L'actualité
L'actualité is a
French-language news and general interest
magazine in
Canada, published in
Montreal,
Quebec by
Rogers Communications. The magazine has over a million readers, mainly subscribers. Eighty-six percent of its readership are
Quebecers.
The magazine came into being when
Maclean Hunter, publisher of
Maclean's, acquired the mailing list of the defunct
Actualité magazine in the 1970s, and merged it with its own French-language edition,
Le Maclean. Maclean Hunter was acquired by
Rogers Communications in the 1990s.
Journalist Jean Paré was the editor-in-chief of
L'actualité until 1998. The magazine has published special reports on the regulation of
genetically modified organisms, the rise of the
Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), the record of the Quebec
welfare state and on the possible legalization of
sharia law in
Ontario.
L'actualité publishes a ranking of high schools in Quebec which compares private schools with public ones. The
Centrale des syndicats du Québec is opposed to these rankings, believing that they tend to overstate the attractions of private schools.
Former
Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa holds the record for appearing the most often on the cover of the magazine, with 10 covers. Former
Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien, former Quebec Premier
Jacques Parizeau, former
Pope John Paul II and singer
Céline Dion have also appeared often on the cover of the magazine.
www.lactualite.com
