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Two adult specimens of Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann, 1835), a newly detected alien wood-boring beetle native to Asia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), were collected in Repentigny, Quebec, Canada in 2002 and 2006. Adults, pupae, and mature larvae of this species are described, illustrated and diagnosed to facilitate its recognition among other North American Cerambycidae. The mtDNA sequence of the COI “barcoding” region of a Canadian specimen was obtained and analyzed. We discuss taxonomic affinities of T. campestris, its native distribution, host plants, and significance as a quarantine pest in North America. The importance of solid wood-packaging material as a potential pathway for invasive wood-boring species is highlighted. Seven other non-native Cerambycidae species first recorded in North America since 1980 [Tetropium fuscum (Fabricius, 1787), Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky, 1853), Tetrops praeusta (Linnaeus, 1758), Callidiellum rufipenne (Motschulsky, 1860), Phoracantha semipunctata...

Le propos de Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska dans deux essais majeurs, L'échappée des discours de l'oeil et L'amour de la carte postale. Impérialisme culturel et différence, n'a rien perdu de sa brûlante actualité. Le féminisme modéré du premier s'enrichit, dans le second, de plusieurs autres manifestations capitales de la suprématie du centre sur la périphérie. Mais c'est sur l'écriture de l'essai dans ces deux livres que l'auteur du présent essai critique a voulu mettre l'accent, une écriture où il est resté quelque chose de cérébral, de froid, de compassé parfois, bref une certaine distance qui empêche l'énonciatrice de devenir pleinement le sujet de ses propres textes. En revanche, dans un autre essai déguisé en journal, elle réussit à trouver le ton en cédant à La tentation de dire., Two major essays by Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska, L'échappée des discours de l'oeil and L'amour de la carte postale. Impérialisme culturel et différence, are still intensely relevant today. The moderate feminism of the first essay is enriched, in the second, by several other key manifestations of the centre's supremacy over the periphery. However, the author of this article has sought to focus on essay-writing in these two books. The writing retains something cerebral, cold, even stuffy at times — a certain distance, in short, which prevents the speaker from fully becoming the subject of her own texts. On the other hand, in another essay disguised as a journal, she succeeds in finding the right tone as she yields to the "temptation of saying" (La tentation de dire).

Telehealth, the use of information communication technologies to deliver health care over distance, has been identified as a key mechanism for improving access to health services internationally. Canada is well suited to realize the benefits of telehealth particularly for individuals in remote, rural and isolated locations, many of whom are of Aboriginal descent. The health status of Canada`s Aboriginal population is generally lower than that of the non-Aboriginal population emphasizing the need for new health care solutions. The challenges associated with implementing telehealth are not unique to Aboriginal settings but, in many instances, are more pronounced as a result of cultural, political and jurisdictional issues. These challenges are not insurmountable however, and there have been a number of successes in Canada to serve as a blueprint for a national strategy for sustainable Aboriginal telehealth. This review will highlight challenges and successes related to telehealth implementation in Canadian Aboriginal communities including: geography, technical infrastructure, human resources, cross-jurisdictional services, and community readiness. The need for champions within government, community and health care settings and the use of a needs-driven and integrated approach to implementation are highlighted. Several Canadian examples are provided including lessons learned within the MBTelehealth Network. (Int J Circumpolar Health 2004; 63(4):401-414) Keywords: Canada, Indians, Inuit, north American, organization and administration, telemedicine

