were worried about

the economy, others just felt diffe-

rent from the rest of Canada and

wanted Quebec to be a country.

When Quebeckers had to go to the

polls, they were pleased to answer a

question by yes or no. Maybe the

« yes » lost because the question

was too complicated. It was men-

tioned to have « an economic asso-

ciation including a common curren-

cy [with Canada] » (The Canadian

Encyclopedia). Futhermore, the PQ

government did a major error by

referring housewives to a sexist ca-

ricature called Yvettes. Finally, the

results were 59% for the « No » and

40% for the « Yes ». At the end,

René Lévesque said : « My dear

friends, if I understand you cor-

rectly, you’re saying : « until the

next time ». » (René Lévesque,

1980)

René Lévesque was right be-

cause in 1995, Jacques Parizeau,

the new leader of PQ, set another

referendum. The « No » side won

by a low margin.

Many reasons can show the

comeback for the « yes » side.

When Pierre Trudeau pa-

triated the Canadian constitution,

Quebec felt like had been fooled by

the other provinces. Quebec de-

cided to not sign the constitution.

Furthermore, other accords like the

Charlottetown Accord was rejected

by Quebec. Everything seemed to

be perfect to gain a majority of

yesses. However, « No » votes won

by 50,6% of the population.

Jacques Parizeau made a speech

that turned off the flame in the heart

of certain Quebeckers. He put the

defeat of the referendum upon eth-

nic and anglophone shoulders.

It’s been many years and we

still hear people or politicians tal-

king about referendums. On April

2014, the PQ lost the election be-

cause of the sovereignty question.

On September 18th 2014, Scotland

(in Great Britain) will do the same

thing that Quebeckers did twenty

and thirthy-five years ago. If the

« Yes » votes win, maybe this will

turn on the flame that is still bru-

ning in some Quebecker’s hearts.

Sources :

THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPE-

DIA. «Quebec Referendum

(1995)», (consulted on September

15th 2014). URL address : http://

www.canadianencyclopedia.com/

en/article/quebec-referendum-1995-

«A survey of Canada : A dream that

does not fade», The Economist, no.

950, published on Saturday, De-

cember 3rd 2005.

Image :

http://

nodogsoranglo-

phones.blogspot.ca/2012/10/why-

sovereigntists-should-consider.html

What about those

who can't fight for

their rights ? Genevieve Thomas

Human profile student

It's a fact that a lot of people in this

world have cats and dogs. So,

when someone is talking about

those animals, many are con-

cerned. Currently, there is a prov-

ince in Canada where our four-

paws friends are not protected by

the law. It's the province of Que-

bec.

What is going on in Quebec ?

In a lot of countries, regulations

about animals have changed over

time, but not in Quebec. Many

people may think it's like other

countries but to their big surprise,

it's not. Actually, critters are con-

sidered as "personal property".

That means that objects are equal

as living animals. For example, a

dog is worth the same as a desk.

The actual law doesn't care about

well-being.

In a one country there could be a

majority of provinces with the best

laws and a minority of provinces

with horrible laws. This is the situ-

ation in Canada.

In fact, Quebec and Nunavut have

the worst regulations about protect-

ing animals. All the others provinc-

es have much better laws.

There is a long way to go ...

For the province of Quebec, the

rules are so useless that horrible

things are happening to these poor

animals. At the present time, peo-

ple can own up to 14 cats or dogs.

To have more pets, people only

need to get a license.

Consequently, "puppy mills" are

legal. As a result, in May 2014,

"animal protection authorities

found more than 200 dogs kept in

inhumane conditions on a farm in

Bonsecours." (CBC news, May 25,

2014)

Equally important, there are a lot

of deficiencies that need to be im-

proved in the animal protection

laws. As long as those regulations

don't change, any person could

have many dogs without any em-

ployees to help for the care of the

critters. Those dogs could live on

"wire flooring" which can cause

injuries, be tethered all day long

exposed to the hot summer sun,

without any friends to socialize

with and in a disgusting cage.

Moreover, if the owner doesn't like

the animal for any reason, "there is

no inclusion of appropriate eutha-

nasia protocols, allowing the gas-

sing of dogs with outdated meth-

ods and equipment." (SPCA, Janu-

ary 14, 2012)

Are those people punished for

their actions ?

What about the consequences ?

Many think that penalty is not se-

vere enough. The big difference

between the province of Quebec

from the others in Canada is that

Quebec's consequences are mini-

mal.

In detail, "other provinces have

amended their penalty provisions

to include fine up to $75 000 and

incarceration of up to two years, in

Quebec the maximum penalty for a

first time individual offender is a

negligible $600." (Humane Society

International Canada, June 29,

2011)

The difference between the fines is

enormous. A lot of people are actu-

ally fighting to change these regu-

lations to help animals to have a

better life. The reason is that the

fines don't get people to change

their attitude. They continue to

make animals live in horrible con-

ditions.

Who can help animals to make a

change ?

The principal aspect that makes

people think the law is not fair

about animal is that critters can

feel pain. They do have feelings

and have the same needs required

as a human. It's a fact that animals

and humans can't understand each

other. Under those circumstances,

critters don't have any power on

what people do to them. It's the

population who can make a

change. People have to fight for

animals rights because obviously

they can't do it by themselves.

Sources

OUELLET, Martin. "Quebec to amend

Civil Code to better protect animals from

abuse" CBC news (August 9, 2014)

"Advocates seek improved legal status for

animal in Quebec" CBC news (May 25,

2014)

SPCA. HSI Canada and CSPCA Call on

Quebec Government to Strengthen Animal

Protection Laws, Montreal, January 14,

2012, http://www.spca.com/?

p=419&lang=en (Consulted on Septem-

ber 5)

Do You Know H.P. Lovecraft?

