On en apprend tous les jours : Montréal a interdit les machines à boules. Ding! Ding! Ding!
Un article d’Anna Fitzpatrick dans The Walrus: Fighting Montreal’s Pinball Prohibition

The Number of Diagnoses Soared Amid a 20-Year Drug Marketing Campaign By ALAN SCHWARZ “This is a concoction to justify the giving out of medication at unprecedented and unjustifiable levels,” Keith Conners, a psychologist and early advocate for recognition of A.D.H.D., said of the rising rates of diagnosis of the disorder.
Elisabetta Povoledo, New-York Times Detail of a fresco of the “Resurrection of Christ” by Pinturicchio. (Musei Vaticani)
by Stephen Gordon, Maclean’s Canada’s economic recovery is expected to evolve largely as anticipated in the October Report, with the economy returning to full capacity and inflation to the 2 per cent target in the third quarter of 2011 [Monetary Policy Report, January 2010 ] …the Bank [of Canada] continues to expect that the economy will return to full…
Why doing a PhD is often a waste of time Article de Economist « Even in Canada, where the output of PhD graduates has grown relatively modestly, universities conferred 4,800 doctorate degrees in 2007 but hired just 2,616 new full-time professors. » « In Canada 80% of postdocs earn $38,600 or less per year before tax — the…
RTS Info Le droit de vivre en liberté a été accordé à une femelle orang-outan vivant au zoo de Buenos Aires depuis 20 ans. C’est la première fois qu’un tribunal reconnaît le statut de “personne non humaine”.
Un résumé de Valérie-Micaela Bain Dès le début de l’implantation du chemin de fer au Canada à la fin du 19e siècle, les compagnies ferroviaires ont eu besoin de main d’oeuvre prête à travailler à bord des wagons-lits qui relient le pays d’un océan à l’autre. Cette révolution dans le transport a permis a un…