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"PREMIER AGAINST DEMONSTRATIONS," Montreal Star. July 10, 1934. Page 3. ---- Labor Delegates Confer With Taschereau on Conditions of Work ---- Premier Taschereau will encourage organization of labor and even approve of strikes in certain instances, but he will not stand for foreign propaganda, detrimental to Canadian industry. He is firmly opposed to all agitation or demonstrations. This was what he told a delegation of the Canadian Labor Defence League at local provincial offices today.

Accompanied by Hon. C. J. Arcand, Minister of Labor, the delegation complained of treatment received by strikers in the Northern mining district of the Province of Quebec, demanded fair wages for employes of all industries and protested against the allegedly unfair trials undergone by certain strikers in certain Quebec courts. To this Premier Taschereau said that he would do his duty to the finish and would not tolerate members of the provincial police being called "thugs."

LASTS ONE HOUR The discussion lasted fully one hour, but not to the entire satisfaction of the delegation, as Premier Taschereau recommended that labor organizations confer with Mr. Arcand so that minimum wage sales be observed and demonstrations and agitation be completely avoided. He abruptly left his offices for an unknown destination compelling delegations from Les Propriétaires de l'Est and La Jeunesse Libérale to return tomorrow to make their quests.

Premier Taschereau was informed that deplorable hygienic conditions prevailed in the mines, with the result that after a stay of five or six years, underground workers were totally incapacitated. He was told that in view of present low wages, men went on strike and picketed, since there is no law against this. But they were arrested and some of them have been waiting for trial for some time. These conditions. were very unjust, the delegation contended.

NO AGITATIONS. The delegation also protested against Premier Taschereau's statements to the effect that he would not stand for the agitation or propaganda on the part of foreigners. It was stated that at one of the strikes the majority were French-Canadians, to which the Premier replied that they were misinformed and that out of 34 strikers, 33 were foreigners. But it was not so much this point to which he referred when he attacked foreign propaganda. What he meant. he stressed, was that he would firmly oppose and energetically fight propaganda by foreigners who were seeking to close down Canadian mills so that less competition would be given to American concerns.

SIX CENTS AN HOUR. The discussion then pivotted about certain industries which paid wages. as low as six cents an hour. The Province of Quebec wage scales are the lowest and adequate legislation should be enacted to do away with such conditions, the delegates claimed. Premier Taschereau, in referring to conditions at the mines, said he thought things were just the opposite, as he had recently visited the mines and investigated conditions.

Mr. Arcand said he favored decent wages in all branches of industry. but thought it ridiculous that a strike should be called for a difference of less than two cents an hour. "So far as conditions in mines are concerned. I have much more experience than many persons may think. I was underground for six years and we were often brought out unconscious in those days. Yet. I am still living in good health," he stated.

INTERVIEW CLOSES. Concluding the interview, Premier Taschereau said that he would not be dictated to by foreigners and would not stand for any agitations. He advised the delegation to confer with Mr. Arcand on the matter. He added that he had been the recipient. of many insulting communications from as far as British Columbia, but thought it better to throw these letters into the wastepaper basket where they belonged. Other provinces had sufficient difficulties with- out seeking to solve those of Quebec.

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Quebec's school service centres will have to ensure bathrooms and changing rooms newly built or renovated are gender specific rather than gender neutral, according to a new government directive published Wednesday in the province's Official Gazette.

"I believe that our boys and girls in schools have the right to have a private space," Education Minister Bernard Drainville said Wednesday.

The controversy dates back to last year when a petition was launched against a plan to make gendered bathrooms gender neutral at D'Iberville high school in Rouyn-Noranda, Que.

Drainville said at the time that the school should "correct the course," particularly to avoid discomfort and harassment of young girls.

Premier François Legault tasked Family Minister Suzanne Roy with setting up an advisory committee to study the matter. The committee's recommendations are expected next winter. [...]

