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The Tempest in Wendake

The Tempest in Wendake

The theatre is open to the sky. Behind it is a green wall of trees bordering the St-Charles River. Above is a full moon. It’s one of the most beautiful ...Read more →

The Times

The Times

Brian Stelter was an 18-year-old smarty pants with a blog called tvnewser.com. His blog became essential reading for anyone in the New York media. The New York Times figured out ...Read more →

The royals and “robust nationalism”

The royals and “robust nationalism”

Canada now has the most ardently monarchist prime minister we’ve seen in 50 years. No PM since John Diefenbaker has been such a big fan of the House of Hanover. ...Read more →

Alternative tourism

Alternative tourism

It’s a book with 500 sensational and powerful travel ideas. From the people at Frommer’s comes a volume simply named: 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference. Start with ...Read more →

Montreal’s lost neighbourhoods

Montreal’s lost neighbourhoods

A series of black and white photographs on display at the Centre d’histoire de Montreal in Old Montreal’s Place d’Youville captures a stark moment in our city’s history. In effect, ...Read more →

Richelieu River and the smell of climate change

Richelieu River and the smell of climate change

The F1 race is a big FU to the poor and the homeless, a glitzy corrupt moment when our great city prostitutes itself before Euro and other wannabe trash. In ...Read more →

Civil disobedience at its best

Civil disobedience at its best

Michael Moore gets it. But the sound of tsk tsk tsk-ing emanates from prim and pursed lips across our land. "Best contempt of Parliament ever!" says Moore. On his website ...Read more →

The big orange tent

The big orange tent

Frank Graves of Ekos was on the other end of the line, eating a bit of crow about his pre-election polling numbers, and how he, like most of the country’s ...Read more →

Save Meadowbrook for the people!

Save Meadowbrook for the people!

A battle royal is being fought over a field of dreams in the west end of Montreal. The green acreage is known as the Meadowbrook golf course. Developers are eying ...Read more →

The Society for Librarians Who Say Mother******

The Society for Librarians Who Say Mother******

Last week I was invited to address a congress of librarians. I discovered all over again why they are some of my favourite people. There is something subversive about librarians ...Read more →

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