2015 was quite a year. As we prepare to welcome in the next 365 days, it is time, once again, to take a look back […]
Category: Culture
The C Word: Canada’s Consent Laws
New Year’s Eve approaches and with it lots of drunken merriment. There will be hangovers the next day, and many people waking up next to […]
One Week of Sustainable Life
Now that world leaders and their negotiators have left Paris following the climate change pow-wow, the focus now shifts to the work needed to make […]
Next Dance with Mary Jane: Canada’s Marijuana Legislation
Weed, Pot, Mary Jane, marijuana – these are all names for cannabis and its derivatives. Marijuana has been helpful to people with chronic pain issues, […]
Dumpster Diving Meets Haute Cuisine at the United Nations
It’s taken decades for dumpster diving to nudge from the fringes to the mainstream. Hell, ten years ago, it wasn’t even the explicit goal of the practice. […]
Montreal Victory Party: Civic Pride from Roosh V’s Beer Shower
Bon Voyage parties are bittersweet celebrations for a friend who is leaving town. It’s a chance to wish them well in their travels while secretly […]
Leaving Drake’s OVO Fest After Party in Toronto Just in Time
It’s no surprise that I am a huge fan of Toronto rapper Drake. It all started back in 2010, when I first heard his hit […]
You are what you eat. Unless you want to be Prime Minister.
It’s a phrase we hear often these days: eating is political. In other words: we’re actors in food systems. Our decisions carry vast implications—the ethics of the brand […]
UPDATE: Noted Misogynist Roosh V Welcomed Montreal-Style, with Beer in the Face
Yesterday, I told you about how Roosh V, the US blogger and “pick up artist” who thinks rape should be legal on private property was […]
Roosh V Thinks Rape Should Be Legal on Private Property and He’s in Montreal
Sometimes when you write opinion pieces, you spend time trying to argue why something is a bad thing. Every now and then, though, you can […]