On November 5th, 2017, Montrealers return to the polls to determine if Denis Coderre will remain the city’s mayor for the next four years or […]
Author: Jason C. McLean
FTB Poll: 2017 Federal NDP Leadership Race
Now that we know who the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is (Andrew Scheer), there is one more podium to fill next […]
Gold-Plated Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides with the Queen and World War III
In a week that saw US warships sent to North Korea, increased tensions in Syria following a US missile strike and the American military drop, for […]
FTB Poll: Trees and the New Parc Jean-Drapeau Ampitheatre
In 2015, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre announced that the concert space on the western end of Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène is getting a redesign. The […]
Facebook Announced it will Treat April Fools Posts as Fake News
Content providers who publish April Fools posts were understandably shocked to learn that Facebook will now be treating their generally sarcastic annual jokes the same way […]
How a Supposed Snowstorm Editorial Exposed Maclean’s Real Problem: Journalistic Amateurism
Last week’s Montreal snowstorm was quite the disaster. People stranded in cars on Highway 13 for hours, busses just not showing up, sidewalks still not […]
First 2017 NDP Leadership Debate: It’s Now Okay to Look at Style
I’ve always loathed how a politician’s style and personal likability and trustworthiness seems more important to pundits and the public than the policies they put […]
Two Concordia Buildings Evacuated after Bomb Threat Targeting Muslim Students
Anti-Muslim hatred and domestic right-wing terrorism has hit close to home for many Montrealers late this morning/early this afternoon. Concordia University has evacuated two buildings […]
Only Donald Trump Could Make Me Defend the Mainstream Media
Dammit. The following sentence is one I never wanted to type and never thought I would, either: Kudos to CNN, The New York Times and […]
The Conservative Party of Canada is Trying to #AllLivesMatter Islamophobia
M-103, the Private Members’ Motion introduced in the House of Commons by Iqra Khalid, Liberal MP for Mississauga—Erin Mills, to fight Islamophobia in Canada has […]