Indigenous Fashion Designer from Rigolet, Labrador, to Debut at New York Fashion Week with Nunatsiavut Models

Indigenous Fashion Designer from Rigolet, Labrador, to Debut at New York Fashion Week with Nunatsiavut Models

Fashion designer April Allen, originally from Rigolet, Labrador, will present her creations at the prestigious New York Fashion Week on Sunday evening. Indigenous models from Nunatsiavut traveling with her to Manhattan will parade to showcase the designs of her clothing brand, Stitched by April. It’s like a dream come true to attend New York Fashion … Read more

Forestry Company Boisaco Faces Setback After Quebec Bans Harvest of Burned Wood

Forestry Company Boisaco Faces Setback After Quebec Bans Harvest of Burned Wood

The forestry company Boisaco believes that it is now too late to harvest the wood burned north of the Pipmuacan reservoir after Quebec banned its harvest last November. Boisaco expects that snags left by wildfires are now infested with the longhorned beetle, an insect that feeds and reproduces in burned wood. However, the company did … Read more

Simon Croz: Still Waiting for Resolution with Immigration Canada

Simon Croz: Still Waiting for Resolution with Immigration Canada

The setbacks of adopted Pistolois Simon Croz with Immigration Canada have still not been resolved. He is impatiently awaiting a new work permit, nine months after having been stripped of the right to work as general director of the Paralœil organization. The one who was the subject of political and citizen mobilization, notably with the … Read more

Tragedy near Loon-Plage camp: Migrant dies from gunshot wound, investigation underway

Tragedy near Loon-Plage camp: Migrant dies from gunshot wound, investigation underway

We do not yet know the circumstances of the tragedy which played out near the Loon-Plage camp, in the North. A migrant died during the night from Saturday to Sunday “as a result of a gunshot wound”, after being “found, still alive, on the banks of the A16, in the town of Grande-Synthe then transported … Read more

Paris Traffic Update: Tractor Blockages Move Closer to the Capital

Paris Traffic Update: Tractor Blockages Move Closer to the Capital

The pressure is growing around Paris and its residents may soon be surrounded by the noise of tractor engines. On Tuesday, some blocking points of angry farmers moved closer to the capital. Determined to “starve” Parisians, some farmers are even a stone’s throw from the Rungis international market. Update on blockages in Île-de-France: Nord – … Read more

Video Games Industry Faces Job Layoffs in 2024

Video Games Industry Faces Job Layoffs in 2024

After a “very difficult” year for the video games industry, 2024 promises to be even worse. In just one month, more than 6,000 layoffs have already been announced globally, almost surpassing the number of layoffs recorded last year. James Russwurm, who lives in Edmonton, is among the thousands of employees who lost their livelihood in … Read more

Sisters Marianne and Camille Blouin Pool Salaries to Purchase Property, Reflecting Growing Trend in Quebec Real Estate

Sisters Marianne and Camille Blouin Pool Salaries to Purchase Property, Reflecting Growing Trend in Quebec Real Estate

Marianne and Camille Blouin had wanted to own the property for several years. As buying alone was unthinkable, the sisters aged 24 and 28 chose to pool their salaries to achieve this. If purchasing between people from the same family is still marginal in Quebec, the trend has accelerated during periods of real estate overheating. … Read more

Numbered Company in Drummondville Fined for Illegal Tree Felling Without Permit

Numbered Company in Drummondville Fined for Illegal Tree Felling Without Permit

Radio-Canada has learned that a numbered company in Drummondville has been fined for having had around a hundred trees cut down without a permit. The alleged acts took place in recent weeks on land belonging to him located on avenue du Marais-Ombragé, in the Saint-Charles sector. This land includes four lots. It was citizen observations … Read more

Beaverbrook Museum of Fine Arts in Fredericton, NB Unveils Exhibition Lineup Featuring Greg Charlton, Ian MacEachern, and More

Beaverbrook Museum of Fine Arts in Fredericton, NB Unveils Exhibition Lineup Featuring Greg Charlton, Ian MacEachern, and More

The opening of several exhibitions took place Saturday evening at the Beaverbrook Museum of Fine Arts, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, including one dedicated to the artist Greg Charlton. In office as director of collections and exhibitions for several years, John Leroux has two new accomplices within the Museum: the curator of indigenous art Emma Hassencahl-Perley … Read more

Navigating Mortgage Renewals in Quebec: High Interest Rates a Cause for Concern

Navigating Mortgage Renewals in Quebec: High Interest Rates a Cause for Concern

Renewing your mortgage has become a real headache for many. The meteoric rise in interest rates hurts. The impact is also felt in requests for financial assistance from non-profit organizations (NPOs), where concerns about this problem are on the rise almost everywhere in Quebec. There is a lot of anxiety about the upcoming mortgage renewal. … Read more