Xavier Saint-Jean-Banville

Human science

H.P. Lovecraft, for anyone that has read any of

his book, that name come with a chill down the

spine, but to someone that haven’t read him, that

don’t know him, where to start? Howard Phillips

Lovecraft is the father of the materialistic modern

horror genre tale and a source of inspiration for many

modern writers. Stephen say about him that he is "the

twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic

horror tale."

But, to anyone that want to discover H.P

Lovecraft, where to start? Most people agree, that for

a profane, Call Of Cthulhu is the best introduction to

the Lovecraftian genre.

Call of Cthulhu set the scene for what is called;

The Cthulhu mythos, a set of book from Lovecraft

and some of his friends that feature the Great

Cthulhu, the eternal lord of madness and destruction

and the Necronomicon, the ultimate sanity-shattering

book of pure evil.

But why bother reading Lovecraft? First he is

the father of the modern horror genre, secondly, there

are reference to his work everywhere! Especially in

TV show, books or videogame, take South Park,

Game Of Throne or true Detective for example, and

finally because Lovecraft is just such a great writer

and most of his books are simply recognized master-

pieces.

Frozen takes over the world

Genevieve Thomas

Human profile student

It’s a fact that the new Walt Disney movie with The Snow Queen be-

came popular all over the world. It became successful faster than the

majority of the others Walt Disney movies. Actually, it has won a lot

of awards of many different categories and it is believable. Frozen is

really a good movie for kids and the songs are catchy. It stays in your

mind and makes you want to sing along. The songs are so good that

the movie had been translated into many different languages. It’s may-

be the track that makes the movie so good and it can hide the bad mo-

rality. In the movie, Elsa is born with magical powers and her parents

keep telling her to hide it and to keep them away from other people.

Consequently, she’s doesn’t feel good about herself and she’s always

sad. That is not something we want to learn to children. We want

them to feel good about themselves. So, the parents in the story aren’t

learning the right values to their kids.

But in general it is still a good movie

thought.

Image references

http://www.broadway.com/

buzz/174011/dreams-do-come-true-

disney-confirms-broadway-plans-for-

hit-movie-frozen/

JUSTICE DEAL-

ING WITH MEN-

TAL DISORDERS

By Gabriel Archambault

from Human sciences

The recent liberation

under of former cardiologist

Guy Turcotte, who killed his

two children, few years ago,

generates anger and question-

ing. Less and less are those

who have faith in our justice

system. Effectively, the effi-

ciency of the criminal court

with cases that treat mental

disorders like for Turcotte is

becoming a new major debate

in Quebec. Claiming to be not

criminally responsible, people

who did severe crimes have

one option to get free easily:

psychological reasons. Are

they taking advantage of our

laws?

The case of Lika Roc-

co Magnotta is also moving

the debate. Suspected of dis-

memberment-murder, Mag-

notta defends himself in say-

ing that he suffers from mental

illness in front of the judge.

There are chances for him be-

cause of the Article 16 of Can-

ada’s Criminal Code affirms

that ‘No person is criminally

responsible for an act commit-

ted while suffering from a

mental disorder that rendered

the person incapable of appre-

ciating the nature and quality

of the act’.

Because of this, Magnot-

ta has to prove he’s not a psy-

chopath. Since 1994, the Su-

preme Court has changed the

article of the code so that it

does not apply to psychopaths

for a particular reason. Ap-

proximately three-quarter of

prisoners are considered as

psychopaths. So, we can’t

begin to all free them even if

they are dominated by their

sickness. Psychologists are al-

so saying that psychopaths are

very hard to rehabilitate be-

cause of their antisocial atti-

tude and their lack of guilt.

The fact that psychiatry

isn’t an exact science is also a

major problem for few cases.

The psychologists are repeat-

ing that this field of study is

based on observation, so it

can’t be perfect. It would be

easier to take someone’s blood

and prove that he’s schizo-

phrenic or depressive but it’s

not possible. In fact, the panel

of judges has to believe and be

confident with psychologists

who go testify during a trial.

This way of working is not ac-

cepted by everyone. Turcotte’s

ex-wife expressed, to the news,

after his conditional release,

her opinion about the weakness

of our justice system. ‘I don’t

have faith anymore in our jus-

tice system, not with the cur-

rent rules’. She declared the

inaccuracy of psychiatric

studies is not the only factor

that has a several impact on the

final verdict. It depends on the

judge, the experience of the

lawyers, but also how rich the

defendant is. In the case of her

ex-husband, he had the money

to pay a respected lawyer, so

he had a better chance to be

liberated than an ordinary citi-

zen. She, as many others,

hopes for change.

After having admitted

to stabbing his children, Guy

Turcotte was released with low

conditions. The thing that

saved him is the testimony

about the fact he was dis-

traught over the breakup with

his ex-wife and the fact he was

experiencing blackouts. It

seems easy for a defendant to

use his psychological problems

to be forgiven. In answer to

this famous case, the Harper

government said that they will

change the laws to make it

more difficult for offenders

who use mental disorders as an

argument. The system may

change with those kinds of

events.

