Three years in prison at a couple of abusers

Gilles Charron has used her son, accompanied by her husband, Arthur-Michel Roy, as "sex slaves" for nearly three years, deplored the judge Rousseau. Gilles Charron, 52 years old, and her husband, Arthur-Michel Roy, 61, of Quebec, were sentenced to three years in prison yesterday for using the son of the first as "sex slave" when he was teenager.
"Suffer in silence is not obvious" Judge Pierre Rousseau said that Cédric Charron was "the center of the couple's sexual activities during nearly three years between 1994 and 1996, when he was between 15 and 17 years. Although her husband offenses are more numerous, "the fault of the father is even more serious because it was up to him to protect his son. Cédric Charron took great courage to denounce it to free itself from its trauma and its torments, "said the magistrate. Having now 29 years old and himself a father of three children, Cedric Charron entered into the armed forces of its majority, where he had to attend therapy for problems with aggression and anxiety. "The attacks still reverberate on her married life," said the judge. However, the accused, while pleading guilty, continue to "minimize their gestures and trivialize the serious consequences for the victim." Their capacity for empathy for the victim is "poor" because they believe these sex (including "three trips each week and a painful anal attempt relationship by his own father) were" consensual ". Risk of recurrence In addition, the risk of recurrence is "undeniable" because neither one nor the other is a good candidate for therapy with the lack of recognition of the problem of sexual deviance, according to the judge. Gilles Michel Charron and Arthur Roy pleaded that they had themselves been sexually abused during their childhood. Their names appear on the National Register of sex offenders during the next decade and fill their DNA genetic data banks available to law enforcement.

Guy Lafleur requested that his trial be stopped before they begin

Guy Lafleur was shocked to be accused of obstruction of justice in January 2008, but to learn that a warrant of arrest was issued against him, as if he were a criminal, has literally reported sick, and his wife. "I do not know anyone who receives a warrant of arrest and not a criminal. I do not consider myself a criminal. It's very difficult to live today," he said Wednesday in its testimony before Judge Claude Parent, the Court of Quebec. Even before the start of the trial itself, his lawyer Louis Belleau requested a stay of proceedings because of abusive behavior deemed the police, the justice of the peace and the Crown Attorney who participated in the issuance of an arrest warrant against the former hockey star. Fearing that the police arrive home unannounced or that journalists face his arrival at the police station, Mr. Lafleur and his lawyer Jean-Pierre Rancourt decided to go to the police investigator, Françoise Fortin, Police Service the city of Montreal. He was right to a search. He was even asked if he had a weapon. He was assured that this was the normal procedure, he reported. "I could not find it normal," he argued. It has not been placed in the cell, but after his arrest he remained in detention fifteen minutes. He was particularly humiliated by telephone from Los Angeles, Florida, Italy, alerted by people in the media titles, including "Lafleur wanted." "They wondered what was happening," he said. Following the testimony of his client, Mr. Rancourt argued that under the Criminal Code issuance of a warrant of arrest is justified in cases where there is reason to believe that the person will abscond, will commit other crimes and we can join easily. Another factor is whether we shall issue a warrant referred as the one Mr. Lafleur has been is that we consider it important and crucial to impose conditions of release. The charges against Mr. Lafleur has to do what he promised in court to take his son Mark at him and see that it respects the curfew, if released . Guy Lafleur admitted thereafter, before another court, he had renewed his son at the hotel twice to allow him to spend the night with a girlfriend. Mark Lafleur was accused of threats, assault, sexual assault on a minor, and drunk driving. The judge then posed a question to Guy Lafleur. "Do you consider that these are serious charges brought against you?" "If I look at it coldly, I think things like that, he regularly goes to court. I can defend myself, what I will do. That is the accusation that surrounds me cause discomfort, "he replied. In the morning, the police Fortin assured that it had sought to ensure that everything is going as quietly as possible and wanted to avoid visiting the homes of Lafleur, Île Bizard, not to draw the attention of neighbors and to protect what Guy Lafleur mean for people. However, she stressed that making false statements before a court is a serious crime punishable by 14 years in prison. As it was expected that Guy Lafleur testifies again, always in the back of his son Mark, the Crown wanted to prevent it, accusing, to act again in the same way. In an issue of lawyer Guy Lafleur, the police admitted that the only question asked by the magistrate judge, Gilles Michaud, who authorized the issuance of the warrant of arrest was: "Is this the Guy Lafleur? "

The dance company Marie Chouinard will open the Montreal High Lights Festival

The dance company Marie Chouinard will launch the 10th edition of the Montreal High Lights Festival with his latest creation, "Orpheus and Eurydice." This iconoclastic dance revolves around themes of humor and sexuality. Fourteen dancers will be on stage to explore the visceral sources of creation. The movement of their bodies will be accompanied by breath, yells, vowels and consonants to form the "dancing demon". The announcement was made Wednesday by the team Spectra under the unveiling of the programming of the cultural component of the festival which runs from February 19 to March 1. Two weeks ago, organizers were forced to cancel due to lack of subsidies, two operas by François Girard, which were originally scheduled to start the festivities. "Flight of Lindbergh" and "Seven Deadly Sins", produced by the Opera de Lyon, were presented in France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, but never in Canada. The budget of one million dollars required to submit two works should be equally funded by ticket sales and public and private funds. "The context does not allow us to complete the financing and did not want to do deficit, said in an interview Michel Labrecque, president and CEO of the Montreal High Lights Festival. The programming team has therefore proposed to Marie Chouinard to present the choreography she had to submit to Japan in opening the festival. " Paris to honor The cultural component of this 10th edition of the Montreal winter festival will honor Paris. The honorary chairmanship of the section devoted to the performing arts was given to the author Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. It showed on stage with actor Benoît McGinnis and Chamber Orchestra I Musici to read extracts from his autobiography "My life with Mozart." Later music, programming includes the show "Mutantes" by Pierre Lapointe, a tribute to Leo Ferre and the concert "French" from the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. The circus arts also punctuate this anniversary edition of the Montreal High Lights Festival with, the show "La Vie" of the troupe The 7 fingers and a selection of the best numbers of the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain. In humor, French Guy Bedos give its first performance in Montreal. The show "Paris I" close this anniversary edition of the Montreal High Lights Festival. Artists will sing French and Quebec City in light staged by Monique Giroux. Tickets for the cultural festival will go on sale Saturday at noon.

Tessier and still meeting Senécal

More than five years after their first collaboration (the thriller On the threshold, released in 2003), director Eric Tessier and author Patrick Senécal team back to 5150, rue des Ormes, another thriller adapted from a novel by Senécal. "We started working on adapting 5150, rue des Ormes immediately after the shooting On the threshold," says Eric Tessier, met yesterday on the set of shooting in a warehouse in Saint-Hubert. "This has been a long, it's screenwriting. It is a very difficult book to adapt. It is a camera, it is written in the third person and there are several stories and dramatic curves at the same time, so we ended up getting lost. We had to write at least 25 or 30 versions of the script! " 5150, rue des Ormes is the first novel by Patrick Senécal, author of On the threshold and also Vacuum, and Aliss of Seven Days of retaliation-including one conducted by Podz adaptation is also now being shot. Like On the threshold and The Seven Days of retaliation is Senécal himself who wrote the screenplay for the adaptation. "5150, rue des Ormes is the third adaptation of one of my novels that I do and I must admit that it has been the most difficult to write, confirms Senécal. C'a taken four and a half years and it has been four and a half years of Gossage. " Produced by Cirrus Communications (CRAZY, The Banquet) with a budget of $ 4.3 million, 5150 ... features Normand D'Amour, Marc-Andre Grondin, Sonia Vachon and Mylène St-Sauveur. Return Grondin 5150, rue des Ormes therefore tells the story of Yannick Bérubé, a young man (Marc-Andre Grondin) that, following a fall in cycling, will seek help to the wrong address: the 5150 Street des Ormes. This innocuous house located at the end of a quiet side street is home to Beaulieu, a family worrying conducted with an iron hand by Jacques Beaulieu (Normand D'Amour), a taxi driver who turns into violent vigilante by night. "Jacques is a kind of Dexter, stresses Normand D'Amour. The day he is a taxi driver and night, it kills non-righteous, ie pedophiles and rapists. Yannick is not one, but he had the misfortune of alarm at the wrong door and having seen too much ... " Marc-Andre Grondin, his first film in Quebec since La Belle Bête, three years ago. We know that the actor C.R.A.Z.Y. just turn on blow up three films in France, whose comedy Bouquet final, in which he gives the reply to none other than Gérard Depardieu. "It's fun to turn back home, although I am a little fart face in the film by Normand (D'Amour)" launches Grondin laughs. "It feels good to work with a team in Quebec. I grew up on trays Quebecois, then there is something reassuring about it. "

