PHOTO PATRICK SANFAÇON, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
THE tip shaming is increasingly denounced in the public arena.
Unease around tipping
After the tipflation or the tip fatiguea new portmanteau word enters the conversation about tipping: tip shaming. Are you tearing your hair out at the sight of the options available to you on payment terminals, but don’t dare skimp for fear of being humiliated? You are not alone. The act of shaming customers who do not leave a tip considered generous enough is increasingly denounced in the public arena. In a context where the cost of living is skyrocketing, this phenomenon dissected by our collaborator Catherine Maisonneuve arouses concern and frustration.
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PHOTO MATTHEW ABBOTT, THE NEW YORK TIMES ARCHIVES
A solar eclipse in Australia last April. The total solar eclipse, which can be observed in Quebec, will take place on April 8.
Total solar eclipse: more fear than harm
A little over a week before the total solar eclipse of April 8, Patrick Lagacé invites Quebecers to take their equal gas. Among the hundreds of millions of Americans who were exposed to the 2017 outbreak, 0.000047% suffered temporary eye damage, he reported this week. Microscopic risks, therefore, if we take the necessary precautions. Some schools have declared educational days, others have opted to confine students to the gymnasium. Some managements have even decided to board up the windows with cardboard. Vigilance or catastrophism? The question is valid.
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PHOTO ALAIN ROBERGE, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
It seems that we are finally becoming aware of the damage caused by (too long) time spent in front of screens, especially among children.
Ration screens, really?
The internet and social networks are more than ever at the heart of our lives. And we are only just beginning to become aware of the damage caused by their omnipresence. To protect people from themselves, should we impose a limit per person? This thorny question motivates Nathalie Collard and Alexandre Sirois, who took part in the game of four-handed chronicle. Their thoughtful conversation offers interesting avenues towards better support of the population in a balanced use of screens.
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PHOTO EDOUARD PLANTE-FRÉCHETTE, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
The Minister of Justice and Parliamentary Leader of the Government, Simon Jolin-Barrette, and the Minister of Families, Suzanne Roy, Wednesday
Here is the “parental union”
There is marriage and civil union. Soon, there will also be “parental union”, if the family law reform is adopted in Quebec. This new regime provides that part of the assets (the house, furniture and vehicle) of both parents be shared in the event of separation. It also provides provisions so that a surviving common-law spouse can inherit even without a will. And that a spouse who has become impoverished to take care of a child does not find himself completely destitute after a separation. Are there any children’s projects in the air? Hugo Pilon-Larose explains the new rights and obligations that will apply to future parents.
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What if the bridge fell…
Images of the spectacular collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore have gone around the world. After being hit by a container ship, the structure of more than 2 km collapsed in just a few seconds into the waters of the Patapsco River. Should we fear such a tragedy when using the Jacques-Cartier or Samuel-De Champlain bridges? “A similar event could not occur in Quebec,” declared the office of the Minister of Transport, Geneviève Guilbault, to our journalist Henri Ouellette-Vézina. The St. Lawrence bridges are protected by physical structures, added the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation. We are reassured.
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