FNC 2012: We all become Peeping Toms in François Ozon’s prize-winning Dans la...
Fabrice Luchini, Emmanuelle Seigner and Ermst Umhauer in Francois Ozon’s film Dans la maison, (In the House.) As I walked to François Ozon’s latest, Dans la Maison, I couldn’t even remember what it...
View ArticleNo “steeling, murdering or other ilegale doings”
Looks like someone lost their homework. For all I know, this list of charter rights for Canadian citizens has been under a snowbank since December. I stumbled upon it this morning on my way to work,...
View ArticleFuture of school boards could hinge on voter turnout
The big question hanging over Sunday’s school board elections is how many people will show up at the polls? They’re the first province-wide school board elections in seven years, and Education Minister...
View ArticleCollège Jean-de-Brébeuf tops Fraser Institute ranking of Quebec's high schools
Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf nabbed the top spot in the latest rankings of Quebec’s high schools by the Fraser Institute. Collège Jean-Eudes, another private school in Montreal, was ranked No. 2. Among...
View ArticleLaval police arrest two men on 47 breaking and entering incidents
Laval police arrested two young men early Wednesday on charges they broke into and stole from 47 schools and SAQ outlets. The two, aged 19 and 20, were rousted from their beds in the Pont Viau district...
View ArticleTeachers union plasters schools with protest posters
Members of the FAE teachers’ union are plastering 800 Quebec schools with posters to protest against paltry education funding, according to a report. “Fifty cents per student, $77 million for Plan...
View ArticleQuebec still on high alert after bomb threats in schools
QUEBEC — It may be a hoax, but then again, it may not be. Public Security Minister Pierre Moreau said Wednesday police are not taking any chances about a wave of bomb threats and are maintaining a high...
View ArticleParents, opposition parties stage joint protest over Quebec education cuts
QUEBEC — Teachers should not have to buy food and basic school supplies for their students in 2015 Quebec, opposition parties at the National Assembly argued with one voice on Friday. “A teacher wrote...
View ArticleViolence is down in Quebec schools, Université Laval study finds
QUEBEC — There are fewer violent acts in schools today than in 2013, but more tensions between ethnic groups, a team of Université Laval researchers concluded, after having surveyed over 30,000...
View ArticlePhotos: School fashions throughout the decades
With the new school year starting, we thought we’d scour our photo archives to come up with a visual evolution of school fashions from 1946 to 2016.
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