The following species of Curculionoidea are recorded from Canada for the first time, in ten cases also representing new records at the generic level: Ischnopterapion (Ischnopterapion) loti (Kirby, 1808); Stenopterapion meliloti (Kirby, 1808) (both Brentidae); Atrichonotus taeniatulus (Berg, 1881); Barinus cribricollis (LeConte, 1876); Caulophilus dubius (Horn, 1873); Cionus scrophulariae (Linnaeus, 1758); Cryptorhynchus tristis LeConte, 1876; Cylindrocopturus furnissi Buchanan, 1940; Cylindrocopturus quercus (Say, 1832); Desmoglyptus crenatus (LeConte, 1876); Pnigodes setosus LeConte, 1876; Pseudopentarthrum parvicollis (Casey, 1892); Sibariops confinis (LeConte, 1876); Sibariops confusus (Boheman, 1836); Smicronyx griseus LeConte, 1876; Smicronyx lineolatus Casey, 1892; Euwallacea validus (Eichhoff, 1875); Hylocurus rudis (LeConte, 1876); Lymantor alaskanus Wood, 1978; Phloeotribus scabricollis (Hopkins, 1916); Scolytus oregoni Blackman, 1934; Xyleborus celsus Eichhoff, 1868; Xyleborus ferrugineus (Fabricius, 1801); Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky, 1866) (all Curculionidae). In addition the following species were recorded for the first time from these provinces and territories: Yukon – Dendroctonus simplex LeConte, 1868; Phloetribus piceae Swaine, 1911 (both Curculionidae); Northwest Territories – Loborhynchapion cyanitinctum (Fall, 1927) (Brentidae); Nunavut – Dendroctonus simplex LeConte, 1868 (Curculionidae); Alberta – Anthonomus tectus LeConte, 1876; Promecotarsus densus Casey, 1892; Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, 1902; Hylastes macer LeConte, 1868; Rhyncolus knowltoni (Thatcher, 1940); Scolytus schevyrewi Semenov Tjan-Shansky, 1902 (all Curculionidae); Saskatchewan – Phloeotribus liminaris (Harris, 1852); Rhyncolus knowltoni (Thatcher, 1940); Scolytus schevyrewi Semenov Tjan-Shansky, 1902 (all Curculionidae); Manitoba – Cosmobaris scolopacea Germar, 1819; Listronotus maculicollis (Kirby, 1837); Listronotus punctiger LeConte, 1876; Scolytus schevyrewi Semenov Tjan-Shansky, 1902; Tyloderma foveolatum (Say, 1832); (all Curculionidae); Ontario – Trichapion nigrum (Herbst, 1797); Nanophyes marmoratus marmoratus (Goeze, 1777) (both Brentidae); Asperosoma echinatum (Fall, 1917); Micracis suturalis LeConte, 1868; Orchestes alni (Linnaeus, 1758); Phloeosinus pini Swaine, 1915; Scolytus schevyrewi Semenov Tjan-Shansky, 1902; Xyleborinus attenuatus (Blandford, 1894) (all Curculionidae); Quebec – Trigonorhinus alternatus (Say, 1826); Trigonorhinus tomentosus tomentosus (Say, 1826) (both Anthribidae); Trichapion nigrum (Herbst, 1797); Trichapion porcatum (Boheman, 1839); Nanophyes marmoratus marmoratus (Goeze, 1777) (all Brentidae); Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel, 1952 (Brachyceridae); Acalles carinatus LeConte, 1876; Ampeloglypter ampelopsis (Riley, 1869); Anthonomus rufipes LeConte, 1876; Anthonomus suturalis LeConte, 1824; Ceutorhynchus hamiltoni Dietz, 1896; Curculio pardalis (Chittenden, 1908); Cyrtepistomus castaneus (Roelofs, 1873); Larinus planus (Fabricius, 1792); Mecinus janthinus (Germar, 1821); Microhyus setiger LeConte, 1876; Microplontus campestris (Gyllenhal, 1837); Orchestes alni (Linnaeus, 1758); Otiorhynchus ligustici (Linnaeus, 1758); Rhinusa neta (Germar, 1821); Trichobaris trinotata (Say, 1832); Tychius liljebladi Blatchley, 1916; Xyleborinus attenuatus (Blandford, 1894); Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868 (all Curculionidae); Sphenophorus incongruus Chittenden, 1905 (Dryophthoridae); New Brunswick – Euparius paganus Gyllenhal, 1833; Allandrus populi Pierce, 1930; Gonotropis dorsalis (Thunberg, 1796); Euxenus punctatus LeConte, 1876 (all Anthribidae); Loborhynchapion cyanitinctum (Fall, 1927) (Brentidae); Pseudanthonomus seriesetosus Dietz, 1891; Curculio sulcatulus (Casey, 1897); Lignyodes bischoffi (Blatchley, 1916); Lignyodes horridulus (Casey, 1892); Dietzella zimmermanni (Gyllenhal, 1837); Parenthis vestitus Dietz, 1896; Pelenomus squamosus LeConte, 1876; Psomus armatus Dietz, 1891; Rhyncolus macrops Buchanan, 1946; Magdalis inconspicua Horn, 1873; Magdalis salicis Horn, 1873 (all Curculionidae); Nova Scotia – Dryocoetes autographus (Ratzeburg, 1837); Ips perroti Swaine, 1915; Xyleborinus attenuatus (Blandford, 1894) (all Curculionidae); Prince Edward Island – Dryocoetes caryi Hopkins, 1915 (Curculionidae); Newfoundland – Scolytus piceae (Swaine, 1910) (Curculionidae).