Ebola Epidemic Status By Béatrice Fournier

Student in human profile

Ebola is one of the most murders vi-

ruses of the 21 century. The first case was

notified in Africa in March 2014. Most of

the time victims have symptoms like fever

fatigue, muscle pain, headache, vomiting,

diarrhoea… The virus is transmissible very

easily by human liquid. So presently the

entire world works every day to find a

treatment. Canada is one of the countries

who create a brand new vaccine to try to

stop the epidemic. Sadly during the re-

search between 5 000 and 10 000 people

are infected every week in Africa. For now,

authorities work hard to be prepare and to

do prevention with the population if the vi-

rus comes in North America.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, Ebola virus disease

Internet WWW at: http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-

programmes/dpc/epidemic-a-pandemic-alert-and-response/

epr-highlights/4164-ebola-virus-disease-in-west-africa.html

Trip tips

Loïc Martel

Science Pure

Some of you may enjoy travelling around the world,

here’s some quick tips that could be very useful for

your next trip. No matter where you are going, you

should always think about the content of your lug-

gage a week prior your departure. Take note every

time you remember something useful or important.

As general rule: take half of your clothes and bring

twice the money. Try to mix and match, three shirts

and three bottoms will create 9 outfits. If it’s im-

portant and can’t fit into your daypack, leave it at

home. Stuff gets stolen no matter where you go.

The usage of your cell can be very expensive if used

outside of the counytry unless your have travel ar-

ragement with your provider or use a local cellular.

In such case, having access to data with your cell

could be very usefull. For instance, it can help you

find your way, find a restaturant, knowing the local

events helping you finding a restaurant.

MONTREAL-

BOSTON: HATE AL-

WAYS

Roxanne Laplante

Arts & Litterature

Here in Quebec, where hockey has al-

ways been almost like a religion, Mon-

treal Canadiens are

our heroes, our abso-

lute dream team.

Since 90 years

though, our dear

Canadiens have had

some tough rivalry.

Indeed, our

worst enemy in hock-

ey has been, since the

National Hockey

League very begin-

nigs, the big bad Bruins. We don't even

know why we hate each other so much,

but hockey fans are more intense than

ever. Last year series proved it enough.

Rivalry History

Montreal-Boston rivalry mostly devel-

opped throughout the playoffs over the

years. In fact, Montreal faced Boston 32

times in the playoffs and Montreal won

24 stanley cup through that. From 1946

to 1987, Montreal got advantages 18

times over Boston.

Though, Boston did prove their

skills starting form 1990, when they won

4 playoffs in 5 seasons.

Impact on society

Last year, when the Bruins faced Mon-

treal in the second round of the playoffs,

the fans' enthusiasm for the rivalry be-

tween the two hockey teams went viral.

It was obviously the most rassembling

event of the

year. Even

some peo-

ple who

don't really

like hockey

chose their

team and

cheared for

their heroes.

Even

the publi-

cists saw the marketing potential of the

rivalry. They created special publicities

based on the fight between montreal and

boston to move the fans. And of course,

it worked! Everywhere we went, every-

one was talking about the rivalry im-

pacts, in a way or the other. And nobody

could have said that he wasn't move by

this intense event which is our national

sport.

Restaurant review

Chloé-Marie Roberge

I recently went to Montreal

with friends and I decided to go

try the crescent sushi because

some people had told me it was a

really nice place to go when you

want to eat good sushi and they

were right about it. It’s a beautiful

place and the prices are not that

expensive. It’s a little bit like a all

you can eat because you can de-

cide to pay 25$ and you have the

choice of sushi you want and also

you have no limits of sushi to or-

der. So people who want to eat a

lot and not pay that much will be

really happy at this place. They

were really good and the place is

really nice so I think people who

are going to Montreal have to try

this restaurant. It’s Downton in

the city so it’s really easy to go

there. There’s also something re-

ally nice for young students if you

bring your cards from your school

you have 10% off on your bill.

Student Factory

By Emyl Ferland

Humanities

When you have the power over a

nation, you can do almost every-

thing. It is known than many politi-

cians have helped out our country.

Some were federalists, while some

were sovereignists. Some were blue

and some were red. But when it

comes to talk about our education

system, they become as hungry as

wolves. They smell the opportuni-

ties for the party and they try re-

form after reform to create their

own little soldiers. In 2011, Jean

Charest liberal government tried to

apply intensive English program

that would had bring to his party a

numerous count of ‘’soldiers’’ to

vote for them. While in 2013, Paul-

ine Marois Parti Québécois govern-

ment applied brakes on that project

and in the same time tried to modi-

fy the History program to reshape it

with more nationalist content. Here

again we saw an attempt to tinker

the education system for the party’s

needs.

Over the 9 years it has had power,

Charest’s Parti Libéral tried to re-

shape the education system to add

English classes to primary 1st and

2nd students. Claiming it was good

for youngsters to start learning a

second language at that age. Then

they announced another modifica-

tion to the course: intensive English

for the sixth-year primary students.

They would pass half the year in

English while the other half would

be in French. If you take a step

back and look over the future dec-

ades, more English at that age will

certainly be augmenting English

speakers. The trick is that Parti

Libéral got a high percentage

among Anglophones when 80% of

them supported the Parti Libéral for

2014 elections.(CTV-Ipsos, 2014)

This is a good example of a politi-

cal takeover on the education sys-

tem in attempt to create their own

‘’little soldiers’’.

Since nothing is clearly black nei-

ther is completely white, Pauline

Marois’ Parti Québécois surely had

been denunciating this method but

by the other hand did the same

thing when they received power.

