Sandrine Rousseau is using her talent for grabbing headlines with provocative ideas to shift the focus of the national debate from the themes favored by the far-right to climate change and #MeToo.
Author: CATHERINE PORTER
French Police Guard Water as Seasonal Drought Intensifies
New reservoirs designed to supply French farms with water in increasingly arid growing seasons have attracted opposition from environmentalists.
A Shrinking Town at the Center of France’s Culture Wars
A plan to revitalize the town of Callac by bringing in skilled immigrants has divided it and made it an emblem of a nation’s anxiety over its identity and decline.
‘Somebody Planted the Guns’: In Canada, a Raided, Distrusting Village Blames the Police
When a cache of weapons was found in a tiny Canadian village that has become a symbol of the far right, it didn’t take long for new conspiracy theories to start circulating.
Breaking Agreement to Use a Condom Is a Sex Crime, Canada High Court Rules
The Supreme Court ruling is one of the strictest in a recent spate of measures addressing deceptive condom use, as courts try to define consent.
Haitian Creole Speakers Welcome ‘The Ransom’ Translation
Haitian Creole is a national language, but Creole speakers can encounter prejudice, so some were thrilled to see “The Ransom” offered in Creole.
Haitian Creole Speakers Welcome ‘The Ransom’ Translation
Haitian Creole is a national language, but Creole speakers can encounter prejudice, so some were thrilled to see “The Ransom” offered in Creole.
Canada Protests Baffle a Nation of Rule Followers
The protests seem to challenge the cherished image that Canadians are moderate, rule-following and just plain nice. But was that really a myth all along?
In Ottawa Trucker Protests, a Pressing Question: Where Were the Police?
They were vastly outnumbered, experts say, and unprepared for the sophisticated tactics, discipline and logistical abilities of the protesters.
Ottawa Protesters Turn a Quiet Capital Upside Down
The Ottawa protesters are giddy with their sense of collective purpose. But local residents see the demonstration as an unruly, disrespectful and even dangerous occupation.