2012
This week on C'est la vie, we take a look back at some of the great songs and artists of 2011 in French Canada. Singer-songwriter...
Bernard and Johanne discuss cogner, which means to knock. Listen to the segment...
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Journalist Judith Lussier, author of Sacré Dépanneur!, outside Dépanneur Le Pick-Up in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood. The rest of Canada has the convenience...
Bernard and Johanne discuss rôle, which means role and part. Listen to the segment...
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Bernard and Johanne discuss "aider", which means to help. Listen to the segment...
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Ying Wu at Dépanneur Céline in Montreal's Villeray neighbourhood. The rest of Canada has the convenience store. But Québec has the dépanneur....
Bernard and Johanne discuss tard, which means late. Listen to the segment...
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Marché Ventura This week tune in for the final installment of C'est la vie's dépanneur series. In an economy where businesses come and...
Patrice Desilets is one of the most successful creators of video games in the world. His Assassin's Creed franchise has sold more than 30-million...
Bernard and Johanne discuss rapporter, which means to bring back, to return, to quote, etc. Listen to the segment...
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This week, we speak with Quebec MP Romeo Saganash, who's running for the NDP leadership. You may know he's spent many years actively involved in...
Bernard and Johanne discuss entrer, which means to enter, to go in, and to fit in. Listen to the segment...
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Bruno Guglielminetti Are smartphone apps making second-language learning a thing of the past? We explore that question, and check out some of those translation apps,...
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Bernard and Johanne discuss portée, which means reach, range, impact and scope. Listen to the segment...
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Jean-Pierre Léger, the CEO of St-Hubert BBQ. His parents opened the first St-Hubert BBQ on St-Hubert Street in Montreal. Discover Quebec's own fast food...
Bernard and Johanne discuss moins, which means less. Listen to the segment...
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Sugar Sammy is a stand-up comedian from Montreal. He performs around the world in English, French, Punjabi and Hindi. Now he's putting together a...
This week on C'est la vie Loreen Pindera takes us to the Algonquin community of Lac Simon. She was there last fall when...
Bernard and Johanne discuss coupe, which means cup and cut. Listen to the segment...
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Bernard and Johanne discuss dépasser, which means to pass, to overtake, to exceed and to jut out. Listen to the segment...
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Meet Métis rapper Samian. He raps in French and Algonquin. And he has fans all over Quebec and around the world. But considering the life...
When you think of Montreal, you might picture cafés full of people sipping bowls of café au lait. This week on C'est la vie, meet...
Bernard and Johanne discuss goutte, which means drop. Listen to the segment...
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©Radio-Canada/Christian Côté Singer Isabelle Boulay This week on the program, meet Isabelle Boulay. She is one of Canada's most successful francophone pop singers....
Bernard and Johanne discuss personne, which means person. Listen to the segment...
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This week on the program, meet Annie Deschamps. Her dad is Yvon Deschamps -- the humorist. And her mum is Judi Richards -- also a...
Bernard and Johanne discuss numéro, which means number or act. Listen to the segment...
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Andréanne Pâquet and Dalila Awada. In Quebec, there are certain hot-button issues that are sure to ignite debate, and they're not all about language!...
Guest host Elizabeth Robertson and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss retirer, which means to take off. Listen to the segment...
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Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss suite, which means sequel, follow up, result, and suite. Listen to the segment...
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Journalism in the minority CBC journalist Elias Abboud at la Maison de Radio-Canada in Montreal. Working as a broadcast journalist in Canada can sometimes...
Brazil-Quebec Rafael de Castro Dezordi recently immigrated to Quebec from Brazil. This week C'est la vie takes a trip to Rio de Janeiro. We hear...
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss peur, which means fear, fright and scare. Listen to the segment...
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Dying with Dignity Liberal MNA Maryse Gaudreault and Parti Québécois MNA Véronique Hivon. A special commission of Quebec's National Assembly spent two years looking into...
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss reste, which means rest, scrap or remnant. Listen to the segment...
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Katimavik in Potton Katimavik volunteers in Potton, Quebec. In the last federal budget, the government cancelled Katimavik. The program sent young people out across...
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss mordre, which means to bite. Listen to the segment...
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NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau New Democratic Party MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau joins other newly elected members of Parliament as they take part in an...
Jean-François Lisée Jean-François Lisée Jean-François Lisée is an influential and controversial figure in Quebec. He's a journalist, author and blogger. And he was advisor to...
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss manière, which means way. Manières means manners. Listen to the segment...
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The Future of Inuktitut How do you protect a language, and prevent it from being lost? Is bilingualism a threat or an asset? And what...
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss résister, which means to resist, to overcome and to withstand. Listen to the segment...
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L`Égaré This week on C'est we rediscover an historic raft trip across the Atlantic. It was made by three Frenchmen, immigrants to Canada after the...
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss noyer, which means to drown. Listen to the segment...
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Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss "mou" and "molle, which means soft. Listen to the segment...
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Dic Ann's waitresses (left to right): Carole, Jennifer, and Sylvie. This week C'est la vie serves you up a burger, fries and some special sauce....