They first slowed down their

‘’enemies’’ plan by claiming it

would ‘’interfere with the mastery

of French’’. (National post, March

7th 2013) Then the PQ announced a

new reform that would modify his-

tory programs to add more sover-

eignty-based subjects. Education

Minister Marie Malavoy claimed

that the reform would make stu-

dents understand that sovereignty

has ‘’deeply marked our recent his-

tory’’. (Montreal Gazette, October

11th 2012) That was the PQ’s plan

to slowdown the PLQ’s attempt to

create ‘’soldiers’’ and by the other

hand do the same with the modifi-

cation of the history program. Here

again, you have to take a step back

and look over the future generations

to see that if you put sovereignty in

a central position on school boards,

you will favorite discussions on in-

dependence and have more chance

to convince people. The party with

the bigger army wins in almost eve-

ry war. Here again, the education

system was only another way to

create more ‘’little soldiers’’.

Remember that every war had had

its own generals and each of them

had their strategy to win. The Jean

Charest’s Parti Libéral used power

to redirect our education system for

the party’s interests and Pauline

Marois’ Parti Québécois did exactly

the same with the history program.

Like in real wars, the population is

trapped in the middle and has to

choose his side.

Sources:

Web pages:

[No Author]. CTV Montreal. Inter-

net WWW page at: http://

montreal.ctvnews.ca/ctv-ipsos-poll-

gives-liberals-five-point-lead-

1.1736649 (Septembre 26, 2014)

Hamilton, Graeme. National post.

Internet WWW page at : http://

news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/07/

parti-quebecois-government-

english-language/

Molson and his histor-

ical alliance with Qué-

bec

October 13,2014

By Samuel Lavoie, Student in Ges-

tion de commerces

Beer and hockey, two things that

define our culture. Most of Canadi-

ans would agree that there`s noth-

ing better than drinking a beer

while watching a hockey game. The

Molson family is a major founder

of this tradition, because they own

the Molson beer company and the

Montreal Canadiens hockey club. It

became a tradition in the early

1900’s , but it evolved since then.

Since 1786, Quebecois can taste

Molson’s different brewed products

due to new technologies of brewing

and alliances with other business.

The Molson beer company was es-

tablished in 1786, on the banks of

the St.Lawrence river in Montreal.

The positioning of the brewery was

a strategic move by John Molson,

the founder, because he could have

all the water he needed to brew his

beer and he was able to send it eve-

rywhere else by boat. It was a good

consciousness that most of the other

companies of that era didn’t have.

The Molson family invested in the

lumber yards market and the steam-

boats market, which was the begin-

ning of the industrial era in Quebec.

They also owned a bank to grant

loans to smaller merchants of Mon-

treal. The Montreal native brewing

company, changed their name a few

time, such as it did for his owners,

that were apart of a generational

family business. Over the years,

they’ve helped the Quebec econo-

my grows, offering jobs to the pop-

ulation and to little businesses

around them. In 1967, they’ve

bought more enterprises in the lum-

ber yard market, which made Mol-

son the biggest retailer of lumber in

Canada in the 1990’s. After that,

they made alliances with other

companies to expand their markets,

and to bring a taste of Canadian

beer everywhere around the world.

They also sold most of their busi-

nesses (lumbers and sports). The

company is now known as Molson

Coors, and has retailers everywhere

in the world, so you can be on the

beach in Florida or in your living

room and drink one of their prod-

ucts. Geoff Molson and his brother

Andrew, represent the Molson fam-

ily in the company. In fact, Geoff

rebought the Montreal Canadiens, a

organization they had sold a couple

years before, for 575 millions dol-

lars, which his the highest sale price

ever to buy a hockey franchise.

Geoff is now the president of the

organization.

Molson has been able to deal with

innovation over decades. They

brought the products people wanted

every time. At first, they were one

of the first Quebec businesses to

use steamboats frequently, in sec-

ond fact, they evolved to alumini-

um cans at the first time and they

brewed a beer to fit the culture of

generations. Per example, they in-

vented a low-calorie beer, so it can

fit today’s society, which is build

on a healthy-base lifestyle; no calo-

ries and no fat as said by Stephanie

Desutter, a senior brand manager at

Molson Canada:``Molson Canadian

67 can be an ideal partner for those

that enjoy a casual beer after a run,

a game or hitting the gym. Post ac-

tivity or out socializing, it makes

the ideal wingman``.

So, let’s play hockey and celebrate

our traditions with Molson’s prod-

ucts.

Horoscope

Jade Hopkins

Libra (September 23rd to

October 23rd)

Everything is on your side.

Beautiful days are coming.

Please yourself. Love Luck

Aries (March 21st to

April 19th)

You will meet someone that you

haven’t seen in a while. Be care-

ful with your health, sleeping is

the best remedy. Love Luck

Scorpio (October 24th to

November 21st)

Worst day of the week, but

keep your head up it is going

to get better. Smile, it will

help you a lot. Love Luck

Taurus (April 20th to

May 20th)

Your boss is one of your best

friends, and he could give you a

big promotion. The love one will

be kind and loving. Spend time

with your family. Love Luck

Sagittarius (November 22nd to

December 21st)

Your health is at its best.

Give time to your lover and

your family. They need

some support. Love Luck

Gemini (May 21st to

June 21st)

You must have fun today, other-

wise you will be mad at every-

thing and people are going to

blame you. Spend time with your

lover, it will help you feel better

and reduce your frustration. Love Luck

Capricorn (December 22nd to

January 19th)

Work is hard these days but

keep fighting for your pro-

jects and it’s going to be

worth it. Love Luck

Cancer (June 22nd to

July 22nd)

A near friend may have bad news

about his or her health. He or she

will need your support. Love Luck

Aquarius (January 20th to

February 18th)

After work, go out with your

friends, fun and pleasure will

meet the rendezvous. Your

lover is a little stressed out, a

bath and some cuddles may

help a lot. Love Luck

Leo (July 23rd to

August 22nd)

Take the time to listen to your

family. They have problems in

which you’re involved. Love Luck

Pisces (February 19th to

March 20th)

