This past Saturday Concordia University welcomed noted intellectual, prolific writer, MIT Professor Emeritus, movie-maker, linguist and self-described anarcho-syndicalist Noam Chomsky to its downtown campus. Booking […]
Month: October 2013
Harper’s Senate problem: From the public and the courts
To say that Harper has a Senate problem is rather like saying that Walter White, from the hugely popular TV show Breaking Bad, has a […]
Your Candidates, Your City – Cindy Filiatrault
I had a delightful opportunity to meet Cindy Filiatrault recently, Équipe Mélanie Joly’s candidate for borough mayor in the Sud Ouest borough (which, for the […]
Montreal mayoral candidates English debate (VIDEO)
You’ve seen the signs up all over town. You’ve read the candidate profiles on FTB and followed the coverage elsewhere. You’ve seen the polls and […]
Your City, Your Candidates – Michael Simkin
I recently sat down with Projet Montréal Cote-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace borough mayor candidate Michael Simkin to discuss his and the party’s plans for one of Montreal’s most […]
CSIS, security certificates and Mohammed Harkat: Secret trials have come to Canada
Mohamed Harkat’s hearing last week at the Supreme Court of Canada wasn’t just held behind closed doors, but was, for the first time in the […]
Your City, Your Candidates – Peter McQueen
Peter McQueen is a character, there’s no two ways about it. He has an air about him like he’s a bit fed-up. His eyes dart […]
Your City, Your Candidates – Christian Arseneault
I sat down recently with Christian Arseneault, Projet Montréal city councillor candidate for the Loyola district of Cote-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace. Describe yourself, your district and your attachment […]
SPVM destroy tipi and compare Idle No More activists to occupiers (AUDIO)
Earlier this evening, Montreal police took down and destroyed a tipi that activists had set up as part of the Idle No More Global Day […]
Just who are the pirates? Canadian Greenpeace activists stuck in a Russian jail, Harper does nothing
This past Saturday, Greenpeace Canada held vigils in Toronto and Montreal in order to draw attention to the fact that two Canadians, Alexandre Paul and […]