Yesterday, the Quebec Government requested suspending all public cultural and sporting events across the province until August 31st in order to keep fighting COVID-19 through […]
Tag: Montreal
COVID-19 Update: No Festivals, Sporting Events or Public Events in Montreal Until July 2nd
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Montreal’s Climate March is Friday
The Montreal Climate March is tomorrow. It’s part of the student-started global Climate Strike movement, but with so much official support and participation, not to […]
The Politics of Montreal Pride in Three Perspectives
Pride has become many things over the years. For some it’s a great party – a chance for peoa ple of all genders and sexual […]
A March Not a Parade: Montreal’s Transgender Community Takes to the Streets
On a sunny Sunday in downtown Montreal, a group gathered at Place de la Paix with a purpose. It’s Pride month and the trans and […]