COMMENTARY: With cost of living on the rise, are fears of inflation overblown?
COMMENTARY: With cost of living on the rise, are fears of inflation overblown? Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Except when it comes to balloons, car tires and perhaps …
OPEN LETTER: Thank you to Deputy Mayor Michelle Morin-Doyle
OPEN LETTER: Thank you to Deputy Mayor Michelle Morin-Doyle Madam Deputy Mayor / Dear Michelle: The past 12 years have gone by much too quickly. It seems that only yesterday …
COMMENTARY: Pandemic may have produced bump in number of Quebec hunters
COMMENTARY: Pandemic may have produced bump in number of Quebec hunters Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com I will never forget the one and only time I went hunting with my grandad, before …
OPINION: The devil is in the myriad details with Bill 96
OPINION: The devil is in the myriad details with Bill 96 Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Bill 96, officially titled An Act respecting French, the official and common … Continue reading OPINION: The devil is in the myriad details with Bill 96
OPINION: Unanswered questions remain on Bill 96
OPINION: Unanswered questions remain on Bill 96 Submitted by Marlene Jennings, president, Quebec Community Groups Network Sept. 21 marked the start of hearings of the National Assembly committee on culture … Continue reading OPINION: Unanswered questions remain on Bill 96
OPINION: Affordable housing now on the federal radar
OPINION: Affordable housing now on the federal radar Pauline Kerr pauline@qctonline.com Every election campaign brings certain issues to the fore. The 2021 federal campaign was no different. Take, for example, …
OPINION: How to beat the fourth wave: know your enemy
OPINION: How to beat the fourth wave: know your enemy Pauline Kerr pauline@qctonline.com We are tired of COVID-19 – not just the illness and fear that have accompanied it, and …
COMMENTARY: Computers taking errors — and human element — out of sports
COMMENTARY: Computers taking errors — and human element — out of sports Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com While the performances of Quebec’s tennis darlings Leylah Annie Fernandez and …
Some random closing thoughts on a random federal election
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com This is your scribe’s last column … before the federal election. So why not indulge in some random thoughts and wild speculation as this mercifully brief campaign …
With another minority looming, is a King-Byng thing possible?
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com There comes a rare time in the life of a politics geek when he/she gets to blow the dust off one of the most notorious episodes in …