When a tour to the country said hello

It is a very smiling Mario Pelchat who announced this morning that the project When the country said hello, which he is the originator, will be a tour to Quebec from March 2009. Indeed, under the leadership of Antoine Gratton, the artists who participated in one or other of two albums When the country said hello will meet on stage and try to recreate the atmosphere of these two opus that sold together with 150 000 copies. "All the artists who participated in this project then did so with all their heart and great enthusiasm. For this reason C'a worked, "said Mario Pelchat, the producer of the project. Thus, Marie-Eve Janvier, Jean-François Breau, Etienne Drapeau, The Respectables and Cindy Daniel will be among the artists who, among a dozen per night, will occur on stage to rediscover the public some classics country music like When the sun says hello to the mountains, and a promise If I had a tank. One idea that has come a long way "This crazy idea to pay tribute to country music was born in July 2006. I wanted to meet on disk artists who were not necessarily associated with this genre, but sooner or later would end up flirting with it is part of our musical roots, "said Mario Pelchat. Through the artistic talent of Eloi Painchaud, who was carrying out two opus, Mario Pelchat said he was now very pleased with the success that wins this idea "crazy", which won the second version of Felix 'Country album of the year at the Other ADISQ gala held on October 27 last. "When we launched the first album, we realized that occurs something extraordinary on stage and in the room: it was the party. However, as this was a launch, after playing a few songs, we had to stop, told Mario Pelchat. The same thing was repeated in the launch of the second album and that's when we said it would be really fun to mount a big show and go on tour. " So far, twelve calendar dates included in the tour When the country said hello which among other stops in Montreal, Trois-Rivieres, Granby, Quebec, Gatineau, Drummondville and Brossard. In the coming days, the list of artists participating in each show will be unveiled to the public. Thirty surprise guests, including singer Mario Pelchat, added to those previously confirmed. Tickets for the show to be held in Montreal on March 5 2009, Théâtre Saint-Denis, are already on sale.

Everything about me sooner than expected

What good news a few weeks before Christmas: the third season is all about me, who should arrive on our screens until the 2009-2010 season, will be finally released in January at Radio-Canada. A balm for the fans, quite ill last spring. The broadcaster had chosen to end the series before returning its decision before the outcry. Fans of the work of Stéphane Bourguignon may be fewer than those of bankers, but they value their series and become nasty when the threat of their off! The assembly must still work hard to deliver the series in time. While whereas before I was on tour during the summer, registering the third season had to wait until the fall, so it always turns at this time, just weeks before the CW .

Amy Winehouse back in hospital

Amy Winehouse was again taken to hospital Sunday in London. She reportedly suffered an allergic reaction to a drug, said the spokesman for the singer. Chris Goodman said the singer was admitted to the London Clinic before yesterday to treat an allergic reaction. He did not want to specify the drug involved. Winehouse, 25, knows many setbacks related to drugs and health problems. This year she has made several trips to the hospital.

Celebrating everywhere in town on December 31

The show closing the 400th will be held at the Armory and combine songs and pyrotechnics. In the photo, Marcel Auclair, Daniel Vézina and Marcel Dallaire. Le Soleil, Jean-Marie Villeneuve Jean-Frederic Legare The Sun (Quebec) "We want people everywhere celebrate and celebrate," said the CEO of the Company of the 400th, Daniel Gélinas, about the celebrations on December 31 evening. The Company has therefore joined with representatives of major commercial arteries of Quebec (Saint-Jean (Vieux-Quebec) and Place D'Youville, Cartier Avenue and Grande Allée) fêtards to brighten the margins of the show Hi 400!. Once 19h, rue Saint-Jean will be closed to traffic and animation will be under the theme of the Carnival of Venice, with giant puppets and actors in costume. The show Come sing your story, presented on 15 July on the Plains of Abraham, will be rebroadcast at 21h on a giant screen at Place D'Youville. Paris / Quebec, taken two Those who prefer to review the show Paris / Quebec through song can do to 21h on Cartier, where a giant screen was installed. The avenue closed to traffic during the evening, will also be equipped with heating elements between Saunders Street and René-Levesque to allow restaurants and bars serve their customers on the patio. With the more festive that he knows, Great Walk, also closed to traffic during the evening, it also invite fêtards cleared on the terraces and heated, but over a longer period: from 18h in the early morning hours. A little later, at ExpoCité, the International Pavilion and Sciences will host the fêtards from 19h to ... day after noon, at 400 times intense. If the show Hi 400! there will also be disseminated concocted techno music by DJ Quebec, the United States, France and Germany fill the scene for the rest of the night.

Renée Martel to rest until January

Renée Martel will stand until mid-January. Saturday, when it occurs at Théâtre Maisonneuve in Montreal, malaise has forced to interrupt his show. "In order to gather strength and continue his tour in full possession of his pleas next spring, plans for its agenda by mid-January 2009 were postponed to a later date", says on the website of Renée Martel. The singer has to undergo a period of complete rest to gather strength. The entertainment provided will be returned to later dates. Spectators attending the representation of the abbreviated concert Saturday at the Théâtre Maisonneuve at Place des Arts and would like to review the performance of the artist as a whole can visit www.reneemartel.ca to inquire about the how to obtain tickets compensation. Renée Martel will be back on stage Jan. 23, on the boards of the Cultural Center of Beloeil.

Negotiations to neutral

Beatles music is not about to be found on iTunes, according to Sir Paul McCartney. At the London launch of his new album he recorded under the name The Fireman, McCartney said that Apple Corps and EMI, the label group could not reach an agreement so that We can find the directory of The Beatles on iTunes and other sites where you can legally download music. "We talk regularly. We would like to see this happen, "said McCartney. "However, when it comes to something as big as the Beatles, it's always a little more complicated." He added: "We really want. We are doing everything so that it works. However, there still remains some detail. For the latest news, the whole process was neutral. The label request something that we were not prepared. Not surprisingly, after all, this is the music industry. " "We worked very hard to conclude an agreement with Apple Corps so that the legacy of The Beatles is available in digital format for our fans," said a spokesman for EMI. "Unfortunately, the various parties that is at the heart of the negotiations have not reached an agreement. We sincerely hope that negotiations will progress quickly. " Arguments Electric is the third album McCartney launches under the identity of The Fireman. This time, the work was done with the help of collaborator named Youth. This is the first album under that identity, with the vote. In the United Kingdom, the album was recorded under the label One Little Indian (November 24) and ATO / RED USA (tomorrow). McCartney (who left the label EMI to launch his solo album Memory Almost Full through the label Starbucks Hear Music in June 2007) claims to be happy to have left this big player in the music industry. "I think the big labels have no idea what is happening now. I do not want me to take them but I think they look a little circle when it comes to downloading music, "he said in a London pub." The legendary singer said: "I think I was in the right place at the right time because as soon as I left the label, EMI was sold. I would therefore found in the midst of a transition period. In addition, a lot of artists recorded under the label. Like it or not, we are mere numbers. I did not like this kind of situation. That's why I wanted to start my own label. " When Billboard columnist asked him whether it was worried to measure the Chinese Democracy album from Guns N 'Roses, McCartney replied: "I never looks that are artists who launch album same time as me. Honestly, I do not be in competition with anyone, especially under the identity of the Fireman. It's not as if I was part of Coldplay and Guns N 'Roses. I wish them good luck because we have not heard new material from them for a long time. " McCartney could not help but criticize certain reality TV shows such as The X Factor, released in the UK. "This is a phase in which we find ourselves." I am not very fond but, like everyone else, I regularly throws a glance. Unfortunately, such issues are that people spend too much time watching television. "

Red carpet: Babine

Fred Pellerin and Luc Picard came to the Place des Arts to discover the Montreal public Babine film, film adaptation of the universe's first under the latter, who directed the film. This is the second time that the film was presented to the public, after the great first held on November 5 in the church of St-Élie-de-Caxton. To see our photo gallery of the second, click here. Guillaume Otis Vincent, Maude Laurendeau, Alexis Martin, Isabel Richer, René-Richard Cyr, Julien Poulin, Luc Picard, Marie Brassard, Marie-Chantal Perron and Antoine Bertrand were on hand. The film takes the poster on 25 November.

