Oh Sweet Synchronicity
Have you ever taken a different way to work for no apparent reason? Without thought, I took a different turn than normal, shortly after one of my best friends came the other way on her bike. She was also taking a different route, getting out of work early and I was running late. We met […]
Montreal Music Shows This Week: Brunch with La Famille Ouellette, Laura Marling and Hot Flash Heat Wave
With the summer concert season just around the corner and more and more people heading out to shows, we’ve decided to keep this week’s suggestions simple. All shows are tomorrow (Saturday) and we even have your brunch covered. Let’s get started: Yes No Toaster: Brunch Concert with La Famille Ouellette On Saturday morning IndieMontreal will be […]
Don’t Call it Stealthing: Non-Consensual Condom Removal and the Law
It is appalling that in 2017 we still need to have a conversation about sexual consent. In April 2017, Alexandra Brodsky published an article in the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law titled RAPE ADJACENT: Imagining Legal Responses to Nonconsensual Condom Removal. It brought to light the sinister practice of men taking off condoms without […]
Discussing Solidarity and Climate Change in Pierrefonds’ Flooded Streets
Pierrefonds-Roxboro is one of the three Montreal boroughs under state of emergency, but you certainly wouldn’t know it from walking on the dry and clean parts of Pierrefonds Boulevard, where even the buses still run on time. Nothing to indicate the multiple disastrous and somewhat surreal sights that await only a couple of blocks down: […]
Montreal Music Shows This Week: Jaimie Branch Quartet, Black Salvia, Art the Band, Shana Falana & More
Well it looks like those April showers brought May… urrrr more showers. Not to worry, there’s plenty of great stuff to do inside this weekend. Here’s two options for tonight and one for tomorrow for you to consider. Jaimie Branch Quartet + Jane/KIN Head over to La Vitrola tonight where Suoni Per Il Popolo and […]
Food is a Right: Food Not Bombs Shut Down by Police
Remember the time I was almost arrested for sharing free food with my friends? I do. It was a cold, rainy May Day and we showed up to Lafayette Square (in Buffalo NY) as usual, well maybe we were 10 minutes late, and then as soon as I got out of the car and hugged […]
RCMP Mistakenly Tackles and Handcuffs Teenage Girl in Surrey
The RCMP is investigating an upsetting incident in Surrey (BC), where a 16 year-old black girl was handcuffed and taken down in a case of “mistaken identity”. Ruth and Gary Augustine told CBC that they have lodged a formal public complaint on behalf of their daughter, who prefers not to be named in order to avoid […]
New Faces and Old Legends: A Preview of the Just for Laughs 2017 Lineup
In a room in the iconic Monument-National on St Laurent Boulevard, press gathered in anticipation. Festival Season is coming in Montreal and Just for Laughs was ready to announce its long awaited lineup for the 2017 comedy festival. This year is a special one for Just for Laughs as it marks the 35th anniversary of […]
Montreal Music Shows This Week: Goldfish, Walrus, Miesha & The Spanks and Hot Kid
It’s Saturday, it’s beautiful outside and you’re sitting there trying to figure out what to do tonight. The Habs are out of the playoff, there aren’t any festivals going on and getting into a twitter war with climate change deniers is just not as much fun as it used to be. Well as luck would […]
Oh Demon Alcohol: Sober Therapy for Drunk Friends
Alcohol and I don’t mix. I am second guessing my whole attraction to the party scene, I just don’t want to be a clouded disaster anymore. Also, and more importantly, it’s bad for my body. Why do I have to be drunk to dance and meet people? I have more meaningful relationships that begin with […]
Canada Still Dropping in the Press Freedom Index
The change of government didn’t stop the steep decline of press freedom in Canada according to Reporters Without Borders. Canada now ranks 22nd in the RWB index, four spots below last year. The international press freedom watchdog urges Trudeau to act on his vocal defense of free media. Every year, Reporters Without Borders publishes a […]
Losing Your Job: A Primer on Legal and Illegal Firing Practices in Quebec
According to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau, young people should get used to temporary employment. That means that Generations X, Y, and Millennials should get used to badly paid uncertain employment with lousy or no benefits to speak of. This article is not about how our Prime Minister rode the […]