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss sans, which means without. Listen to the segment...
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Le Cercle Molière is the longest running theatre company in North America, in any language. It was founded in St-Boniface, Manitoba, in 1925. Roland...
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss trois, which means three. Listen to the segment...
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The Queen Extravaganza (Photo: Rob Sinclair) The Queen Extravaganza is the official Queen tribute show. Band members were chosen from across North America after...
(Photo provided by G.R.U.B.B.) Hear C'est la vie's award winning interview with director Serge Denoncourt. He worked with Roma youth in Serbia to create...
Kathy Reichs and Louise Penny are both New York Times best selling authors. Both write murder mysteries. And both use Quebec and its...
Enquête reporter Guy Gendron Quebecor is one of the biggest media conglomerations in Canada. The company's interests include newspapers, TV networks, cable, internet...
Journalist Judith Lussier, author of Sacré Dépanneur!, outside Dépanneur Le Pick-Up in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood. The rest of Canada has the convenience...
Ying Wu at Dépanneur Céline in Montreal's Villeray neighbourhood. The rest of Canada has the convenience store. But Québec has the dépanneur. This...
Marché Ventura This week on the Best of C'est la vie tune in for the final installment of our dépanneur series. In an economy...
Patrice Desilets is one of the most successful creators of video games in the world. His Assassin's Creed franchise has sold more than 30-million...
This week on the Best of C'est la vie Loreen Pindera takes us to the Algonquin community of Lac Simon. She was there...
CBC journalist Elias Abboud at la Maison de Radio-Canada in Montreal. Working as a broadcast journalist in Canada can sometimes be tricky because of...
Rafael de Castro Dezordi recently immigrated to Quebec from Brazil. This week the Best of C'est la vie goes to Rio de Janeiro. We...
This week on the Best of C'est la vie rediscover an historic raft trip across the Atlantic. It was made by three Frenchmen, immigrants...
Parti Québécois Leader Pauline Marois takes the stage after winnning the provincial election in Montreal, Que. Tuesday September 4, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson...
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss occuper, which means to occupy to take up, to hold, to take over, etc. S'occuper means to...
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Guest host Elizabeth Robertson and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss mode, which means fashion, trend and way. Listen to the segment...
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Montreal designer Ève Gravel. (photo CBC) Earlier this month local fashion designers unveiled their 2013 spring and summer collections in Montreal. Meet designer Ève...
Will Prosper, a community activist and documentary filmmaker. Prosper was a candidate for Québec Solidaire in the last provincial election. It's a left-leaning party that...
Guest host Elizabeth Robertson and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss hors, which means out of, outside, away from. Listen to the segment...
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Actor Pierre Gendron made a commercial supporting the Liberal Party of Canada when Stéphane Dion was leader.(PHOTO CBC) This week some Quebeckers tell us what it's like...
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss jamais, which means never and ever. Listen to the segment...
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What do an Acadian singer-songwriter, a Cajun fiddler and a Jamaican steel pan player have in common? More than you might expect! This week...
Bernard St-Laurent talks with Amanda Lafleur about Cajun French. Amanda coordinates the Cajun French courses at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Listen to the...
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Edmonton's Rollie Pemberton, AKA rapper Cadence Weapon, has settled in Montreal. (Photo: CBC) We often hear about people from eastern Canada moving to...
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss contraire, which means opposite, contrary and against. Listen to the segment...
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Jacques Nadeau is a photographer with Le Devoir newspaper. (PHOTO: CBC) For more than thirty years Jacques Nadeau has recorded history through the lens...
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss autant, which means as much or as many. Listen to the segment...
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Composer Cassandra Miller. (PHOTO CBC) After the shooting on election night in Quebec, people were worried that tensions could increase between French and English speakers...
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss ménager, which means to handle carefully, to spare, and to go easy on. The adjective ménager/ménagère also means...
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Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss lèvre(s) which means lip(s). Listen to the segment...
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Toronto jazz vocalist, Emilie-Claire Barlow (PHOTO: CBC) Toronto Jazz vocalist Emilie-Claire Barlow is not a francophone. Yet she sells more CDs in Quebec than...
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss honneur which means honour and credit. Listen to the segment...
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Discover the story of Allyre Sirois. He was well-known as a lawyer and judge in Saskatchewan. But as a young man, he was a...
This week on C'est la vie, meet the best sommelier in the Americas. Her name is Véronique Rivest. She's Canadian. Find out what it takes...
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Pierre-Paul Cayer is walking around the world. This week on the program meet two extraordinary men. One is walking around the world. He's 67...
Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss se promener which means to go for a walk or a stroll. Listen to the segment...
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Radio host, Luc Fortin. (PHOTO CBC) Most of us take for granted being able to settle in with a good book in the evening....
Guest host Elizabeth Robertson and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss sorte, which means sort, kind or type. Listen to the segment...
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Host Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss route, which means road, way, and journey....
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Host Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss ronger, which means to gnaw or eat away at....
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Host Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss arrêter, which means to stop....
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Host Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss grave, which means serious, grave and deep....
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