Searches in Portneuf

The Surete du Quebec Tuesday morning launched a major operation aimed at dismantling a drug that works in the Portneuf region. The ruling head of this network would be linked to the Hells Angels and lie to Grondines. According to police, the network would have ramifications Donnacona, Cap-Santé, Saint-Marc-des-Carrières and St. Raymond. The network flow particularly cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine and of tobacco smuggling. "More than a hundred police officers involved in this operation. It was more than two dozen people stop and over a dozen searches to make, "says Constable Richard Gagne, the Surete du Quebec. The SQ could arrest more than two dozen people. The appearances should take place Tuesday and Wednesday at the courthouse in Quebec City.

Michel Tremblay criticizes the Harper government

Michel Tremblay won yesterday its fourth Award Press / Salon du livre de Montréal, and his second in as many years. After The hole in the wall in 2007, the public has decided to drive the novel The crossing of the continent, published by Leméac. In the category Books and testing practices, the Audience Award, presented in collaboration with the Association of Booksellers Quebec (ALQ), went to Jacques Salome for the book Who would I do if the sentence I was own? he signed hundreds of copies in recent days. This is the 58th book by psychologist and author, and his twelfth title published by Editions de l'Homme, which totals more than 1.3 million copies sold. Pierre Lespérance, president of Editions de l'Homme and guest of honor at the Salon du Livre de Montreal on the 50th anniversary of the house founded by his father, accepted the award for Mr. Salome, left for France yesterday morning. Absent last year, Michel Tremblay was there to accept his prize yesterday. He first thanked the faithful readers and theater lovers, who have supported during its 40-year career. After launching a small arrow to criticism that says (or words) that the crossing of the continent was "a painful novel -" I am pleased that the public has decided otherwise, "Mr. Tremblay took out a sheet and said "I'm going to read a text". The text in question was a load rule against the government of Stephen Harper, who announced earlier this fall reductions of 45 million in federal cultural programs, including export programs and international distribution. "Culture is what enables a people to assert themselves before the rest of the world," said Michel Tremblay who cut culture is the gesture of "a timid government that is afraid of subversion." "But subversion is necessary in a democracy, where it often is, he continued, the artists and creators" who posed questions than ever a government would pose ". Ignore the role of culture, concluded Michel Tremblay, leads to "inertia and insignificance". "Once and for all, great creativity and low censorship!" Note finally that the 31st Salon du livre de Montreal received 120 000 visitors including 18 000 students and nearly 1450 authors. In addition, the program "Play as a gift" of the Literacy Foundation has collected 3500 new books to be distributed to children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Holiday Season Santa Claus comes to town

It is a tradition that has nearly 60 years. Santa Claus made his arrival in Montreal, Saturday, and a reception committee awaited. It is a tradition that has nearly 60 years. Santa Claus made his arrival in Montreal, Saturday, and a reception committee awaited. Extract vidéoJean-Philippe Cipriani attended the parade Santa Claus. Approximately 300 000 people, according to organizers, were massed along the rue Sainte-Catherine, between Atwater and Saint-Urbain, to attend a colorful parade where s'entremêlaient traditional dances, thousands of extras and even distribution candy. Some spectators came from as far as the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean or even Sept-Iles to take part in the festivities. Ambulance allowed sixty sick children out of the hospital to witness the arrival of Father Christmas, which was the 58th parade in Montreal. This young girl patient still able to attend the parade, with the ambulance. This young girl patient still able to attend the parade, with the ambulance. The arrival of Father Christmas is also the start of the season of holiday shopping. And traders are not too afraid of the effects of the current economic uncertainty. Indeed, according to recent polls of the Quebec retail and Deloitte & Touche, a majority of respondents in Quebec and across Canada do not intend to reduce their spending during the holidays.

Samuel: winner 2008

Past candidates have made their farewells to their respective homes for a trip air direction Las Vegas. Program: skydiving, romantic gondola ride on a replica of the Grand Canal in Venice, guided city limousine, not to mention the marriage of Samuel and Claudia by Elvis! This fictitious union has been told he was in bellâtre saw well spend the rest of his days with the brunette. Obviously, he never knows too much on New Ground

After a dream vacation, participants gathered in a luxurious chalet Tremblant for the final elimination men. This time in the program: multiple betrayals and compromising videos. Back from Stockholm, Sweden, Claudia Patricia confided to have embraced Christian, while Jessica confessed having a good time with Samuel during their trip to Quebec. It should probably be a little masochistic to go to torture and the heart to double occupancy ...


The adage: Love makes blind has never been more true! Who knows what happens in the head of a girl in love, even if the prince is a scum! The term is a little hard to describe Samuel, but we could give it special mention "Beau speaker in 2008! However, greed being what it is, we can not blame the candidate to have made every effort to win.

And strategic skills have once again allowed themselves out of trouble after the broadcast of a video related a conversation disturbing and intimate moments between him and Jessica. These are all evidence of multiple Samuel shenanigans have not been right feelings of Claudia, who saved once more.

The impending elimination of Patricia is quite predictable. Claudia regret Does having eliminated while a Christian romance seemed to be about to arise between them? His victory is far from assured, and the fight "Brown vs. red" could be without thank you!

Interviews: Volt

As is increasingly the case when an animated film takes the poster in Quebec, it was used by stars to replace the American stars. Not so for double that to be the actors of the film. In the case of Volt, John Travolta and Miley Cyrus lend their voices to characters in the original version. In Quebec, Claude Legault, Frédérique Dufort and Guy Jodoin will give life to characters from Disney. A first for Disney, but also for the first Claude Legault and Guy Jodoin, who doubled for the first time.

First observation: the dubbing is a lonely job. "We still had a chance to see the movie together, Guy and me. And she ben ... already pro. She despised lot. "Claude Legault begins. His friend Guy Jodoin does not pray: "She really tried to squeeze us out, but we, because we are in the same agency, we really persisted, it has regrouped and finally was able to the film. "

"But seriously ... "

The young Frédérique Dufort, we saw this summer in summer without a point and not sure who has already made some shields, the opportunity to set the record straight. "On the contrary, on the contrary, I was impressed, because when I was little I listened films, broadcasts and I saw and was impressed. I'm the one who had the chance to work with them. "

"I had already dubbing, but any time a new experience in the background. We must adapt to s'avoir character, his personality and emotions know play. It was also an honor to play in a movie from Walt Disney! "

Because it is an animated film, the doublers have the chance to be much more personal, there will be no physical illusion of the actor to comply. "That is what they wanted, they wanted to keep the essence of our voices," says Claude Legault. It has a capital of sympathy with youth in Quebec, there was that too. That's why they came to get us even if we did not have much experience, not even at all. They decided to train and give us time to be good. "

Second observation: The dubbing, it's going fast. Jodoin guy knows something. "I, my character Rhino, it's really verbomoteur, he talks a lot, so it's going very quickly. This is not just read ... Sometimes I manage to read the reply, I feel we keep the same ... After you listen, worse you do 'ok, it's usually what I have here. "Yes, I spoke at the same time, but you have to Mettes emotion, and if the person moves, you have to do the move in your voice. "

"You can not lie in making dubbing, it's like when you play. , "Added Claude Legault.

