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Separatists Are Poised to Win Quebec’s Election. Independence Is Still a Hard Sell.

3 octobre 2026 à 05:02
The Parti Québécois has vowed to hold a referendum on independence, three decades after Quebec voted “no.” Voters want change, but maybe not that much.

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Supporters at the Québec Solidaire campaign office in Jean-Lesage watch Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the leader of the Parti Québécois, during the leaders’ debate last month.

His Novel Had a Shot at a Top Book Prize. Then Someone Ran an A.I. Test.

25 septembre 2026 à 16:11
“It Was Either That Or Die,” by the Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien, was the hit of the French literary season. Now it has been pulled from the shortlist for a prestigious prize.

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The author Thélyson Orélien at a cafe in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood in April.

Catherine Ringer, French Pop Icon of Eclectic Style, Dies at 68

25 septembre 2026 à 16:17
With her guitarist-partner, Fred Chichin, she formed Les Rita Mitsouko as a band that embraced a more multicultural France.

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Catherine Ringer performing in 2007.
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