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“I was offered 15 million euros to dissuade me from going to the end”, assures Victor Castanet – Liberation
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“I was offered 15 million euros to dissuade me from going to the end”, assures Victor Castanet – Liberation

The independent journalist, author of an investigation into the private nursing home group Orpea, explains that he has been under a lot of pressure so that his book does not come out.“I underwent during this investigation a certain number of pressures to avoid going to the end of the investigation.” Guest of the program C à vous on Tuesday evening, the independent journalist Victor Castanet returned to the threats and proposals that would have been made to him so that his book-investigation, the Gravediggers, do not come out. "It happened halfway through my investigation that an interlocutor offered me a large sum of money to dissuade me from going to the end: 15 million euros", he explained at the table of Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine.In the Gravediggers, which appears this Wednesday, Victor...
[PHOTOS] Large surfaces, SQDC and SAQ: too easy to shop with a fake passport
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[PHOTOS] Large surfaces, SQDC and SAQ: too easy to shop with a fake passport

Just 15 minutes, a smartphone and zero dollars. That's all The newspaper needed to forge documents that allowed us to shop yesterday in six businesses requiring the vaccine passport. • Read also: Reinforcement security officers also in supermarkets • Read also: The vaccine passport in supermarkets: resigned customers and merchants “It's a real joke. The antivaccines know this secret and can live as if nothing had happened. No need to spend hundreds of dollars, “guaranteed a source, who refuses to identify himself in the report for fear of reprisals. The newspaper chose not to reveal the details of this ruse in order not to give ideas to the malicious people, but they were communicated to the authorities. Warned of this, the government later confirmed ...
Last chance for Quebec’s oral vaccine against COVID-19
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Last chance for Quebec’s oral vaccine against COVID-19

The Biotechnologie Ulysse laboratory in Trois-Rivières will test in the coming weeks, for the third and last time, its oral vaccine funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. • Read also: Load shedding prevents him from receiving his second dose • Read also: Against the vaccination of her children: an antivax mother dismissed in court • Read also: Pfizer and BioNTech begin clinical trial of vaccine against Omicron After two years of pandemic and the different variants, the Biotechnologie Ulysse laboratory in Trois-Rivières is staying the course. It continues the development of its oral vaccine against COVID-19. The challenge: to develop without the speed and means of the pharmaceutical giants. The young shoot specializi...
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |  Tom Brady is uncertain about his future
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Tom Brady is uncertain about his future

For the past few years, each end of the season has been synonymous with questioning for Tom Brady. The quarterback just completed his 22e season in the NFL and he still doesn't know if he'll be back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next season. Posted yesterday at 4:05 p.m. Nicholas Richard The Press Brady and the Bucs were eliminated Saturday by the Los Angeles Rams on the last play of the game. In theory, there remains one year with the contract which the quarterback had signed while bringing to Tampa Bay. Howev...
The Biden administration withdraws the vaccination obligation in companies
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The Biden administration withdraws the vaccination obligation in companies

(Washington) The administration of President Joe Biden formally withdrew the vaccination requirement in companies with more than 100 employees on Tuesday, taking note of the veto issued by the Supreme Court of the United States. Posted yesterday at 3:28 p.m. The Occupational Health and Safety Agency (OSHA) announced the withdrawal in a short statement without mentioning the High Court's decision which left it no choice. She said “strongly encourage employees to get vaccinated against the ongoing dangers posed by COVID-19 in the workplace. » ...
“Conversion therapies” finally a crime, a Frenchman convicted in Iran for espionage, BA.2 the sub-variant of omicron ready to flourish in France… News from this Tuesday
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“Conversion therapies” finally a crime, a Frenchman convicted in Iran for espionage, BA.2 the sub-variant of omicron ready to flourish in France… News from this Tuesday

Find here the main news of this Tuesday. News“Conversion therapies”: finally a crime! A final unanimous vote of the 142 deputies present this Tuesday in the hemicycle ratified the bill which targets “conversion therapies”, these practices aimed at imposing heterosexuality on lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) people. The text carried by the presidential majority creates a new offense in the criminal code punishing "conversion therapy" with two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros. The penalties may increase to three years' imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros in the event of aggravating circumstances.In Iran, a Frenchman sentenced to eight years in prison for espionage. Detained for a year and a half in Iran, Benjamin Brière was tried last Thursday before a revolutionary c...
“We came out of the tunnel” |  Quebec announces “a few small relaxations”
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“We came out of the tunnel” | Quebec announces “a few small relaxations”

Faced with the drop in hospitalizations that he hopes to see accelerate, the Legault government authorizes “a few small relaxations”. The dining rooms of the restaurants will be able to reopen under certain conditions from January 31, and Quebecers will be able to gather with four people or two bubbles. Civilian and extracurricular sports reserved for young people will also resume on Monday, while performance halls and cinemas will restart on February 7. Posted at 1:55 p.m. Updated at 3:20 p.m. Henri Ouellette-Vezina The Press ...
Suffering from COVID-19 |  Elton John cancels two concerts in the United States
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Suffering from COVID-19 | Elton John cancels two concerts in the United States

Désolé, votre navigateur ne supporte pas les videos (New York) L’icône de la pop Elton John a annoncé mardi sur son compte Instagram avoir été testé positif à la COVID-19 et annuler deux concerts prévus à Dallas, dans le sud des États-Unis, dans le cadre de sa tournée mondiale d’adieu. Publié à 13h07 Mis à jour à 13h25 « J’ai contracté la COVID-19 et je dois donc reprogrammer mes concerts à Dallas », prévus mardi et mercredi, a écrit le chanteur âgé de 74 ans...
Moncler, known for its high-end down jackets, is giving up fur
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Moncler, known for its high-end down jackets, is giving up fur

The Italian Moncler, known for its high-end parkas, announced on Tuesday that it was in turn renouncing the use of animal fur, as various luxury brands have done before it. • Read also: Fur: ​​Bilodeau will not imitate Canada Goose “The company will stop sourcing fur this year and the last collection to feature fur will be Fall/Winter 2023,” according to a statement. An approach "in line with Moncler's ongoing commitment to responsible business practices" and "which builds on the brand's commitment with the Italian animal rights organization LAV representing the Fur Free Alliance", according to the brand. For several years, many luxury brands including giants like Chanel have turned away from fur. Last September, the Kering group headed by François-Henri...
This weird keyboard is so fast it’s banned in speed contests
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This weird keyboard is so fast it’s banned in speed contests

This very original keyboard called CharaChorder has no equivalent on the market. And yet, its designers promise that with it you'll be able to type at speeds as fast as your mind. So fast that the Monkeytype website bans it from its typing speed contests. The CharaChorder keyboard (formed from the English words character and chording) achieves typing speeds with two simple features. The first, hardware, is that the keys of the classic QWERTY keyboard are replaced by 18 small joysticks – similar to gamepads – for each of the fingers that move them up, down, left and right. Each position represents a letter or command. Great advantage of this arrangement, your fingers which do not leave the 18 keys give access to more than 300 entries. More so, the CharaChord...