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n282_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Farm weeds of Canada Ottawa :Dept. of Agriculture,1923 biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20740556

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Photography: Shadows, Rouyn-Noranda, QC 9/2/24

Photography: Shadows, Rouyn-Noranda, QC 9/2/24

I was walking from the late night show at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Noranda to my hotel room. I was passing by the now familiar Tim Horton’s on Avenue Principale. Just about a minute or two before, I created a short video to share with family and friends. Although, it was at night, I wanted to show folks what I had seen and heard as I was going back and forth between venues and my hotel, the…

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La belle tournée: Les invités du 14 août 2023 (Abitibi-Témiscamingue)

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A moaning frog (Heleioporus eyrei) emerges from its burrow in Noranda, Lightning Swamp, Western Australia

by John Anderson

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Back in May 2016

Matthew Tkachuk with his parents Keith & Chantal pose with the Memorial cup after Matthew scored the overtime winner as the London Knights edged the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 3-2 to capture the franchise’s second Memorial Cup.

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ONR eastbound train #211, Arntfield, Que Oct 8, 1998 por John Leopard Por Flickr: Train 211 heading for Noranda skirts Hert Lake behind a pair of GP38-2s. The Kirkland Lake sub serves a huge copper smelter at Noranda.

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"300 at Noranda Mines on Strike Augment Police," Ottawa Journal. June 12, 1934. Page 1. --- 100 Special Officers and 14 Provincial Men Patrol the Streets to Keep Order. ---- Canadian Press by Direct Wire. NORANDA, Que., June 12. - A strike involving 300 employes of Noranda Mines seeking better working conditions, wage increases and the right to organize went into effect here today. There were no disorders in the first few hours and a force of 100 special constables augmented by 14 provincial police constables from Quebec patrolled the streets to keep order.

Vote to Strike. The miners voted to strike at a special meeting of the United Mine Workers last night. Handbills were circulated throughout the twin mining towns of Noranda and Rouyn today, advising miners of the decision to walk out of the mines and criticizing the Noranda Company officials.

Special constables escorted a few workers to the Noranda property where they went to work. Majority of the strikers were employed underground. The Noranda mill and smelter plants were reported working at nearly full strength.

As the underground shift changed this morning crowds of strikers and sympathizers gathered at the Noranda gate in picket formation. They threw a few stones half-heartedly but nobody was injured.

Police Reinforced. The provincial police reinforcements were sent to Senneterre by train and there boarded three aeroplanes for the flight to Noranda. A crowd of several hundred min- ers gathered at the lake shore as the three aeroplanes appeared in close formation and settled down to a landing. The officers were not interfered with as they disembarked.

Offer to Mediate. FLIN FLON, Man., June 12. An offer to mediate in the strike of 1,300 employes of the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company here today was made to the Mine Workers' Union of Canada and company officials.

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Demonstrations took place across Quebec on Saturday to protest against Bill 31, which among other things, proposes removing the right of tenants to transfer their lease. Organized by the housing group coalition Regroupement des comités logement et associations de locataires du Québec (RCLALQ), the rallies happened simultaneously in Montreal, Quebec City, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda and Sherbrooke. For RCLALQ spokesperson Cédric Dussault, the abandonment of the right to transfer leases, provided for in Article 7 of the bill, is "really the last straw."  "Bill 31 would represent a major step backwards for tenants," he said. "It is odious because it would deprive tenants of the right to assign their leases and does not address the root causes [of the housing crisis]."

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n5_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Trees as good citizens. Washington, D.C.American Tree Association[1922] biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20256693

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Photography: Men's Room, Le Paramount, Rouyn-Noranda, QC 9/1/24

Photography: Men's Room, Le Paramount, Rouyn-Noranda, QC 9/1/24

Last month, I was in Rouyn-Noranda, QC for the 22nd edition of FME. FME was part of an incredibly busy period of traveling that included multiple trips down to Philadelphia for Asian Arts Initiative’s Sound Type Music Festival and Music Writers Workshop and Wichita, KS for Elsewhere Music Festival and Conference. The festival’s closing night show took place at Le Paramount, a converted movie…