Did you hear the one about the twin corporate lawyers from New Jersey?
An interview with the Lucas Brothers — playing seven Just for Laughs shows this month — about transitioning from law to comedy, co-writing Judas and the Black Messiah and more.
The case for a census of buildings in Montreal
The need for detailed records of the built environment in Montreal, particularly potential heritage buildings, is all the more urgent following the recent fire at the Bon Pasteur monastery.
Go visit Place des Nations: Montreal’s post-modern, retro-futuristic ruins
“Few cities have abandoned, historically significant, fantastically interesting ruins set in a place that’s otherwise considered a nature park, so take advantage of it, because this is your last chance.”
An ode to the Main
“The sandwich was piled so high with meat, it defied gravity. The coleslaw was tart and savoury, the pickle was fresh and briny, the fries were generously salted but somehow almost sweet, complementing the Cott’s black cherry that would have won the cola wars if only they were allowed to enter the competition. The Main’s smoked meat special was clearly the greatest meal in all creation.”
Billions more for the Blue Line, but my bus won’t run on time
“The Blue Line is, in nearly every way, a constant reminder of our provincial and federal governments’ incoherent transit policies, and unfortunately, the City of Montreal has little recourse but to play along.”
It’s time to ban Airbnb in Montreal
An open letter to the city, Mayor Plante and Projet Montréal.
Treatment of Amira Elghawaby exposes Islamophobia she was hired to address
Proving that irony is dead here, a hijab-wearing immigrant woman of colour was bullied into apologizing for stating facts by Quebec’s whites-only cadre of free-speech warriors.
The political class sees no problem with unnecessary mass pollution and police ops
“Politicians — a group of people well known for the near constant presence of their heads up their own asses — are exactly the kinds of people who would tell you to take the bus and turn down the thermostat to lower your carbon footprint, all while their motorcades and jumbo jets spew pollution and emissions far in excess of what most people will produce in their entire lifetimes.”
Why we can’t forget Polytechnique, and why we shouldn’t
“The massacre left an indelible imprint on Quebecers, and Montrealers in particular. It also had very real legal consequences: nearly all of Canada’s modern gun control legislation came about as a consequence of the lobbying by the gun control advocates born in the hallways and classrooms of Polytechnique on the night of Dec. 6, 1989.”
We spoke to Toula Drimonis about why her book “We, the Others” is striking a chord in Quebec
“With this current provincial government, it feels like if you don’t check enough boxes — if you’re not this, if you’re not that, if you don’t support Bill 21, if you’re not francophone, if you don’t speak French at home — then you’re not the ‘right’ type of Quebecer.”