Last week, the Montreal Fringe Festival, the Jazz Festival and Les Francofolies all announced that their 2020 editions were cancelled and earlier today the Montreal […]
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COVID-19 Update: Quebec Extends the Pause to May 4th and Montreal Focuses on Parks
Quebec has extended its partial lockdown until May 4th. Premier François Legault had originally ordered all non-essential businesses closed until April 13th, but with COVID-19 […]
COVID-19 Update: Quebec Orders All Non-Essential Businesses to Close
Yesterday, in a continued response to COVID-19 (aka the Coronavirus) Quebec Premier François Legault ordered all shopping malls, hair salons, sit-down restaurants and spas closed […]
Quebec on Lockdown: How to Get Through the COVID-19 Pandemic in One Piece
We are in the midst of a global pandemic and Quebec has declared a state of emergency. Schools are closed and Premier Legeault just announced […]
Mike Bloomberg is Like Trump for the Democrats But In All the Wrong, Unelectable Ways
After the pasting Elizabeth Warren and most of the other presidential hopefuls gave billionaire candidate Mike Bloomberg in the most recent Democratic Debate, dropping out […]
The Montgomery-Plante Saga So Far and the Next Montreal Municipal Election
In just over two years, Côte-Des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-De-Grâce Borough Mayor Sue Montgomery and Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante have gone from the seemingly closest of teammates to not […]
Canadian-Splaining Medicare for All to US Primary Voters
American friends, in particular those choosing a Democratic candidate for President, something’s been bugging me about the debates I’ve been watching. It’s the rhetoric attacking […]
The 2010s in Montreal Politics: Five Mayors in Ten Years
Montreal politics in the 2010s saw quite a bit of change, followed by more change. The city had five mayors in ten years. The decade […]
The Trump has been Impeached, Now What? A Crash Course on the American Impeachment Process
The moment we’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. America’s greatest conman, Donald Trump, the narcissist-in-chief has finally been impeached. While many people are celebrating, […]