Happy Birthday to a Montreal icon: The metro logo turns 60 today
“This visual of great simplicity — an arrow symbolizing movement, in a circle symbolizing the tunnel — is now part of Montreal’s heritage.”
Centaur Theatre’s Wildside Festival is here, Jan. 16 to Feb. 11
“It is a privilege to work closely with innovative artists that are creating unconventional theatre — theatre that challenges its audience and explores deeply personal yet worldly ideas and issues.”
P.K. Subban & Carey Price brought back the Triple Low Five, banned by the Habs in 2013
A decade after their signature celebration was outlawed by then-coach Michel Therrien, Subban and Price reenacted the move at the end of the Subban tribute at the Bell Centre last night.
Off The Hook to host early access launch of Nike “Montreal Bagel” shoes on Jan. 13
The downtown boutique will be selling the 514-themed Dunk Lows this Friday, four days ahead of the wide release.
Between 8 and 10 Habs players will be learning French this season
The players are reportedly meeting with a teacher today and will be scheduling their lessons around hockey.
Montreal to boost road safety around schools, daycares and kids’ parks
“We will also double the budget dedicated to road safety. In 2023, we want to do more so everyone can travel safely on our streets.”
The syllabus for Concordia’s Kendrick Lamar course is here
“Kendrick Lamar — King Kunta, the prince of Compton — showed us it was okay to work on yourself in front of the world and find yourself internally, that family always comes first, that community and collective missions are central to growth and that sometimes, you have to break free.”
Systemic racism inquiry called for by family of man who died after being pepper-sprayed at Bordeaux prison
21-year-old Nicous D’Andre Spring, who should have been released from prison the day prior to his death, was reportedly treated “like a rabid animal” by staff.
Concordia is following up its Kanye West course with one on Kendrick Lamar this month
Montreal professor/rapper Yassin “Narcy” Alsalman will begin teaching The Power of Us, It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop in Jan. 2023.
What Quebecers cared about most in 2022
Inflation, the war in Ukraine and the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade were the top issues in Quebec this year.