He continued: "They gave us a director who was really hot, very strong and very understanding, Marc Bacon. We have well trained. "

And it's a film by Walt Disney! "Children will tripper, that's for sure sure sure, and parents who will accompany it is not unpleasant either. Would you give your heart a child. "

Parents are not abandoned by the film, especially in the beginning ... "It's very critical on TV, on the ratings. It is not far from reality as well. You look in Vegas when they will also collect food and you see all that food was thrown, the new food. The waste is in our society. Everyone is large ... It is a small social criticism over the passing finesse in the jokes, though. "

"They could not save it because it's a Disney film, but on the contrary, they enjoy doing so," added Guy Jodoin.

On the other hand, however, it is imperative that it ends well. "You want to worry go home and you're heroes to have emerged. Of course they will not die the dog, it would be a little pocket! It is a feel-good movie. "

Babine: dream of St. Elias

In recent years, on stage and radio, Fred Pellerin tells her village, Saint-Elie-de-Caxton, giving his stories airs tales and legends. Luc Picard took over in materializing part of the work storytellers on the big screen. This is the story of Babine, the bishop of the village.

The meeting Luc Picard and Fred Pellerin could one day be a chapter of the story charming stories of Saint-Elie-de-Caxton. It was the summer of 2007. The draft Babine film, directed by Picard and written by Pellerin, according to a 2001 show entitled We must take the bull by the tales, had taken the downstream financial Telefilm Canada. The director, who had previously heard that the voice on the phone the blond storyteller, decided to make a leap from home. "Already he arrived in St. Elijah, he won points," says Fred Pellerin.

Luc Picard does not come alone. His dog was with him. "By entering my home, the dog has vomited, remembers Pellerin. Therefore flared vomit together. That part on a real basis! Afterwards, Luke told me we had the money for the film. Here, we catch to do it! "

Putting images on the stories style legends Pellerin is, in fact, not a small matter. With a budget of 6.3 million, it was clear from the beginning of the adventure, we should do miracles to tell dignity Babine (which required 200 visual effects shots). "This is a feature film art," says Vincent Guillaume Otis, who embodies the title character.

Add to the scenario a language as beautiful as singular ... The dialogues, which previously belonged to Pellerin, would it pass without obstacles in the mouths of characters on the big screen? "The language of film is expected, Picard notes. The dialogues functioned as a partition, even if the language is rich and special. "

"The text of Fred have turned traditional, but its way of them is contemporary, said Marie-Chantal Perron, who embodies a village of St. Elijah, which takes place Babine. It does not prevent us from being hit, because it is fundamentally human. I love his poetry. It is not hard to mouth. This is very accurate. "

Campée no surprise in the village which has seen grow Fred Pellerin, the history of Babine turn around a weak light 20 years unjustly accused the burning of the church. But Babine, is also the story of a community that lives in a space-time that is not ours. Where watches are scarce, where the opening pages of schedules over amusing dates, where trees grow very rapidly, where women can decide when they give birth and where you can engage in fishing in ponds filled cattails instead of water. "Fred makes you see all possible worlds," Justice Vincent-Guillaume Otis.

"The time of the tale is a perfect time, says Fred Pellerin. There are no tags. It is a time where all the magic is possible. "

The agreement greatly pleased storyteller, who believes that our world is set to unnecessarily quarter turn. "Time is money, he said. Everything is calculated. Everything is in profit percentages in Dow Jones today. It asked all the time oil prices. Where do you imagine that? There is no catch according to figures to dream. "

To listen to the director, screenwriter and actors, Babine is a film with multiple layers. "This film is a message on tolerance and respect for others, said Vincent Guillaume Otis. It is also an ode to childhood, because Babine is a great child. It is like a perfect human being because he has no malice. It is in pursuit of absolute love, but no Machiavellianism. "

"I like the candor of the characters, continues Luc Picard. There was no trial in this village, just like Asterix the Gaul. Babine and is the embodiment of that innocence. It also contained sacrifice. There is something religious in the film. "
Imposing images

The transposition to film could be a risky bet, because with Babine, the film freezes on a kind of imaginary Fred Pellerin. Apply faces to his characters, scenery studio in Saint-Elie-de-Caxton. "This is Babine another version simply believes Pellerin, who followed with pleasure all stages of the making of the film. My stories are changing all the time show. The film thus enriching the repertoire of possible versions. There are still a part of the delirium that I have on stage. "

"When I was offered to achieve Babine, I did not know Fred," says Luc Picard. I wanted to talk to him before accepting. Was he at ease with the fact of being deprived? I put the main scenario, but with respect. "

With respect, but taking Mordicus to lay something out of the ordinary. And who rarely touches land. Besides, would be enough to dream in cinema here? "Yes, says Vincent-Guillaume Otis. Quebec cinema is so fascinating. Even films very realistic dream can we do in the future. "

"We often dream, but wrong, however, believes Luc Picard. I Tripp on Star Wars, but the dream the dream does not interest me. It must be exciting. "

The characters

The imagination is fertile Fred Pellerin. The engine of his tales remains the inhabitants of his village, Saint-Elie-de-Caxton. "The generic film is in the cemetery of St. Elijah," says the story, about the movie he wrote Babine. Description of the principal.


Babine is a kid in the body of an adult 20 years old, born from that we nicknamed the Witch (Isabel Richer). Slightly deficient, it will be the ideal target when it comes time to find the person responsible for the burning of the village church.

In Saint-Elie-de-Caxton, Babine has existed in the name of Roger Lafreniere. "He died on 13 April 2001, about 88 years," says Fred Pellerin. It was the bishop of the village, but also the henchman of the entire world. He was still in the grocery store or church. It was abusing his side meek, but it was supported by the community. "


General merchant and farmer flies, it is the protector of Babine. It will do everything to enforce the rights of the young man when accused of having set fire to the church.
In reality, "Toussaint Brodeur paid cigarettes Roger Lafreniere," says Fred Pellerin.

Upon the death of old pastor (Julien Poulin), in the church burned down, it will be replaced by the priest nine. Petty and unnecessary law, it will mission to condemn Babine, because he must find a culprit.

It is the woman of Toussaint, a little naive, but always behind her husband. "In the film, is the wiser, says Marie-Chantal Perron. It does not belong. At the same time, she tempers her man. It is a character of few words. "

Mother of a dozen boys, Ms. Gélinas is extremely fertile. Because she was told by his doctor that next pregnancy could put his life at risk, she decided never to deliver the latest that door ... leave to stay pregnant for the rest of his days!

A village in the spotlight

Had it not been for the talents of storyteller Fred Pellerin, Saint-Elie-de-Caxton would be a village among many others in Quebec. Since it has magnified the lives of its people, its neighbors and souls that populate the cemetery Instead, the reality of the town of 1,500 people in Mauricie, seems different.

Unlike many villagers who drive in the big city when the time came to study at university or find a job, Fred Pellerin never thought his desert village. "I was born. I am the seventh generation living here. How do you know that I go? says he. There is everything you need here: membership in the community, community life ... Anyone can go to the mayor and to propose a project. And St. Elijah, you have a castle and 20 000 square feet of land for $ 100 000. "

The heart of Saint-Elie-de-Caxton would, anyway, far to cease to beat: its people tend to imitate Fred Pellerin. "Many young people return. It's désexode, says storyteller. The population growth rate is the highest in the region, thanks to births and new arrivals. There are four baptisms for a death. It zigne! "
But then to say that his village deserved more than others to be catapulted to the forefront ... "I suggest that Saint Elijah is the center of the world, but I do not deny the World, launches Pellerin. I am proof of a chauvinistic exaggeration, but I'm multi! I have nothing against the stories of other villages. If everyone has the best legend, it enriches the directory, our culture. The culture is not buying CDs and tickets. "


"In each village, there may be fantastic," says Vincent Guillaume Otis, who embodies Babine. Everyone is carrying legends. And it is important to perpetuate it. It's our language and our history. What distinguishes us as a nation. "

Twilight: Green light for the 2nd opus

This will be obviously a surprise to anyone, but management of Summit Entertainment has officially announced this morning it gave the green light for the launching of the film adaptation of New Moon, the second volume of the series of books by Stephanie Meyer. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will obviously be back. The announcement comes after a first day of operation during which fans have streets in the rooms. For the day yesterday (Friday), Twilight has indeed accumulated revenues of $ 35.7 million, including 7 million during the first meeting of midnight. My colleague Sonia Sarfati is one of the greatest experts in the field, I invite you to read his excellent reports, as well as his criticism. Personally, I am completely ignorant of the phenomenon and I have not yet seen the film. And I appeal to the most dedicated of you: what can you tell me to convince me to go?

