A new Quebec program brings food banks and supermarkets together to fight hunger and food waste

BY: ELIJAH BASSETT Food insecurity is a major problem around the world, and although it is much worse in impoverished countries, even places like the United States and Canada have unacceptable amounts of people going hungry.  For example, Food Banks…

Why “Maple Syrup Rebels” are being prosecuted worse than drug dealers in Canada

BY: ZOE MELNYK  Canada may be known for its easy going, low key demeanour, but there is an issue within Canada’s borders that is taking away people’s right to privacy and ruining the lives of private producers in a multi-million…

Alex Martel started Amnesia Rockfest when he was only 17. This year, 200,000 punk fans flooded his hometown

By JACKIE HONG Alex Martel is living the dream. The 28-year-old native of Montebello, Quebec (population 978), founded Amnesia Rockfest, a two-day punk, metal, and alternative festival that goes down in his hometown every summer, when he was just 17…