"Canada giving US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, the tiniest red carpet they could find in a thrift shop somewhere."

[Translated from French]

A 19-year-old athlete now spends his days bedridden because of long COVID

Le Journal de Montréal
March 12, 2025
By Erika Aubin

https://stillcoviding.ca/en/news/un-sportif-de-19-ans-passe-maintenant-ses-journees-alite-a-cause-de-la-covid-longue-duree/

Pole overexposure

New on the blog today – some hot takes on Montreal's Eastern Tramway proposal: https://heliomass.com/posts/2504-montreals-eastern-tramway-proposal/

Ha ha Éric Blais sur le #Québec, les #Québécois, #Québécoises et #PP #CdnPoli https://open.substack.com/pub/ericblais/p/pierre-poilievre-tells-quebecers?r=1g75i7&utm_medium=ios

(English follows) Nous étions des milliers rue Sainte-Catherine à #montreal à l'occasion de la journée des droits des #femmes et pour dire notre opposition aux politiques menées aux États-Unis, en cette année d'échéance électorale au #Canada.
8 minutes de silence d'une qualité étonnante, et une magnifique chaîne humaine.
Avec des rassemblements similaires dans une quinzaine de villes ailleurs au #quebec et à #ottawa.

Thousands of us gathered on Sainte-Catherine Street in #Montreal to mark #Women's Rights Day and to voice our opposition to the policies being pursued in the United States, in this canadian election year.
8 minutes of silence of astonishing quality, and a magnificent human chain.
With similar rallies in some fifteen cities elsewhere in #quebec and #ottawa.

#yeswestand #democracy

Des chaînes humaines pour dénoncer les politiques de Trump : https://lp.ca/x3CZ6a

So happy to be back from Alberta and find a wide selection of pâtés at IGA, comme il se doit. Et beaucoup de produits au sirop d'érable.

People protesting in Québec city in front of the #USconsulate. Event organized by Mères au front (Mothers at the front) on #internationalwomansday . There was similar protests in many cities in #Quebec.

#uspol is affecting us like never before.

Des Québécoises réunies contre les politiques de Donald Trump

Des manifestations ont lieu dans une vingtaine de villes pour la Journée internationale des droits des femmes.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2146573/8-mars-femmes-manifestation-donald-trump

If you are interested in researching Quebec & Nouvelle (New) France. I have created a bunch of tutorial materials (all Free, no paywall or subscription req'd).

#History #Canada #Quebec #Genealogy #NewFrance #Education #Research

https://www.many-roads.com/help/researching-nouvelle-france/

Woooh!
100 year old trade barriers finally coming down.
Not just pulling US alcohol off the shelf, replacing it with Canadian!

I'm shipping my family in #BC some #Quebec sour beer while its still exotic.
Personally I'm looking forward to grabbing some #Driftwood from #BC and #Propeller from #NovaScotia.

https://youtu.be/NZTK36O1Dvo

Hmm, Canada's official numbers are really behind local numbers on Measles.

CBC: Quebec confirms 30 measles cases as December outbreak continues (3/3/25)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/measles-quebec-30-cases-1.7473518

I love how a lot of Québec people used the flag of Martinique to refer to the former as an emoji, because the flags were similar.

Now, they are quite different and major vendors have updated the design… making the conversations actually weird.

https://emojipedia.org/flag-martinique?ref=blog.emojipedia.org#designs

Québec, like every province and territory, has an official unimplemented emoji: 󠁣󠁡󠁱󠁣󠁿

https://emojipedia.org/flag-for-quebec-caqc

Quebec food prices expected to climb and variety to shrink as trade war escalates
Quebecers can expect higher food prices and fewer American products as the U.S.-Canada trade war escalates. Businesses are bracing for impact, with some stocking up ahead of new tariffs.
#trade #food #economy #politics #Quebec #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-food-trade-war-impact-1.7474808?cmp=rss