The writers of Narnia attack Captain America

Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (Narnia, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers) currently lead negotiations script First Avenger: Captain America for Marvel Studios, according to sources in the environment.
Founded in 1941, the comic tells the adventures of a rookie of the army, Steve Rogers, whose body is made perfect after his participation in a scientific experiment.

With a shield indestructible, this hero embodies the war effort, while fighting the Nazis and ill-intentioned scientists.

The story of Captain America will take place during the Second World War, but the character will also visit the modern world in Avengers.

Last week, Joe Johnston has agreed to participate in the project as director. Production has been entrusted to Kevin Feige, and the release of Captain America is scheduled for 6 May 2011.

Trailer drama The Wrestler

The trailer drama directed by Darren Aronofky, The Wrestler is now available on the web. The new film by the director of Requiem for a Dream and The Fountain features Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood. The latter was part of the distribution of Across the Universe, published in 2007.

In the 1980s, Randy "The Ram" ( "The Ram") Robinson was a star of professional wrestling, but it has gradually dropped his Olympus. During a game without scale, he endured a heart attack, a doctor told him that another battle would be fatal. He then decided to permanently store, took a small job in catering, moved with aging stripper and tries to link with the son of the latter. But the prospect of a final confrontation with his greatest opponent, Ayatollah, is to him.

"Volt" cute but already seen

"Volt", "Bolt" in original English version, tells the classic story of the animal that must find his home and is supported in his quest by companions in misfortune. The package is cute but lacks originality. This animated film is directed primarily at younger.


Claude Legault is the voice of Volt, the super-dog movie. Every day is filled with adventure, danger and intrigue for Volt - at least that's true until the cameras stop turning ... Where is accidentally dropped his Hollywood studio, the only world he had never known until the heart of the City of New York, then began the greatest adventure of his life. It will travel across the country, in the real world, with the aim of finding its owner Penny (Frédérique Dufort). With the help of two companions, Mittens, a jaded cat abandoned by its masters, and Rhino (Guy Jodoin), a hamster obsessed with television who lives in a plastic ball, Volt, which has always thought he real powers and special gifts, finally discover that it does not need super powers to be a true hero.

John Travolta (Bolt), Miley Cyrus (Penny) and Mark Walton (Rhino) lend their voices to characters in the original version.

"Volt" was co-directed by Chris Williams and Byron Howard. Dan Fogelman and Williams have written the script.

The scenario

"Volt" has several attributes but also some shortcomings. Let's go first for flowers instead of the pot. We notice that the animation is of good quality. Cities and buildings sometimes seem almost real. The main characters are cute and endearing. The set is colorful and retain the attention of young audiences.

Where the rub is on the side of the scenario. The stories of lost animals who undertake a journey to find their homes under the ever seen. With "Volt" is again used a recipe that sent the warmed. The touch of originality comes against the fact that route, Volt discover that he has no super powers. It is a dog like any other. He learns to be himself and to face the outside world, the true ... Not the TV!

The writers also parody Hollywood, with its officers and directors manipulators hysterical. This touch will surely smiling parents.

However, adults allergic to are obviously right marshmallow at a dose of good feelings. Initially, the cats are bad ... At least the characters of the series in which plays Volt! The mutt believes that all Twink are in the pay of the evil of issue. When Mittens meet, he will think likewise. However, en route, as Volt discover the real world, Mittens and it is obviously binding friendship ... It is again in the foreseeable future.

As for fun, "Volt" offers a touch of humor but no gags that will make you laugh to have hurt ribs. Despite a few winks for adults, it is primarily a film aimed at children.

The youngest could be difficult to follow the story. Make the difference between the Volt shown in scenes of issuance and the dog realizes that it is ordinary may be a difficult exercise for toddlers.

The French version

The French version of Disney Quebec is quite successful. There are no Joual or expressions too typical. Often shields made-in-France we are almost incomprehensible as they contain expressions franchouillard.

The French translation of certain images may be disturbing, we must admit. Disney has translated some things that we see on the screen in the film as a letter or billboards. For a moment, we see translated into French and then the review immediately in English. It breaks the continuity of the film and it gives an impression of "hacked to hurry."

Guy Jodoin, who said he had little experience in the field of dubbing, is a very good job. It is quite funny in the skin of Rhino, a rodent who is a fervent admirer of Volt. Frédérique Dufort is also not doing badly. As against the character Claude Legault (Volt), a player accustomed to both the comedy scenes as intense, sometimes rings false. It was expected over the latter.

To see without too many expectations

Finally, "Volt" is a lightweight entertainment that entertains children but should not rise to the level of icon of popular culture.

If you do not have too many expectations and that it wants to change the ideas family on a Sunday afternoon chilly, the movie is perfect.

45 members arrested

SQ hit the four corners of Quebec yesterday to dismantle a nationwide network of cocaine traffickers whose party would old experienced importers and a former actor in the series Flavor Mafia Omerta.


About 100 officers from several police forces took part in the wave of arrests yesterday, which helped put his hand on 45 members of the network, according to the SQ.


"The survey suggests that the drug was transported from Mexico to Vancouver via the U.S. West Coast. She was then sent to Montreal by car, "says Sergeant Martin Isabelle of the Surete du Quebec.


Arrival in the metropolis, cocaine was stored for a short period before being distributed in various regions of Quebec.


Another former Omerta


The organization, which has a large proportion of members of Italian origin, would be linked to the Hells Angels, police said. No member in good standing of the motorcycle club has been arrested.


Four suspects are still sought, or Ribih Abdulla Faisal, Ottawa, Richard Poulin, of Montbeillard, Gérard Rodier, Gatineau, and the former actor Bruno Di Quinzio Montreal.


Di Quinzio, who embodied the son of mafioso Tony Omertà in Potenza, had already been sentenced in 2000 to three years in prison after the RCMP had discovered an arsenal and drugs at home. He was already wanted for several months relative to another folder.


Recall that on October 29, another former star of Omertà, Tony Conte, was also arrested and accused of trafficking cocaine.


If you believe the list of accused, the network could rely on the services of traffickers experience, with Lionel Gauthier, 67, of Val-Morin.


Sentenced to multiple occasions during his long criminal career, Gauthier was described as "one of the main organizers of drug trafficking in Rouyn" in a survey for bail in 1986.


Another accused, MILIOTO Antonino, 62, had been arrested by the RCMP in the late 1990s in a case of massive importation of hashish and cocaine.


The police believe that Pollastrini Nino, owner of Giovanni's luxurious restaurant in Ottawa, would be part of heads.


The suspects face charges of gangsterism and drug trafficking. Seizures of drugs had already been made last spring in this investigation, which lasted since 2006.

"Volt" cute but already seen

"Volt", "Bolt" in original English version, tells the classic story of the animal that must find his home and is supported in his quest by companions in misfortune. The package is cute but lacks originality. This animated film is directed primarily at younger.


Claude Legault is the voice of Volt, the super-dog movie. Every day is filled with adventure, danger and intrigue for Volt - at least that's true until the cameras stop turning ... Where is accidentally dropped his Hollywood studio, the only world he had never known until the heart of the City of New York, then began the greatest adventure of his life. It will travel across the country, in the real world, with the aim of finding its owner Penny (Frédérique Dufort). With the help of two companions, Mittens, a jaded cat abandoned by its masters, and Rhino (Guy Jodoin), a hamster obsessed with television who lives in a plastic ball, Volt, which has always thought he really powers and special gifts, finally discover that it does not need super powers to be a true hero.

John Travolta (Bolt), Miley Cyrus (Penny) and Mark Walton (Rhino) lend their voices to characters in the original version.

"Volt" was co-directed by Chris Williams and Byron Howard. Dan Fogelman and Williams have written the script.

