Chantal Jolis

She was best known for her daily broadcasts Bouchée double, L'Oreille musclée and Bachibouzouk presented on Première chaîne of Radio Canada, and for her dynamic, laid-back and accessible style.

[1] Upon her arrival in 1980 in Québec, Jolis exhibited great passions: reading, cinema, music, and a love of people, of life, and humour, creating a soothing atmosphere on her programmes.

Journalist Nathalie Petrowski called her "a breath of fresh air for our public radio [...] with spontaneity light years away from the psycho-rigidity Radio-Canada of the time.

The series did not have the expected success with an indifferent television audience that was rebuffed by Jolis' "French accent of France", her culture and style.

[4] On Société Radio-Canada (SRC, French-language CBC television), Jolis conducted numerous sessions of film criticism with René Homier-Roy on the show À première vue, 1982–1989.

She had revealed on Première chaîne's Pour la suite des choses that she had converted to Islam on the occasion of a trip to Morocco for a festival of sacred music.

Jolis was survived by her mother Solange (died 28 March 2013), her two sons, Saddia and Alexis (the latter, from her marriage with the journalist and host Michel Désautels), and six grandchildren.

Le temps d'aller chercher son fils Saddie et ses affaires en France et elle est revenue.