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by Charlie McKenzie – October 30, 2003

Café Pot opens its doors: High roller café

Bloc Pot leader Hugo St-Onge has high hopes that Prime Minister Jean Chrétien will come and smoke his retirement joint at the Bloc’s Café Maryjane, which is expected to open ...Read more →

by Josh Dolgin – October 30, 2003

Skala bar/restaurant: Skala back from the dead

The jukeboxes glowed silent, not a single head was being smashed in with a hammer and there was simply nowhere to get a convenient baggie of somethin’-somethin’ late at night ...Read more →

by Melora Koepke – October 30, 2003

Tourisme Montréal prepares for halloween: Getting our scare share

Tourisme Montréal would like to make Montreal a spooky Halloween destination. But do we have enough homegrown ghosts to put the fear into visitors?.Read more →

First Watch by Martin Patriquin – October 30, 2003

First Watch: All about my mother’s tongue

Anywhere else in the world, the issue of municipal mergers would long be in the dustbin of history, where it belongs. Amalgamating a city is a hot-button issue, no doubt, ...Read more →

October 23, 2003

Montreal Matters: week 4: Making a home

It’s week 4, which means we’ve rounded the cape and are officially in the home stretch of this year’s edition of Montreal Matters. For those of you joining us late, ...Read more →

by Melora Koepke – October 23, 2003

Renovating craze: Sledge-homers

While city hall has its plans, reno-mad homeowners are mostly going at it alone. Focus on a new generation of individuals who are breaking the housing foundations of Montreal..Read more →

Explainer by Craig Silverman – October 23, 2003

Explainer: Track talk

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by Melora Koepke – October 23, 2003

Naomi Klein lecture: Activist attractions

"Economic Terror, Deep Democracy." "In Focus, Out of Control." Audacious titles for two upcoming hard-hitting events featuring Montreal-born leftist columnist and activist Naomi Klein. This weekend of no logos has ...Read more →

by Stephanie O'Hanley – October 23, 2003

Activists target CSIS: Tricks to treat CSIS

Never mind your usual Halloween trick-or-treating. A group of activists is inviting Montrealers to head to Canadian Security Intelligence Service headquarters in Ottawa to protest secret trials and security certificates ...Read more →

First Watch by Martin Patriquin – October 23, 2003

First Watch: Ain’t it rich?

News item: Former PQ language minister Louise Beaudoin to teach (among other things) Canadian federalism at the Université Jean Moulin in Lyon, France. Hardcore separatists are as annoying as hardcore ...Read more →