The scenario

"Volt" has several attributes but also some shortcomings. Let's go first for flowers instead of the pot. We notice that the animation is of good quality. Cities and buildings sometimes seem almost real. The main characters are cute and endearing. The set is colorful and retain the attention of young audiences.

Where the rub is on the side of the scenario. The stories of lost animals who undertake a journey to find their homes under the ever seen. With "Volt" is again used a recipe that sent the warmed. The touch of originality comes against the fact that route, Volt discover that he has no super powers. It is a dog like any other. He learns to be himself and to face the outside world, the true ... Not the TV!

The writers also parody Hollywood, with its officers and directors manipulators hysterical. This touch will surely smiling parents.

However, adults allergic to are obviously right marshmallow at a dose of good feelings. Initially, the cats are bad ... At least the characters of the series in which plays Volt! The mutt believes that all Twink are in the pay of the evil of issue. When Mittens meet, he will think likewise. However, en route, as Volt discover the real world, Mittens and it is obviously binding friendship ... It is again in the foreseeable future.

As for fun, "Volt" offers a touch of humor but no gags that will make you laugh to have hurt ribs. Despite a few winks for adults, it is primarily a film aimed at children.

The youngest could be difficult to follow the story. Make the difference between the Volt shown in scenes of issuance and the dog realizes that it is ordinary may be a difficult exercise for toddlers.

The French version

The French version of Disney Quebec is quite successful. There are no Joual or expressions too typical. Often shields made-in-France we are almost incomprehensible as they contain expressions franchouillard.

The French translation of certain images may be disturbing, we must admit. Disney has translated some things that we see on the screen in the film as a letter or billboards. For a moment, we see translated into French and then the review immediately in English. It breaks the continuity of the film and it gives an impression of "hacked to hurry."

Guy Jodoin, who said he had little experience in the field of dubbing, is a very good job. It is quite funny in the skin of Rhino, a rodent who is a fervent admirer of Volt. Frédérique Dufort is also not doing badly. As against the character Claude Legault (Volt), a player accustomed to both the comedy scenes as intense, sometimes rings false. It was expected over the latter.

The directory digitized

The true nature of Bernadette (1972), Gilles Carle

To preserve Quebec films and promote their dissemination, Quebecor invests half a million dollars per year for five years.

Called "Elephant: Memory of Quebec cinema", the project is to transfer some 800 feature films in digital Quebecois and make them available on the digital TV platform Video on Demand. Fans can watch anytime, seven days a week

Twenty works are already available, including the masterpiece by Denys Arcand, Gina (1975), and the film that proved Carole Laure, the death of a woodcutter (1973), Gilles Carle.

Quebecor deliver a portion of the income distribution to creators and their dependents. Access to this catalog will be free for students and researchers in cinema.

A database

Quebecor also created on the Internet a database on Quebec cinema, including synopsis, photos of filming, interviews, film posters and papers. The specialist film Quebecois Marie-Jose Raymond led the project.

After the feature films, Quebecor has made available on Video on Demand short films, documentaries and animated films produced in Quebec.

Twilight: love against all odds

Twilight, the film adaptation sign that Catherine Hardwicke's first volume of the tetralogy with great success by Stephenie Meyer, a film is not without flaws. It is a film that deserves to be loved. First, because the script by Melissa Rosenberg captures the essence of the novel and, to them, will delight millions of fans of the books. On paper, it should be seen as an excellent adaptation of the story of Bella, ordinary girl in love with Edward, a boy magnetic charm which is actually a vampire. Then, because the sensuality of writing by Stephenie Meyer is echoed on the screen through the camera of the filmmaker, who knows caress his players, their eyes, their skin and through the palpable chemistry between two lovers, played by Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. The latter, despite the screaming who stood among the "twilighters" when it was known he had obtained the role of the vampire loved, will certainly drive the Zac Efron and other cute outside the heart of many teenagers. It is also cracking qu'inquiétant-against-his-will, as is Edward. Finally, because Catherine Hardwicke, to whom we owe Thirteen and Lords of Dogtown, knows the teen film. Friends' normal 'Bella, those she meets at school, although almost never at the forefront, are crying in their natural relations, they are doing. Lack of resources In fact, the problem with Twilight, which gives still sometimes in excess candy later (oh, that scene where the two lovers, coated with a music dégoulinante are lying in a clearing!) And only remains as the surface of the members of the family of Edward (yet fascinating), is mainly a lack of that talent does not always fill. We spoke in effect a budget of 38 million, which is modest for the genre. So how does not pouffer before the mime-white skin and non-translucent vampire certain characters? How not to address some eyebrows special effects? Fortunately, the scenes of action and struggle are not very many, Twilight taking over Romeo and Juliet as Dracula. Because if all draws at each other, Bella and Edward are not logically made for each other. Even if the boy is a member of a clan who decided to feed on animal blood and to respect human life, it remains fatally attracted by what flows through the veins of his beloved and strength is such that it could unintentionally kill her. But the real danger for the teenage vampires come from nomads, who see human beings as food, period. Among them, the Montreal Rachelle Lefevre. Despite his short time on screen, his presence is significant. And promises for future strands of the story. For despite its shortcomings, Twilight deserves - and will - to success. This can only benefit its aftermath. It already looks forward to New Moon and Eclipse.

A restaurateur Ottawa behind bars

The Surete du Quebec (SQ), in collaboration with other police forces, has managed a major coup of net, early yesterday morning and arrested 51 people, including 21 of the Capital Region Federal, following a huge police operation to dismantle a network of drug traffickers to be linked to bikers.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Revenue Quebec, the Joint Regional Squad of Ottawa, the Gatineau police and the MRC des Collines helped the SQ in its investigation, which began in September 2006.

Giovanni Restaurant

The defendants must answer charges of drug trafficking, possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, of gangsterism, concealment and conspiracy. Among the accused, the SQ has set out to the collar of three alleged heads of the network, which would be linked to organized crime. Nino Pollastrini, 42 years Ottawa, who owns the restaurant Giovanni 360 Preston Street Ottawa, Michel Lecompte, 42 years of Gatineau, and Roke Vaillant, 39 years of Woodland, east of Peterborough, are suspected by SQ to be the head of the network.

MM. Pollastrini Vaillant and return to court next Tuesday for their investigation into release. Because the evidence is enormous in the case of Mr. Lecompte, it is the only one of 21 suspects to go before the judge Monday to allow lawyers to agree on a date for its investigation into release.

Some veterans of the underworld, and a former actor Omertà the show, Bruno Diquinzio, are among the accused. The police have set out to the collar of Raymond Sigouin, 67, and Robert Brunet, 62, former bank robber known recycled in drug trafficking, who for decades. "The proof is in the fifteen DVD documented several books, CDs and wiretaps," said Crown, Me Sylvain Petitclair.

In addition to the three alleged head of the network, fifteen other suspects paraded in turn before the judge Nicole Gibeault of the Superior Court of Quebec. Four of them were released on bail, for amounts ranging between 3 000 and 10 000 $. The fifteen defendants returned to court Tuesday for their next survey release.

Two individuals in the region, Gérard Rodier, 40 years of Gatineau, and Ribih Faisal Abdulla, 29 years Ottawa, are still being sought.

The coup was the net the third stage of an investigation begun in 2006 under the project Cruise. The first blow of the net transaction was made on April 31 last, when 120 police Gatineau, Ottawa, the RCMP and the SQ have carried out 17 searches in the municipalities of Gatineau, Ottawa, Val -des-Bois and Brownsburg-Chatham, near Lachute. Of money, drugs and luxury cars were seized.

The investigation alleges that the network connected to the Hells Angels, Mexico imported hundreds of kilos of cocaine a year. Drugs passing through the U.S. west coast, passed in Vancouver and was sent to Montreal by car.

A senior civil servant had been in custody City

A former senior official of the City of Montreal because of new revelations about the controversial project Faubourg Contrecoeur. In an exclusive interview given to VAT, Joseph Farinacci said to have issued numerous warnings on the project put forward by the developer Frank Catania. Mr. Farinacci has left his post of Director strategies and real estate transactions when the transaction took place, despite concerns that he had made. "I was disappointed to have to leave, but I think when I am asked to be the building and that bypasses me, it breaks the bond of trust we had," says he . It's hard to continue. " Joseph Farinacci worked for two and a half years for the administration Tremblay. He has advanced many. He says even have helped to improve the real estate practices of the metropolis.

