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Button batteries bad for breakfast

Explainer: Button batteries bad for breakfast

Not to put a damper on your holiday cheer, but some of the greeting cards you’ll be giving and receiving contain a hazard that a local doctor wants everyone to ...Read more →

2009: A year of innovations explained

Explainer: 2009: A year of innovations explained

This past year, Explainer discovered many new inventions, programs, products and initiatives. As it turns out, there are a lot of innovative things going on in Montreal. EXPLAINER LOOKS BACK ...Read more →

Making Montreal your museum

Explainer: Making Montreal your museum

Manuel Bujold, a Montreal artist, got fed up of only seeing art in galleries. So he came up with a non-profit organization, Make Art Public, that places art all over ...Read more →

Too much to drink? Take a billboard home

Explainer: Too much to drink? Take a billboard home

Montreal bylaws currently prevent advertising from being placed on or inside Montreal taxis. That’s expected to change by the spring, and one local company is looking to capitalize on cabvertising. ...Read more →

Get your Bethune on!

Explainer: Get your Bethune on!

Seventy years and two weeks ago today, Dr. Norman Bethune died of blood poisoning in China. The McCord Museum is currently offering a photographic tribute to this medical pioneer. EXPLAINER ...Read more →

The ultimate sacrifice

Explainer: The ultimate sacrifice

The Canadian military has been handing out medals and other honours and forms of recognition for over a century. Last week saw it unveil a new honour, the Sacrifice Medal. ...Read more →

You might want to sit down for this

Explainer: You might want to sit down for this

Your chair sucks. That’s what the good people at the Knoll workplace furnishings company want you to know. Also, they’ve built a crazy new chair that "lets you sit how ...Read more →

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign… for a small price

Explainer: Sign, sign, everywhere a sign… for a small price

When the Côte St-Luc administration decided it needed to order new street signs, there was an obvious question to ponder: What to do with the old ones? Why, sell ‘em ...Read more →

Bombardier designs aerodynamic… torch?

Explainer: Bombardier designs aerodynamic… torch?

The final countdown to the Vancouver 2010 Games has begun. Starting tomorrow, the Olympic torch relay will begin making its way across Canada. EXPLAINER LIGHTS UP THE MONTREAL-DESIGNED OLYMPIC TORCH. ...Read more →

Signs of the times

Explainer: Signs of the times

For the fifth time since 2001, graphic design students at UQAM have given their own take on election communications during a campaign. This time they’ve made some rather bold statements ...Read more →

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