You will make new friend-

ship but an old friend is hid-

ing something from you. Love Luck

Virgo (August 23rd to

September

22nd)

You will receive a gift you haven’t

expected. Be thankful and appre-

ciate it. Everyone will be proud of

you, let the success invade you. Love Luck

Montréal On Top Of

Its High Heels Amelie Charbonneau

Human sciences, administration

Fashion Is a Mystery, Even For

the Designers

Since globalization has affected

Quebec society, some industries,

like fashion, are having some is-

sues. In fact, the problem is that

designers are not sure about the

best place to produce. Here or in

China ? The government had to

help them in this choice and that’s

what it did. In fact, when the gov-

ernment of Montreal, the fashion

city, understood that it was cheaper

for those artists to make their pro-

duction outside the country, it cre-

ated the Montréal Fashion Bureau,

an organization that helps the in-

dustry to face globalization. But

have the designers been sincerely

helped by those actions taken by

the Montreal government?

A Government Who Sees as High

as High Heels

First, if we want this question to be

answered, we will have to look

more carefully at the Fashion Bu-

reau. This system was founded in

2009 to promote the creativity of

the fashion designers working in

Montreal, but also to give to the

city a "distinctive identity". In fact,

7 mains actions have been estab-

lished by the government. Let’s

have a look at the first one : The

web strategy. The fashion bureau, a

part from being "very active on so-

cial media" is also promoting a

website that includes a blog about

the latest news on local designers, a

"street Style" section where photos

of the best Montreal’s styles are

posted, a video section where run-

way’s and other fashion events are

shown and finally, a calendar sec-

tion that gives information about

the next fashion shows and the

sales of the season. Another action

that has been taken by the MFB

(Montreal Fashion Bureau) is the

Mode Montreal pins, a system that

indicates the boutiques that sell lo-

cal brands by putting a red sticker

on the door. All those stores are

then located on a map available on

the website ModeMontréal.TV. The

Prix#ModeMtl and the Montréal

Fashion Night at FNC (Festival du

nouveau cinema) had also been cre-

ated by the MFB. Two events that

highlight the hard work of our crea-

tors by rewarding them for their

great use of the Web

(Prix#ModeMtl), or giving them the

opportunity to present fashion vide-

os in collaboration with the

(Festival du Nouveau cinéma). A

program that invites foreign jour-

nalists in Montreal fashion’s events

has also been established to in-

crease designer’s visibility around

the world. Another project that has

been provided by the Fashion Bu-

reau is to give conferences and

masterclasses to fashion’s students

to help them understand the indus-

try and the business issues that they

may have later in their career. Fi-

nally the last action of the govern-

ment is to give a financial help for

the big fashion events happening in

the city.

Innovative Ideas Sensation Mode, one of the main

organizing group of fashion events

in Montréal has clearly been in-

spired by the government’s support

and wanted to make some major

innovations for 2014. Actually,

Sensation Mode has decided to can-

cel the fall edition of the fashion

week. This decision was made for

many reasons, including the fact

that most of the designer’s collec-

tions were not ready. But most of

all, the goal behind this declaration

was to focus on the festival Mode

and Design. The producers of this

event wanted to make Montreal

unique. They decided to transform

the festival by organizing the run-

ways one season later (the festival

is in August). So that the clients

had the possibility to buy the

clothes they had just seen on the

catwalk. This festival was one of

the most successful editions ever!

Let’s be Unique

Finally, it’s with those brilliant ide-

as of our artists and the collabora-

tion of the government that Montré-

al is taking its place on the fashion

international scene. Students now

know that Québec is a place that

will always support them and lead

them to success. Let’s follow Jean-

Claude Poitras’s (designer) advice :

"We have to be prove to ourselves

that we have to be very creative and

not always follow what others cities

are doing " and Montreal will go

forward.

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http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?

_pageid=6297,50631565&_dad=portal&_s

chema=PORTAL

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fashion-beauty/

Montreal+Fashion+Week+more/9223668/

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design-montreal-un-tissu-d-activites

A Leader Of Quebec By Chloé-Marie Roberge Business management

There are a lot of companies who

drives the economy of our prov-

ince. Some of them had succeeded

a lot and are now considered really

important for everyone. Quebecor

is one of those big enterprises. It’s

one of Canada’s largest media com-

panies. It delivers many services

such as analog and digital broad-

casting, cable and wireless tele-

phone, internet access, newspaper,

magazine, book and a lot more.

It was created by Pierre Peladeau

also known as one of the great

builders of his day because of all

the work and effort he did to bring

his company where it’s right now.

At the beginning in 1950 it was just

a small neighborhood newspaper

but Pierre Peladeau took his busi-

ness and worked hard with the

years he build a vast communica-

tion empire and today it’s one of

the biggest company in Canada.

Since de beginning of the company

they added a lot of services to keep

their customers satisfied and to re-

spond to all their desires. Even if

technology is taking a big place in

our society they still continue the

main service of their company

who’s here since 1950, the newspa-

per. They offer a lot to the readers

with 43 daily newspapers and over

250 community weekly newspapers

such as Sun Media Corporation, it’s

the largest press group in Canada.

They reach about millions of read-

ers each week and there’s no other

company who can offer all these

things.

They still have this success because

of their faithfulness to people who

are there from the started and also

because they put a lot of effort to

have the highest satisfaction rate.

As we know the most Quebecor

Media companies are industry lead-

ers like Videotron, TVA, Canoe

and Archambault store. Peladeau

was visionary and now his compa-

ny is working very well.

They already have a lot of different

services but they always have new

ideas and they want to have new

things to offer to their customers.

