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Reading the Revolution
I’ve been thinking hard about writing. Wrestling with purpose, my flying elbow ego meets an existential Walls of Jericho when considering any intention or wish […]
Charter versus Health Care?
It certainly isn’t an understatement to say that in the past weeks the political debate in Quebec has revolved around the charter. It is my […]
A Public Obscenity: How the Charter of Quebec Values hearings are at the core disrespectful
Provincial Democratic Institutions Minister Bernard Drainville commenced public hearings into the proposed Charter of Quebec Values by asking that the impending debate remain respectful. Respectful? […]
The rise of La Quenelle
Something smells fishy within the realm of the French republic; La Quenelle, a sort of inverse Nazi salute, which first appeared during the 2009 European […]
Petro-Quebec inc.
This week some political and economic heavyweights (B. Landry, M. Jérôme-Forget, J. Facal among others) came out with a pro-petrol manifesto titled Manifeste pour tirer […]
Baby Steps: Why the Montreal Police need to accept our cameras before they get their own
Well, the Montreal Police seem to be on a roll this year. On January 2nd, one of the coldest days Montreal had in a long time, […]
SPVM officer threatens to tie a homeless man to a pole outside for an hour in -40 degree weather (VIDEO)
Well, it’s not the kind of video that will warm your heart on such a cold day, but it may just make your blood boil. […]
2013 Year in Review: Top posts selected by FTB contributors and editors
With just a few hours left in 2013, the results are in! As we’ve done for the past few years, we asked our writers and […]
2013 in the News: Distraction, more of the same and a few surprises
The world was supposed to end in 2012. It didn’t. In fact, if 2013 in the news is any indication, it didn’t even change all […]