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HUNTING COVERED BRIDGES IN THE QUEBEC COUNTRYSIDE
BY RICKY KREITNER
The news stories that flooded front pages in the wake of Hurricane Irene late last month focused mostly on surging rivers, torn-up homes, downed trees, and the fate of New York City... | read |
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MONTREALERS | ORVALD AND BETTY GRATIAS
BY ALAN GRATIAS
My father was an enigma to everyone, his three children not excepted. Perhaps even to himself... | read |
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MONTREALERS | SNOWBIRD TRAVELS
BY HARVY SIMKOVITS
It was the early 1970s, and our family of four was bundled in our winter coats... | read |
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REVIEW | THE ROUSING CALL OF DEMOCRACY
BY ANDREW GIBSON
A Review of The Trotsky | read |
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PERSONAL HISTORY | MY FATHER'S DEVOTIONS
BY HARVY SIMKOVITS
John Simkovits had been born into the newly formed Czechoslovakia, and raised in the faith of his Catholic-dominated... | read |
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MONTREAL'S MOST FAMOUS WRITER STILL HAUNTS THE MILE END
BY RICHARD KREITNER
Few hipsters, biking furiously down St. Urbain Street in Mile End, notice number 5257... | read |
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PREMIERE | MORDECAI RICHLER: THE LAST OF THE WILD JEWS
New documentary profile of controversial Canadian novelist Mordecai Richler by Montreal filmmaker/journalist Francine Pelletier. | read |
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MOVIES | JESSICA PARÉ: MAD MEN'S MONTREAL CONNECTION
28-year-old Jessica Paré is really from Montreal, and as Megan said to Don on the California hotel terrace, her father is really a professor at Montreal's McGill University... | more |
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EXHIBITION | TREVOR GOULD
at Lilian Rodriguez Gallery, Montreal | read |
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EXHIBITION | PATRICIA MORRIS' "TRANS-CANADA DRIVE"
Solo exhibition at Avenue Art Gallery, Montreal | read |
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MUSIC| THE WANDER MAN REVISITS
Tim Harwill's "The Wander Man Revisits" tour rolls into Montreal, Quebec on Wednesday July 28, 2010, with a show at Bar St Laurent 2 from 9 to midnight. | more |
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CULTURE | CULTURE AND JOBS IN MONTREAL
Culture is a major generator of jobs in Montreal, shows a study of The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal... | read more |
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POLITICS | LIBERAL THINKERS WILL MEET IN MONTREAL IN MARCH 2010
Big conference in which Canadian political and social thinkers will discuss the future of Liberal party and Canada will take place in Montreal in 2010... | read more |
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ENVIRONMENT | QUEBEC GOES GREEN
Quebec will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020. Quebec's plans for reduction of greenhouse gases are the most ambitious in North America and match the goals of European green policy... | read |
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ECONOMY | QUEBEC LEADS CANADA-EU FREE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Quebec is the most open Canadian province for free trade with Europe. The Liberal government in Quebec works hard to reach a deal with Europe... | read more |
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ART | L'ART ABSTRAIT D'YVAN DUCHARME ÉTUDIÉ À L'ÉCOLE LESTER B. PEARSON
Les oeuvres d'acrylique sur toile du comédien et animateur Yvan Ducharme, font l'objet d'un projet d'étude qui se veut un enrichissement de la culture Québécoise et une sensibilisation de l'art auprès des jeunes... | read |
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EXHIBITIONS | TERRACOTTA SOLDIERS, TIFFANY AND MILES DAVIS AT MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
New and exciting exhibitions are coming at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Perhaps the most interesting show is "China: The first emperors." | read |
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BOOKS | THE McGILL'S LOST SCROLLS
The Montreal's McGill University was the first institution outside the Middle East that attempted to buy a part of the Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered between 1947 and 1956 in the desert caves at Qumran... | read |
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MUSIC & ECONOMY | MONTREAL THIRD IN MUSIC INDUSTRY Montreal is on third place among the major North American cities in concentration of music-industry businesses, according to a new analysis of the University of Toronto's Martin Prosperity Institute...| read more |
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