During summer 2014, they an-

nounced that they would create a

new media sector. It will be a me-

dia about information and entertain-

ment; they are innovating because

they know how people have

changed with the years. People who

listen television are not expecting

the same as when they started and

Quebecor knows that and it’s why

they are always innovating in their

different sector of activities. They

want to be more interesting and di-

versified. It will be directed by Julie

Tremblay, who’s already in charge

of the high management of Que-

becor Media. Their goal is to bring

new ideas to progress but at the

same time they want to keep their

name and not forget where they

have started.

Quebecor is considered as one of

the biggest company of Quebec be-

cause of all the effort and invest-

ment that people have put in this

company. It’s because of all their

ideas and all the time they put to

satisfy their client. They always

want to do more and innovate be-

fore the others. They are several

sector that are related to technolo-

gy and today it’s what people use

the most in their everyday life.

Sources

http://www.montrealgazette.com/

Videotron/9062644/story.html

http://www.montrealgazette.com/

news/a9e+attack/10262921/

story.html

Quebec’s language

history Caroline Gagné

Humanities

Two different languages

Quebec is a unique province in

Canada because of the language

spoken in that province. In Quebec,

people speak French. Nevertheless,

it has not always been like that and

if you go to Montreal these days,

you will see that half the population

speaks French and the other half in

English or other languages.

The history behind French

First of all, the first person who

arrived in Quebec was Jacques

Cartier, in 1534. He was sent on

an expedition by the King of

France and took possession of

the lands in Quebec.

Samuel de Champlain was the

next explorer to arrive in Que-

bec, in 1603. In 1608, he estab-

lished a colony in this province.

People who were established

there were French coming from

France. This colony was called

New-France.

In 1759, the Battle of the Plains of

Abraham took place and in this bat-

tle, the French lost against the Brit-

ish. Consequently, the King of

France had to give to the British

crown New-France.

So a large number of English immi-

grants arrived. Also, ″ the British

colonizer had a plan to assimilate

the French Canadians rapidly with

immigration […], but not many

people accepted to come and live in

such a rude climate″, Michel

Brunet said. (Fabienne Beauséjour,

2009)

After the conquest, a part of the

French educational system col-

lapsed, so the French language was

transfered by people themselves

from one generation to another. It is

one reason Quebecers do not have

the same French language as people

from France. Another reason would

be that ″ Quebecers had no contact

with France for decades″, accord-

ing to Jean-Claude Corbeil.

(Fabienne Beauséjour, 2009)

Laws protecting French language

Nowadays, many laws have been

adopted to protect the French lan-

guage in Quebec. The first law was

the Lavergne Law, in 1910. This

law obligated that tickets for buses,

trains and trams be printed in Eng-

lish and in French.

The second law passed, in 1937

under the government of Premier

Maurice Duplessis. This law re-

quired that the French text of Que-

bec laws had to prevail over the

English one. This law was repealed,

in 1938.

In 1974, Bill 22 was passed under

the government of Premier Robert

Bourassa. This law made French

the official language in Quebec.

Then, in 1977, the government of

René Lévesque passed Bill 101,

also known as the Charter of the

French Language. This bill made

French the official language of gov-

ernment, courts and workplaces.

All signs were required to be in

French and children were now obli-

gated to go at French school. This

law is the most important up to

now.

In spite of these laws French lan-

guage in Quebec remains a contro-

versial issue. For example, in the

Charter of French Language, it says

that ″ consumers of goods and ser-

vices have a right to be informed

and served in French ″. (Quebec

Government, 1977, chapter II) But,

if you go to Montreal, not everyone

knows how to speak French and

you could be served in English.

You may be shocked, but it is

now a reality in Quebec, espe-

cially in Montreal. Despite all

the laws that have been set in

place, not everyone is following

them.

Sources:

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quebecs-war-on-english-language-

politics-intensify-in-canadian-

province/

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www2.publicationsudquebec.gouv.

qc.ca/dynamicsearch/

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en/histoire0.html

Image http://

www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/

en/article/rene-levesque/

Integrated Ballistics Identification

System (IBIS)

A lot of people like TV shows like CSI and

others that show investigations using advanced

technology in laboratories to find evidence.

But did you know that an important tool used

in those investigations was actually created in

Quebec? The Integrated Ballistics Identifica-

tion System (IBIS) was developed in 1990 by

Forensic Technology Inc., a company from

Montreal, and is currently in use in over thirty

countries around the world. It is a system that

helps find evidence by photographing the sur-

face of bullets and casings from crime scenes

and laboratories and then using complicated

algorithms to compare it to other photos al-

ready in its data base using filters like caliber,

date of crime, etc. It then finds possible match-

es using this information. This technology al-

lowed to match over 32, 000 pieces of evi-

dence and opened thousands of new investiga-

tive leads.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-

3448300314.html

The Classik Santé

Ilyas Atahi

The 17 of October 2014 was held the

thirteenth edition of classik-santé. This activ-

ity is compulsory for students who are at

their first semester of Cégep. They should

run as fast as they can to get the best time

and have the great note for their class. This

event is organised each year to encourage

students to take care about their health and to

reduce obesity near to young people. Each

year, in average, 350 people participate to

this run, with a record of 550 people in 2008.

For this year, the weather was enjoyable

which permit students to get very good

times. The boy’s winner name is Guillaume

Chénard with a time of 9:55 minutes and the

girl nane is Anne-Marie Aubin with 12:30.

congratulation to both of them.

Image: http://www.reboundtohealth.ca/treatments/runners/

So You Want To Be An Artist?