Audimetrie of electronic

Christiane Charette Beaudoin and France, two heads of displays of the season at Radio-Canada Christiane Charette Beaudoin and France, two heads poster of Radio-Canada (archives) For the first time since its founding in 1944 by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and the Association of Canadian Advertisers, BBM presented data ratings listening carried out with a new technology. Appointed MPA for Portable People Meter, it consists of electronic audimetrie worn by people selected at random to form a representative sample of a given community of listeners. A device The size of a pager, the audimetrie raised to the belt and picks listening to radio frequencies. The signals of all kinds are recorded each day, to the minute, by the device. The data are then transmitted via modem during the night. The audimetrie identifies the stations that are heard by a data encoded in the beep. The code, inaudible to the human ear, is seen by the device, which registers precisely when one is listening. More accurate data The data differ in several points that were previously compiled with notebooks listening. Indeed, the auditors had noted memory stations listened to during the day. The Canadian Press reported that the biggest difference with the data collected by the MPC entremis compared to traditional means is that radio listening is much higher. The radio would thus reach as many people as television. The audimetrie also saw greater listening during evenings and weekends. Men and young people are more likely to listen to the radio suggesting that the results of older polls. In addition to providing data much closer to reality, the MPC will also enable broadcasters to better tailor their programming to the taste of listeners to loyalty. They will also help advertisers who want to better target specific population groups according to their listening habits. Radio-Canada's survey fall The data released Thursday covers a survey of a period of 8 weeks, from 1 September to 26 October 2008. It was done in the Montreal market from 1800 people. It should be noted that in the light of results, Radio-Canada ranks first among those spoken in the central market in Montreal, with an audience of 4.1 million hours per week . The 95.1 FM has recorded 12.1% share of listening to the great Francophone Montreal. The First Channel is the second French radio the most listened over the week. Each week, she joined 672 000 different listeners who listened for an average of 6.1 hours. This is the most playing time recorded by a French in the Montreal market. For its part, space music, music station Radio-Canada, recorded 1.1% share of listening even francophone in the market at 100.7 FM. Each week, she was heard by 423 000 listeners with an average audience of 1.1 hours per week. Soon TV Montreal was the first city in Canada to adopt the PPM technology for radio. A dozen other Canadian cities including Toronto and Vancouver, will use audimetrie next year. With regard to television, BBM announced last April that it had hired Arbitron and TNS Media Research to use the PPM technology across Canada. The installation of new service expected to begin early next year and commercialization is planned for autumn 2009.

The performances abroad threatened?

According to a survey by the International Conference of Performing Arts (CINARS), there are over 600 performances in the world that could be canceled. CINARS also believed that there would be about $ 5 million in revenue to be lost next year because of cuts in aid programs for tours of the Conservative government of Stephen Harper. The survey was conducted among 220 Canadian theater, dance and music. For example, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra estimated 10% of its losses, the Grands Ballets Canadiens provide $ 250 000 in losses and a shortened tour. The creek provides Éloize lose $ 700 000 and may have to cancel some thirty shows. Ditto for the dance company Marie Chouinard, which could reduce 50% of its tour. CINARS admits that these results are partial, but argues that they are disturbing and indicate more job losses and a lack of credibility. The cuts announced in culture some time ago are still not confirmed, but it appears that federal programs and Prom'Art Trade Routes covered by the cuts were urged not to travel to CINARS which begins this Tuesday . CINARS is the trade show dedicated to the performing arts the largest in the world. It takes place from 17 to 23 November and will likely be the scene of many discussions on the financing of international activities and promotion abroad.

CBC: the redevelopment project site in Montreal worries

Citizens of South Central district, in Montreal, are worried the proposed development site of Radio-Canada, on boulevard Rene-Levesque. At a public meeting Tuesday evening, neighbors of Radio-Canada palé negative consequences of the yard that will last ten years. A citizen has criticized the height of 44 m of buildings will contrast with the current height of houses in the neighborhood. Another spoke of the loss of enjoyment that will suffer as owner of a building without regard to, with roof terrace which will end up in the shadow of buildings of 11 floors. The director of urban planning of the district, Pierre Sainte-Marie told him that if the exceptions of the project are authorized by the elected representatives of Ville-Marie, he will be entitled to any compensation. Another concern expressed relates to the increase in congestion, while the situation is already difficult during rush hours, due to the proximity of Jacques-Cartier. The project will transform 1.6 billion host 2200 housing, commercial space on 300 000 ft2 and offices on 1 million ft2. Three squares and three green areas will emerge. Built 35 years ago, the tower of Radio-Canada will be converted into a hotel or residential building. The broadcaster's studios will be relocated in two stages, both sides of the tower, east and west side. The meeting Tuesday, the first of four, was organized by the Office de consultation publique de Montreal (OCPM). The second will take place on Wednesday evening and will focus on issues of urban integration project. The third meeting Thursday, will focus on social integration. Finally, next Monday, a meeting will focus on issues of access and movement.

A Tale of Christmas: simply remarkable.

A Tale of Christmas, Arnaud Desplechin, said the return home of a man banished from the family home. For many, the approach of Christmas is a period where we would disappear as the idea of being Family (worse, in her in-laws!) Also seems pleasant than to climb the scaffold. Imagine if you were banished clan by your sister and your mother suffers from a rare form of cancer ... That is not what prevents Henri Vuillard (Mathieu Amalric, sublime) to return to conqueror at the family home at arm Faunia (Emmanuelle Devos, delicious), which looks amused and critical about this dysfunctional matriarchy where there Juno (Imperial Catherine Deneuve), more interested in her good husband Abel (Jean-Paul Roussillon, adorable) that their children Elizabeth (Anne Consigny) and Ivan (Melvil Poupaud). For us the mythology of this irresistibly funny and endearing tribe, marked by the death in infancy of the oldest, Arnaud Desplechin has chosen the form of a story illustrated with shadows. This lovely original narrative process is not only employed by the brilliant filmmaker. Therefore, please speak to the characters facing camera, like the scene where Juno visits the home viewer and wink to the Kings and Queen where Henry wrote to his sister. More than staging flexible draw full benefit of the majestic home of Vuillard is the scenario Desplechin, co-authored with Emmanuel Bourdieu, full of tasty replicas to the tart humor that runs to the wonderful mouth distribution, which will delight the ear as well as the mind. With a feint lightness, and Bourdieu Desplechin shell the tensions between family members over a period of an artificial hand - ah! meetings mandatory Christmas! - Secondly agonizing, Juno to choose which of Henry or his small-suicidal son (Emile Berling, fragile hope) will be the donor bone marrow. At the same time, the confidences of the companion of the late grandmother (Françoise Bertin) will revolutionize the step-wise daughter of Juno (Chiara Mastroianni, moving). Perfectly reflecting the urgency in which the characters are immersed in their protest, who will face their own through, A Christmas story is a remarkable radiography of the human soul. Moreover, without doubt one of the greatest odes to the family views the film.

Ottawa will not replace programs

The Harper government will not replace the cultural programs it has abolished, as promised there less than two weeks the new Minister of Canadian Heritage. Upon his arrival at the ministry, James Moore said in an interview with The Canadian Press that it does not restore programs cut but he also said he would study how to replace them. Now his office told Le Devoir that nothing is envisaged that no replacement program is on the drawing board. This information falls while Quebec Premier Jean Charest, back on the case Tuesday by asking, once again, its federal counterpart Stephen Harper to reconsider its decision to remove $ 45 million in aid for culture. These cuts were expensive Quebecois votes for the Conservatives in the election of 14 October. The federal Liberal MP Denis Coderre, says that the decision of the Minister of Heritage to offer no replacement for programs disappeared shows that he does not understand the culture and that is insensible.

