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25/06/2024

Now they are trying to destroy erase our culture and history.

28/04/2024

Wow, Quebec really has its priorities straight, huh? While emergency rooms across the province are bursting at the seams with patients, our government has boldly decided to throw $603 million not at this healthcare crisis, but at the “decline” of French. 🤨 Because, sure, why tackle urgent medical shortages when you can fund language promotion instead?

Minister Jean-François Roberge proudly announces we’re “going on the offensive” with French. Offensive might be right—because ignoring our overloaded ERs in favor of language projects? That truly is offensive to every person waiting in pain for care that just isn’t coming fast enough.

Let’s get real—shouldn’t we be investing in saving lives ?🏥💔

26/04/2024

21/04/2024

Quebec Bans ‘On/Off’ Switch

Location: Montreal, PQ

Date: April 21, 2024

In a groundbreaking move that has stirred both confusion and creativity, the Quebec government has banned the use of ‘on/off’ switches on all devices. This decision is part of an effort to enforce the purity of the French language, making sure that not a single English word tarnishes the mechanical landscape of Quebec.

The policy, outlined in a press release that itself could serve as a French language drill, argues that English words such as ‘on’ and ‘off’ endanger the French language, risking its dilution into obscurity. “We must protect our linguistic heritage,” declared Jean-François Bouton, the newly appointed Minister of Electromechanical Linguistic Compliance. “Imagine the chaos if our children start associating ‘on’ with ‘begin’ and ‘off’ with ‘stop’. It’s a slippery slope!”

Public reaction has been a spectacle of innovation and adaptation. Residents have devised complex systems of ropes and pulleys to operate their electronics, avoiding the linguistically outlawed switches. One inventive individual in Montreal has even trained his dog to operate his coffee maker, cleverly sidestepping the regulation.

Electronics stores across Quebec are rapidly adapting, restocking with devices that feature the newly mandated “Allume/Éteint” switches. These items are flying off the shelves, priced significantly higher due to their compliance and novelty. “It’s definitely been an adjustment,” mentioned a local shop owner, struggling to explain the new products to a line of baffled customers. “But at least we’re keeping it interesting!”

Critics of the ban have highlighted the impracticality, pointing out that most devices are manufactured for a global market that does not cater specifically to the Quebecois dialect. However, Minister Bouton remains undeterred, envisioning a global shift led by Quebec. “Today Quebec, tomorrow the world! Imagine a planet where every device respects the French language. We’re not just dreaming big; we’re planning big!”

As Quebec embarks on this quest for linguistic purity, the rest of Canada watches, perhaps amused and definitely curious. Will the ‘on/off’ switch become a relic of the past, or is Quebec just flipping off practicality? Only time, and perhaps the power button, will tell.

20/04/2024

We pinned a protest that will take place in June organized by people outside this page. Feel free to support them.

17/04/2024

Tag an Italian Montrealer

16/04/2024

Think it is time to seriously set up a group ready to make Montreal an official billingual city and free of Quebec’s lunacy.

This has popular support and a battle that can be won.

13/12/2023

Winter Comedy Festival

Dec 23rd to January 7th

Montreal, Canada

The Winter Comedy Festival In Montreal : the funniest Stand Up Comedy Shows with the best comedians. Aa variety of comedy shows that will suit your taste.

31/05/2023

The monthly English comedy show – Laval’s Got Jokes – is celebrating one year of laughter at the House of Jazz Laval.

13/05/2023

MTLCOMEDYCLUB.COM in the news. The #1 Comedy Club in Quebec!

« Vous [les francophones] aimez sortir. Vous avez la joie de vivre ! Les anglophones, c’est plus difficile. Mais on commence à les avoir, à les sortir de la maison. »

01/09/2021

Preliminary data suggests that Mu might be capable of overcoming the defences of a vaccinated person, according to a weekly WHO update issued Tuesday, but more study is needed to confirm its ability to infect.

https://globalnews.ca/news/8158935/mu-variant-covid-19-coronavirus-who/?utm_medium=Facebook&utm_source=GlobalMontreal&fbclid=IwAR07pa7pSnm-C6Y_Sx8uPVItaDB_EFwFJDpkPSFBO95VLqxVbu7hwb9aUhM

The variant of interest, also known as B 1.621, was first detected early this year in Colombia, officials say.