Roxanne Deslauriers

Arts & Litterature

These days, it is so easy for teens to be

known for their artistic works. The Na-

tional Gallery of Canada has launched

the new edition of the contest called ‘’

So You Want To Be An Artist?’’. This

popular contest gives the opportunity for

teenage artists, aged between 16 to 19,

to be known for their creations across

Canada. They submitted their works on

the website, soyouwanttobeanartist.ca,

on May 21st, 2014 and the 12 entries

with the most votes were shown from

July 28th to September 1st at the Gallery.

There was three prizes to win.

How To Enter?

To enter the contest, the young aspiring

artists had rules to respect. There is no

limit, the artists were really inspired by

their imagination. Also, they could have

been inspired by the National Gallery of

Canada’s massive collection. The art-

works needed to come in two dimen-

sional pieces in any medium. The

young artists had written a short text

explaining their piece a little bit more. A

digital copy was shown on the official

website so people could vote. Three

additional artworks were chosen by an

expert, the Associate Curator of Europe-

an, American and Asian Prints and

Drawings, named Sonia Del Re. During

the display, which happened at the Na-

tional Gallery of Canada, the judges

evaluated the creations done by the

teens. The evaluation was based on the

clarity of the theme and message, the

originality and imaginativeness.

The Judges

The jury was quite impressive. The

members were Mélanie Boucher, teach-

er of museology; Rachelle Dickenson,

Curatorial Assistant, Indigenous Art at

National Gallery of Canada; Alex Liv-

ingston, Professor in Painting at the No-

va Scotia College of Art and design; and

Luke Painter, Assistant Professor of the

Contemporary Painting and Printmedia

department at the Ontario College of Art

and Design University.

The prizes

There were three prizes to win. The art-

ist who won first place was awarded

with a trip, hotel and meals included, in

Ottawa for two nights. There, the artist

had a ‘’behind-the-scenes’’ visit of the

National Gallery of Canada. Also, the

winner received expert advices on his or

her portfolio. Lastly, the winner re-

ceived a 500$ gift certificate for art sup-

plies. The second prize was a 1000$ gift

certificate for art supplies. The third and

last prize was a 500$ gift certificate for

art supplies.

Important things to know about the

Gallery

The National Gallery of Canada saw the

day in 1880. Since then, it is the most

important museum for Canadian culture

and art all over the country. Also, the

Gallery has the most important collec-

tions historical and contemporary Cana-

dian art. The Gallery has a lot of verities

such has prints collections, drawings

collections and photographs collections.

The Gallery is an attraction for tourists.

A Happy Jury

Everytime the ‘’So You Want To Be

An Artist?’’ contest happens, the judges

are always so impressed. Gary Good-

care, the National Gallery of Canada’s

manager of youth and school programs

said: ‘’we are always blown away by

the superb quality of the works submit-

ted.’’

Source: http://www.newswire.ca/fr/

story/1343147/aspiring-young-artists-

invited-to-enter-so-you-want-to-be-an-

artist-national-gallery-of-canada-s-art-

contest-for-teens

Solar Energy A Great Way To Reduce Pollu-tion

Ilyas Atahi

Student at Cégep de Granby

Nowadays, more and

more people are concerned

about the future of our planet.

This is why the government of

Quebec announced a project to

reduce consumption of fossil

fuels. This plan was announced

in the Budget plan 2011-2012

and has a total budget of seven

million dollars for each year be-

ginning from March 27, 2012.

The intention behind this invest-

ment is to encourage people the

installation of solar thermal and

solar PV systems.

Solar pannels

Everyday, the sun sends

onto Earth enough energy to sat-

isfy global energy needs for one

year. But less than one per cent

of this power is transformed into

electricity. Solar technology us-

es the sun’s rays with solar cells,

and converts sunlight directly

into electricity. We can use this

sort of electricity in many ways,

for example, as heat for making

hot water or heating buildings

and cooking. It is also uses to

remove the salt from seawater.

The installation of this sys-

tem is not very expensive be-

cause the government of Quebec

subsidizes up to fifty per cent of

the final costs. All kinds of pro-

jects are welcome: It could be

commercial buildings of all siz-

es, from small shops to shop-

ping malls, industrial buildings

and farm buildings. The installa-

tion of solar systems has several

advantages. For example, solar

energy does not cause pollution.

This is extremely important be-

cause the temperature of our

planet is rising and animals that

live in cold weather are dis-

turbed. Some of them are even

dying. These troubles are du to

people who don’t think about

the future and don’t use green

energies. Also, solar power is

more economical especially in

areas where it is too expensive

for the other form of electricity

like in Quebec. Almost every

year, Hydro-Québec is increas-

ing the cost of hydro-electricity.

Installing solar systems is a

great idea to save money. On the

other hand, solar energy is infi-

nite: however, scientists esti-

mate that the world’s oil re-

serves will last for thirty to forty

more years.

Unfortunately, there are

some disadvantages with this

sort of technology. For example,

it is not very powerful and in

countries where that are not re-

ally warm (like Canada) it could

be difficult to benefit. Also, it

requires a lot of land area to col-

lect the sun’s energy at rates

useful to supply enough people.

In Quebec, as result of energy

expenses, many businesses are

looking for ways to lower ex-

penses and increase revenue.

The solution is to install solar

systems to reduce costs. In gen-

eral, a solar model can trans-

form about 15-20 per cent of

solar radiation into electricity.

This happens when the sun is

very intense, particularly in

countries that are near to the

equator. In these areas, it is very

useful to install photovoltaic

panels because the sun produces

a lot of radiation.

