Socially and politically conscious Montreal rapper Jay Manafest has released a new video for his song Gas Lands. The song is a lyrical attack on […]
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Zombies mentioned at the Quebec Charter of Values hearings (VIDEO)
Just when you thought you had heard it all at the Quebec Charter of Values hearings, they start talking zombies. Zombie marches, that is. Playful, […]
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. […]
Anonymous targets Marois and the Charter (VIDEO)
The list of really strange bedfellows lining up against the Quebec Secularism Charter (formerly known as the Charter of Quebec Values) keeps growing. The Jewish […]
Charlie Angus sings about a very different Sir John A. MacDonald (VIDEO)
For many, Canada’s first Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald may just be the guy on the ten dollar bill and generally a good man. […]
Flying dildo interrupts Russian press conference (VIDEO)
Following a weekend where two female Russian athletes kissed on the podium and a Swedish high jumper painted her fingernails the colours of the rainbow flag […]
2012 Year-in-Review: Top Posts Selected by FTB Contributors and Editors
The votes are in! Or rather, they were in a few weeks ago, but in this age of electronic voting you can never be too […]
NDG cyclists and pedestrians and transit users rail against MUHC super-hospital traffic plans
Emily Campbell speaks with Projet Montreal City Councillor Peter McQueen (Notre-Dame-de-Grace) and community activist Marlo Turner Ritchie who aren’t impressed with traffic plans surrounding the new McGill University Health Centre Super-Hospital. They and other local pedestrians, public transit users and cyclists don’t want to be cut off from an entire neighbourhood…
CLASSE rally amps up Montreal students for Quebec Elections
Video report from the CLASSE rally that included performances by Quebec artists speaking out against tuition increase last week. The evening featured speeches on issues from democracy to feminism within the student movement and was highlighted by the final speech by Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois on behalf of CLASSE after his resignation…
Peter Sergakis: His war on homelessness
Peter Sergakis, owner of dozens of bars and restaurants in Montreal, has been accused of “waging war on the homeless” since expressing his desire to get pan-handlers and thieves away from his downtown businesses. FTB’s Emily Campbell sits down with Sergakis and Dans la rue’s Aki Tchitacov for this video interview…