Pendant près d’un demi-siècle, l’écrivain Jacques Ferron a publié régulièrement des articles sous la rubrique « Historiettes » dans deux périodiques bimensuels, L’Information médicale et paramédicale et Le Courrier médical. Une centaine de ces historiettes parues entre 1960 et 1961 sont demeurées inédites, c’est-à-dire non publiées en recueil. La présente étude se propose de dégager de ce corpus réduit, mais représentatif, une certaine unité thématique, idéologique et littéraire. L’approche critique vise avant tout à éclairer le travail d’écriture de Ferron, en prenant en compte les modèles littéraires dont l’écrivain se réclame, l’hybridité générique des historiettes et surtout le recours constant à ces procédés rhétoriques que sont la satire, l’ironie, l’humour. À la différence de l’Histoire, qui se veut le discours objectif de la réalité, les Historiettes sont le fruit d’une subjectivité qui, grâce au langage littéraire, propose une vision personnelle, une stylisation et une poétisation de l’historique, du politique, du social et de l’individuel., For close to half a century, the writer Jacques Ferron regularly published articles under the heading “Historiettes”—“little stories”—in two bimonthly periodicals, L’Information médicale et paramédicale and Le Courrier médical. About a hundred of these little stories published between 1960 and 1961 have never been compiled in a book. This study finds a certain thematic, ideological, and literary unity in this small, but representative corpus. The critical approach intends above all to shed light on Ferron’s writing process, taking into consideration the literary models on which he draws, the generic hybridity of the little stories, and especially the constant recourse to rhetorical processes such as satire, irony, and humour. Unlike History, which presents itself as an objective discourse on reality, the Historiettes are the fruit of the subjectivity which, thanks to literary language, proposes a personal vision, a stylization, and a poeticizing of all that is historical, political, social, and individual., Durante cerca de medio siglo, el escritor Jacques Ferron publicó con regularidad artículos bajo la rúbrica “Historietas” en dos publicaciones bimensuales, L’Information médicale et paramédicale (Información médica y paramédica) y Le Courrier médical (Correo médico). Hay un centenar de dichas historietas, publicadas entre 1960 y 1961, que permanecen inéditas, esto es, no se han publicado en formato de libro. El presente estudio se propone extraer de este corpus reducido, pero representativo, cierta unidad temática, ideológica y literaria. El enfoque crítico apunta, ante todo, a ilustrar la labor de escritura de Ferron, teniendo en cuenta los modelos literarios que el escritor invoca, la hibridez genérica de las historietas y, sobre todo, el recurso constante a estos procedimientos retóricos que son la sátira, la ironía, el humor. A diferencia de la Historia, que pretende ser el discurso objetivo de la realidad, Historietas es el fruto de una subjetividad que, gracias al lenguaje literario, propone una visión personal, una estilización y una poetización de lo histórico, lo político, lo social y lo individual.