In conclusion, we all

should encourage the installa-

tion of solar panels like the gov-

ernment of Quebec, because

there are many advantages for

instance, less emission of car-

bon dioxide in the air and the

costs are lower than hydro-

electricity.

Image :

http://

www.processindustryforum.com

/hottopics/advantages-and-

disadvantages-of-solar-energy

sources: http://

www.ecotechquebec.com/en/

clean-technologies/sectors/

renewable-energy/

http://solarenergy.com/

http://cansia.ca/news-media-

archive/quebec-government-

announces-solar-program-0

To Be Or Not To Be In

Montreal

Xavier Saint-Jean-Banville

Human science

Fact: there are a lot of CEGEP

student that will go to the university.

Fact: Montreal is a city that possesses

many universities. Fact: if someone goes

to university in Montreal, living in Mon-

treal might look like a good idea, BUT,

is it really? What is life like in Montreal?

Is it better than in other major cities?

That is not for this article to say, I is for

the reader to make his own mind about

living in Montreal, but here, the reader

will find out what are the pros and cons

of living in Montreal to help him taking

a decision.

First on the list, before going for the ad-

vantages and disadvantages, on must

know a bit about the city. Montreal is the

second largest city in Canada with a pop-

ulation of about 4 million and the second

largest French-speaking city in the world

in the world, after, (of course) Paris.

Speaking of French speakers, French is

the primary language of 66% of the in-

habitants of Montreal. 2011 statistic say

that only 12% of the population have

English as a mother tongue. In Montreal,

one will fing the largest narutal museum

in Canada, which is, in fact, composed

of three establishments: the botanical

garden, the biodome, the insectarium

and the planetarium.

With that done, it will be a ques-

tion of the disadvantages of living in

Montreal. Problem number one: traffic

and infrastructure. In Montreal, there are

1.8 cars for each resident. Combined

with a lot of roadwork because of how

the roads and sewers were neglected in

the past, people complain about how

traffic and parkings are an issue. Another

challenge the Montreal inhabitants must

face is the language barrier, which can

be in many spheres, social, educational

and on the labour market. If one isn’t

bilingual, it might be hard to find work

or to attend class at McGill University

(for a francophone). The last problem,

but not least, is the weather. Among

Canada large cities, Montreal is the cold-

est. During winter, activities are harder to

find for newcomers and the city might

be looking dead.

But, as it is important to always

look on the bright side of life, here are the

advantages of living in Montreal. Cy-

cling lane and parks, “In 2013 Copenha-

genize rated Montreal the best city in

North America for cycling. With the bixi

system, even those that don’t have a bike

can use the separate lanes. Another great

aspect of Montreal is the social and cul-

tural engagement in the city, in fact,

enough to be named Canada cultural

capital by monocle magazine. There is

nothing that you can do in Montreal that

you can’t do in Ottawa, but it will always

be done in a more entertaining way.

Montreal is a happy city; (as long as you

don’t engage in language debates) most

people will be friendly toward strangers.

In fact, according to “The Lonely Plan-

et” travel guide, Montreal is in second

place among the ten happiest cities in the

world.

To conclude, from the point of

view of a student and what a student

might be concerned about these are

some advantages and disadvantages of

living in Montreal. There are many

more, like the relatively low cost of life

compared to Ottawa, it history of corrup-

tion, there is so much to say about this

city, good or bad, that it would be impos-

sible to put it all in one short article.

Source:

http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/

opinion+pros+cons+life+Montreal/10168322/

story.html

Man With Spider Living Under

His Skin.

Roxanne Deslauriers

Arts & Literature

Dylan Thomas, a 21 years old man

from Australia, discovered that a

tropical spider lived under his skin

and traveled up to his chest while

he was on vacation in Bali.

A Nightmare in real life

One morning, Dylan woke up be-

cause he was feeling a little bit of

irritation, and he discovered a big

and red scar on his body. The trail

was running to his belly

button to his chest. As

the days passed by, the

trail kept getting bigger

and bigger. Dylan went

to the doctor. The doc-

tor thought the red line

was a reaction caused by

an insect bite. He pre-

scribed some medicine

to Dylan. The same day, the scar

started to form blisters. He went to

the doctor again. The doctor told

him that there was a tiny spider

living under skin.

When they surgically removed the

tropical spider from Dylan's skin, it

was already dead. For three days of

living in the body, it was probably

trying to escape from the skin. Dyl-

an said that the spider was pretty

much as big as the head of a

match.

The doctors gave the spider to the

arachnologists because they want

to do some research on the spider.

For them, it's really uncommon

that a spider lived in a human

body. They want to find out why it

was there.

How did the spider entered the

body?

The experts said that the small

arachnid had entered Dylan's body

through a scar in his belly button.

Indeed, Dylan had a recent appen-

dectomy. It's the only and possible

way.

True or fake?

Some people are not completely

sure that Dylan's story is 100% real.

Many of them said that a spider

needs to breath. Logically, it could-

n't live up to three days. The spider

would be dead before that. Also,

other arachnologists are skep-

tics. Dr. Charles E. Griswold,

Schlinger Curator of Arachnology at

the California Academy of Sciences

wrote: "In general this is impossi-

ble and there is no reason that a

spider would do

that." For him it is

something else: "Other

arthropods (ticks/mites/

perhaps some insects)

could 'possibly' be

'associated' with some-

thing like this… per-

haps... But certainly not

a spider."

Since then, Dylan's friends is calling

him Spiderman.

Sources: http://

www.torontosun.com/2014/10/16/tropical-

spider-burrows-under-mans-skin-lives-there-

for-three-days

http://io9.com/no-a-spider-did-not-burrow-

under-a-mans-skin-and-live-1647314968

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