A book for children

Literacy Foundation launches the 10th edition of Reading as a gift MD. Since its inception, the project has helped provide more than 165 000 new books to as many children (0-12 years) with the aim of preventing school dropout and illiteracy. Yet, 10 years later, the Foundation still receives thousands of requests each year of new books for children from the poorest in each region of Quebec. It is this that pushes the Foundation to increase awareness among the general public that books and reading stories do not occupy a privileged place in the majority of families targeted by the project. It is recognized that early contact with the written language acts as a primary factor in academic success and attendance to reading. The involvement of the family at this stage is therefore crucial in the report what the child with the book throughout his life.

Death of Marguerite Cloutier - The House blamed Coulongeois

The coroner Catherine Rudel-Tessier blame Coulongeois The residence of Quebec for the death of one of its residents.

According to the coroner, Marguerite Cloutier, 84 years old, would probably not died of pneumonia last February, if it had been well treated.

A week before his death, Ms. Cloutier was treated at the Hotel-Dieu de Quebec for swelling in the legs. She was subsequently transferred to The Coulongeois residence for temporary accommodation.

She developed pneumonia in the days that followed and his condition deteriorated. However, no doctor or nurse has been called to his bedside, even if his condition requires.

The clerk who was found dead had attempted any maneuver and 911 was called two hours later.

Citizens had complained

Further information was disclosed about the fire that destroyed a warehouse in the Point St. Charles, yesterday in Montreal.

Citizens, grouped in a coalition, had made several approaches to the business owner ceases operations. They feared for their safety.

The direction of the district southwest of Montreal had recently ordered the landlord to terminate the storage before the end of October. The storage of tons of paper had started last year in this old factory CN. The paper has fed the flames, which completely destroyed the warehouse with an area of 450 000 square feet.

The fire is under control, but some thirty firefighters remain in place. Firefighters can not confirm if the fire was of criminal origin. They expect to remain on site much of the day.

A fourth "G.G." to Marie-Claire Blais

With a fourth Governor General's Award, the novelist Marie-Claire Blais became Tuesday the Quebec novelist most often cited in these prestigious awards, the oldest of Canada. After Pauline Manuscripts Archangel (1968), The deaf in the city (1979) and Thirst (1996), author from Limoilou wins this year with Rebecca born in the era of torment, published by Boréal.

The Montreal illustrator Stéphane Jorisch also reached the plateau record four "GG" for his work on the text of Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussycat (Kids Can Press), Mr. Jorisch was also nominated for French side A gift for Sophie, the text of Gilles Vigneault who won earlier this month the price of Canadian Children's Book Group / TD.

With the exception of Pierre Ouellet, traveling in Japan, which has been awarded the test, his second for Off-time - Poetics of posthistoire (VLB editor), all winners this morning attended the presentation Arts Council of Canada (which administers the "GG") at the McCord Museum of Sherbrooke Street. The winners will be officially received by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, on December 10 at Rideau Hall. Each of the 14 winners receives a cash prize of $ 15 000 and their editor, a grant of $ 3,000 for the promotion of winning titles. These literary awards, in their 72nd year, totaling $ 450 000 mainly from the sponsorship of BMO Financial Group.

French side, the other winners are, in the poetry category, Michel Pleau for the slow collection of the world (Editions David) and theater, Jennifer Tremblay for the monologue The list (of the car Ed.).

In literature youth, juries have awarded the three leagues (The short scale) by Sylvie Desrosiers, a story for 13-16 years on the difficult relationship between a father (absent) and his son: "They finally meet "We tell the author. The illustrator Janice Nadeau has also won the "GG" for my best friend, a text published by Gilles Tibo Quebec America.

In the translation categories, prices went to Claire and Louise Chabalier Chabalier for Tracey to pieces, the French version published Allusifs shock of the novel The Tracey Fragments Maureen Medved (House of Anansi), I believe, is the first time that two sisters won the grand prize for literature in Canada. French to English, "GG" went to Montrealers Lazer Lederhendler for his translation of Nikolski Nicolas Dickner (Viola), numerous awards in Quebec and being translated into seven other languages. "A translation," said Lederhendler with humor, is never true nor appreciated but nobody ever said that lack of originality "(translation of La Presse ...).

The Montreal multi-80s, moreover, is central to the novel by Nino Ricci, The Origin of Species (Doubleday), which earned a second Toronto Governor General's Awards in "fiction".

Speaking of territory, Marie-Claire Blais, after the customary, expressed at the meeting of his "concern" about the future programs of assistance to writers who work outside national borders. The creators are never absent, said, in essence, the Medici Prize laureate 1966 (A Season in the Life of Emmanuel). "They must be deployed to the world and they will always be where they are a source of insight and vision." Remember that ultimately, in 1968, Ms. Blais had received its first Governor General's Award after Hubert Aquin (1929 -1977), Cited for memory hole, he had refused for "political reasons".

James Bond takes stormed the Quebec

Bond, James Bond, still seduces. His new adventure, Quantum of Solace, have generated more than 1.5 million revenue for the first weekend in cinemas. This is the best start of the year after that of The Dark Knight.

Presented on 120 screens in the province, Quantum of Solace (which recorded revenues of more than 70 million in North America) was another success ahead of time, Madagascar - Escape 2 Africa: $ 808 112 in revenue for its second week -end, $ 2 186 983 since its release. High School Musical 3 - Senior Year ranks third in the ranking of the most popular films of the weekend, with 112 $ 270 revenue this weekend.

Only Quebec film to remain in the classification, The deserter, Simon Lavoie, made $ 36 977 revenue. At the poster last month, the film, inspired by the crisis of conscription, until now totals revenues of $ 367 316.

Chantal Lacroix passes VAT

After 10 years TQS, Chantal Lacroix VAT returns to its first home. Newly blonde envy by switching to something else, inherits the moderator of a new reality TV show, The Collection, where 10 designers compete to sign a new collection of women's ready-to-wear, for stores La Baie. "We launch a career," says Chantal Lacroix. After a very rough years, the most generous host of a wave of what return the smile. This return to VAT, where she began her career was quite natural. "It's so then your place!" He told his entourage.À VAT, Chantal Lacroix was in turn Miss weather to news and Hi, hello! Before holding chronic Bla bla bla and scenes Street, then animate life in Montreal. Then she moved to TQS to host parties for the summer, Caffeine, and Give the following 90 minutes of happiness. Is she bitter TQS, which has made her a star? "It gives me nothing in their will. I want to turn the page. " Among the TQS shareholders who lost millions, Chantal Lacroix still the broadcaster. Nothing is settled on this, but the host and producer swears that this information did not influence his choice to switch to VAT. TQS has offered him to stay, but she refused. Chantal Lacroix has also proposed projects to Radio-Canada, but discussions have not produced an agreement. About the current programming TQS, the host says "it is difficult to see where they go" and expected that the orientation of new owners is clearer in the fall of 2009. The moderator swear The collection will not promoting anorexic models, though decried by these days. "The fashion must be beautiful for all sizes. We have a responsibility as a society of the image we want to convey, "she said. This collection, which will be created by the winner of the series will actually sold at La Baie. There is talk of a contract of $ 100 000. During eight weeks, a competitor will be eliminated in each episode. As Julie Snyder for the banker, Chantal Lacroix will not produce the show but be involved in developing the concept, already initiated before his arrival. The moderator has signed an agreement for two years with VAT, which surely has other plans for her. His production house, Kenya, will continue to produce programs for Canal Vie.

Three inescapable on the same stage

Rick Astley, Samantha Fox and Debbie Gibson will meet next on April 10 at a show entitled Nostalgia 80 presented by Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec

This show is a wink to the 400th celebrations of Quebec City, given the popularity of these three artists in the province.

For the occasion, the Coliseum groundfloor Pepsi will be transformed and become a dance floor. A special DJ warm up before the event, the colorful Mado Lamothe.

Rick Astley has sold more than 15.2 million albums and is particularly known for having popularized the song Gonna Give You Up. The sex-symbol Samantha Fox has also recorded the first song that was popular in Quebec, Touch Me Finally, the singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson was discovered at the launch of its hit Only in my Dreams it has launched 16 years.

Tickets for the show will go on sale on Saturday November 22 to 10 hours on the Pepsi Coliseum box office and the Network Billetech.