27/08/2021

MONTREAL _ Quebec’s Health Department says police complaints have been filed after politicians’ vaccine passport information was allegedly hacked. The department said in a statement today it is aware of reports that people have managed to steal the QR codes of members of the Quebec legislature a...

23/08/2021

One of Ontario's most vocal epidemiologists has resigned from the province's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, alleging the group has delayed publication of its pandemic projections for the fall due to political interference

One of Ontario's most vocal epidemiologists has resigned from the province's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, alleging the group has delayed publication of its pandemic projections for the fall due to political interference — a charge the table has denied.

22/08/2021

With Quebec set to implement a vaccine passport system in some non-essential services September 1, cyber security experts say the QR codes the province is using and the app that's been developed to scan them pose privacy concerns.

18/08/2021

The annual pace of inflation rose at the fastest pace since May 2011, Statistics Canada said.

13/08/2021

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-state-of-emergency-to-be-extended-indefinitely-due-to-delta-variant-legault-1.5543192

Quebec will continue to operate under a state of emergency due to the spread of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, Premier Francois Francois Legault warned on Wednesday.

10/08/2021

https://dailyhive.com/montreal/montreal-comedy-series-stand-up-festival

Don’t wait to get your tickets! Most venues have limited capacity and don’t forget they have 4 rooftop shows!

MTLSERIES.COM

The Montreal Comedy Series, an 11-day, 26-show stand-up festival will cap off the month of August to get the city laughing.

10/08/2021

A McGill University professor who specializes in infectious disease epidemiology says she believes Quebecers will be safer in bars, restaurants and gyms this September than in university classrooms.

08/08/2021

https://www.thesuburban.com/news/city_news/restrictions-weren-t-so-funny-for-comedians-khullar/article_760cdb28-974f-5883-a142-c028d5b38b8d.html?fbclid=IwAR2k8pxtDPPP7lfhj8iKqEHCsPcI7OU7EUwRvct7sVURmIiIfo__gi5b5Cs

Great article on the impact of Covid on The Stand Up Comedy Scene.

Comedians rode the waves of the pandemic as the tides of COVID cases moved up and down the grids. Open, close, open with restricitions, close again, with many moving their

07/08/2021

Too soon or too late?

On Monday, Canada opens its border to fully vaccinated American travellers. The federal government will also loosen several travel restrictions that apply to Canadians returning home from abroad.

05/08/2021

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After a successful inaugural year The Montreal Comedy Series is back for its second year with 30 shows in the span of 14 days!
Take a look at their website for more info montrealcomedyseries.COM

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A Comedy Festival in Montreal celebrating comedy with a wide variety of Stand-Up Comedy shows every night , taking you on an adventure at different venues with world class Comedians

05/08/2021

https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjad/news/studies-show-the-pandemic-has-had-an-alarming-rise-in-depression-anxiety-other-issues-in-children-1.15783391?fbclid=IwAR2zNAU4_XiWsFJ4stvH3PjuUUDJrPp6x2UFoyVq_z2V9zxjuJpww764OoQ

Children between two and 12 have reported an increase in developmental difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to series of international studies.

05/08/2021

What are your thoughts? Most likely the rest of the provinces will soon follow.

Premier Doug Ford has said Ontario will not make vaccine passports mandatory, with the Premier saying a few weeks ago that he’s "never believed in proof."

04/08/2021

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6122386

Shouldn’t all health care workers be vaccinated before we even think of implementing a vaccine passport?

The current situation in Canada around proof of vaccination is "a chaotic hodgepodge," writes bioethicist Arthur Schafer. But he says the federal government can still "pick up the ball it dropped and create an effective, secure and safe vaccine passport for provinces to adopt."

04/08/2021

Several countries and tour operators, including many cruise lines, don't recognize the Covishield version of the AstraZeneca-Oxford, which is made in India.

Several countries and tour operators, including many cruise lines, don't recognize the Covishield version of the AstraZeneca-Oxford, which is made in India. Others are not accepting travellers who received different types of vaccines for their first and second shots.

03/08/2021

What are your thoughts on a passport vaccine?

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-liberal-party-leader-dominique-anglade-calls-for-freedom-passport-in-quebec-1.5532989

Dominique Anglade believes that "all means must be taken" to avoid a fourth wave, and that this will also require an intensification of awareness efforts, particularly among young people.