A la demande de Manu Payet, le cinéma français s’est levé pour dénoncer la violence faite aux femmes et soutenir #MaintenantOnAgit. Symbole de la lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes, le ruban blanc était au coeur de la 43e cérémonie des César et d’un discours de Manu Payet, qui a invité les réalisateurs, acteurs […]
TORONTO — Public high schools in Toronto and several other regions in Ontario will be closed for one day next week as a result of another job action by teachers and education workers who have been without a contract since August. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation — which represents 60,000 educators — said high-schools teachers in […]
MONTREAL — A blogger who allegedly glorified the gunman behind Montreal’s 1989 Ecole polytechnique massacre was arrested on the eve of the attack’s 30th anniversary. Jean-Claude Rochefort appeared in court Friday to answer charges of inciting hatred towards women. Investigators have linked him to what police call “disturbing” writing published under a pseudonym on a “hateful, […]
OTTAWA — Liberal MP Anthony Rota has been elected Speaker of the House of Commons. And Conservatives say he has them to thank for beating out fellow Liberal Geoff Regan, who had been Speaker during the last session of Parliament and wanted to continue. The election of Rota, who represents the northern Ontario riding of Nipissing-Timiskaming, […]
Thousands of Ontario public high school teachers held a one-day strike Wednesday after failing to reach a contract deal with the province. The day before, as news channels informed their viewers of the plan, reporters headed out to ask the usual questions outside schools. But CP24 got an especially frank response when its reporter asked […]
MONTREAL — The House of Commons fell silent today as members of Parliament remembered the victims of the Montreal Massacre 30 years after they were gunned down in an anti-feminist attack. On the evening of Dec. 6, 1989, a gunman entered Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killing 14 women in an anti-feminist mass slaying before taking his own […]
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau ushered in a new era of minority Liberal rule Thursday with a throne speech brimming with humility, goodwill and promises of collaboration with opposition parties whose support he needs to ensure his government’s survival. The speech from the throne, penned by the Prime Minister’s Office but read by Gov. Gen. Julie […]
Au box-office chinois, “Valérian et la cité des mille planètes” vient de détrôner “Lucy” en tant que film français le plus vu sur le territoire. Valérian dans l’Empire du Milieu ! Selon Le Film Français, Valérian et la cité des mille planètes a réalisé en Chine son plus gros démarrage mondial. Le film de Luc Besson y […]
L’interprète du nouveau clown dans le remake de Ça a donné sa recette pour exécuter le plus terrifiant sourire de l’année 2017. Invité dans le talk-show de Conan O’Brien, il refait la grimace à la demande générale ! Tout est dans la lèvre inférieure, manifestement : seuls les heureux élus capables de former une pointe au […]
Un mois après la polémique, James Cameron n’a pas changé d’avis : Wonder Woman n’est pas un film novateur du point de vue du personnage féminin. Et il explique à nouveau son point de vue. De manière plus convaincante ? Pas sûr… En août dernier, James Cameron n’était pas tendre avec le film Wonder Woman, créant […]