That ghost archive site somehow only archived the paywall. Here is another link https://archive.is/JFLYk and the original page actually worked for me too, at least better that that ghost thing: https://www.thestar.com/news/world/why-this-french-tech-company-wants-to-build-an-internet-that-doesn-t-have-to/article_f996f5f8-bb97-4aa4-8a5b-fce551f14faf.html

The French search engine project, which is set to launch in the coming weeks

Finally.

Great that Canada supports the EU. When more people get awear that those other search engines besides Goggle exist then they will work better. I personally had some issues with Ecosia in the last days. I wanted to search for the English version if some German sayings but it just showed unrelated translations and websites.