OPINION: Where were you when the lights went out?
OPINION: Where were you when the lights went out? Pauline Kerr pauline@qctonline.com The title of this column is a play on an old rhyme – a very old rhyme: “Where …
COMMENTARY: Could Slowpoke-style reactor be the answer as Quebec mulls nuclear energy?
COMMENTARY: Could Slowpoke-style reactor be the answer as Quebec mulls nuclear energy? Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com The Coalition Avenir Québec government says it is considering nuclear power …
COMMENTARY: Abattoir or laboratory? What lies beyond meat for human consumption?
COMMENTARY: Abattoir or laboratory? What lies beyond meat for human consumption? Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com We’ve been watching Barbecue Showdown, the Georgia-based series featuring a group of …
OPINION: A matter of building co-operation
OPINION: A matter of building co-operation Pauline Kerr pauline@qctonline.com Build it and they will come. This take on the actual quote from the movie Field of Dreams (the statement was, …
COMMENTARY: Read all about it! Trudeau censors news like North Korea!
COMMENTARY: Read all about it! Trudeau censors news like North Korea! Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com What a week that was! News, news, news! Two exclamation marks’ worth! …
OPINION: Leave only your footprints
OPINION: Leave behind only your footprints Pauline Kerr pauline@qctonline.com A Canadian teenager who scratched a name into a wooden pillar at a 1,200-year-old Japanese temple recently caused a bit of …
COMMENTARY: Some strategic moves for Quebec in federal cabinet shuffle
COMMENTARY: Some strategic moves for Quebec in federal cabinet shuffle Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Only someone with a heart of stone – or Pierre Poilievre – could …
COMMENTARY: St. Lawrence River plastic proliferation ‘an environmental catastrophe’
COMMENTARY: St. Lawrence River plastic proliferation ‘an environmental catastrophe’ Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com I have a big jar full of pieces of glass, porcelain, pottery and who knows what other material …
COMMENTARY: Korean War armistice 70 years ago offers model to end Ukraine conflict
COMMENTARY: Korean War armistice 70 years ago offers model to end Ukraine conflict Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com We don’t know exactly what motivated Paul-Émile Tremblay to enlist …
COMMENTARY: In the “schnoutte”: Big changes in Quebec furniture business décor
COMMENTARY: In the schnoutte: Big changes in Quebec furniture business décor Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Once in a while an advertising spot just grabs you and makes …