The 2013 Montreal municipal election was a sham, plain and simple. With only 43% of eligible voters casting their ballots, we’ve scarcely improved on our […]
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Station 16 wants your help to recover stolen art
Station 16, the Montreal art gallery specializing in street art and graffiti, fell victim to an art heist that happened over the weekend. The gallery’s […]
Canada needs to bring the Prince of Pot home
Those who read my blog posts on the federal government will know that there is a certain theme that seems to re-occur in many of […]
FTB readers pick Projet Montreal in our Montreal municipal election poll
The results are in. No, not the results that will name the next mayor and city council members Montreal will have for the next four […]
Your City, Your Candidates – Richard Bergeron
As this year’s municipal election campaign winds down and all the issues are assessed it has become increasingly clear to myself (and, I think a […]
Your City, Your Candidates – Jason Prince
I couldn’t possibly have prepared myself to meet Jason Prince. The unyielding torrent of information that came out of him was bewildering at first – […]
Professor Noam Chomsky speaks at Concordia University
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 […]
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 […]