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.