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News: Taxis vs Uber

Par lucile.loudu

I am going to talk about the war between Taxis and Uber. It is maybe not the most important news of the semester but I heard a lot about it during all the semester, it affects a lot the population. For months there is a real war between Taxis and Uber...

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Social rituals in Quebec

Par lucile.loudu

As I said before, Montreal is a very cosmopolite city thus we can find social rituals and symbols of a lot of countries and Quebec's ones do not really overtake them. However Quebec has a lot of customs and symbols, they are really present in Quebec city...

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The Canadian political system

Par lucile.loudu

Canada is a federation, which means that powers are divided between a central government and 10 provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador)....

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The Canadian currency

Par lucile.loudu

The Canadian dollar is quite strange and totally different from the American dollar. Firstly, there are no 1 and 2 cents coins. But there are 5, 10 and 50 cents coins and 1 and 2 dollars coins. Therefore if your bill is not a multiple of 5 it will be...

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Concordia University

Par lucile.loudu

Concordia University has been founded in 1974. It is one of the two english-speaking universities in Montreal and one of the largest university in Canada. The university has two campuses: Sir George Williams Campus (where I have my courses) is the main...

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My arrival in Montreal

Par lucile.loudu

Here we are! I arrived some weeks ago in Montreal and I think it is time for me to tell you about my life here. I left my home for Paris on the 1st of January after a really short night and I arrived at Montreal on the 2nd of January, exhausted but really...

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