Not Black and White Guy Rex Rodgers February 16, 2023 966 What We Choose To Remember Prior to living in Quebec I was not conscious of systemic discrimination. At high school there were jocks, motor-heads, hipsters and book-worms who formed distinct tribes but we eac...
Sylvia Martin-Laforge – Director General of the Quebec Community Groups Network advocating for English-speaking Quebecers Peter Kerr February 15, 2023 3351 “I believe we are at a watershed moment for our community. Linguistic issues must not be seen as a zero-sum game.” Sylvia Martin-Laforge brings a wealth of government experience to her position as Director Gene...
Health care: Let’s make a deal! L'honorable André Pratte January 18, 2023 1047 My View of Our Montreal The federal government and the provinces and territories have been squabbling about health care financing for months. The provinces are demanding that Ottawa increase its Canada Health...
Multilingual Reality Guy Rex Rodgers January 14, 2023 1272 What We Choose To Remember I remember vividly the first time I became an honorary francophone. It was at a New Year’s Eve party where I made a friend who shared my taste in music. Late in the evening she turne...
Disraeli Revisited – until February 19, 2023 LiveEvents December 23, 2022 1166 Disraeli Revisited – Chronicle of an Event in Quebec Photography A Look Back on the 50th Anniversary of a Pivotal Chapter in Quebec Photographic History Until February 19, 2023, the McCord Stewart Museum prese...
The task ahead of Quebec’s Liberals L'honorable André Pratte December 14, 2022 1281 My View of Our Montreal On October 3rd, the Quebec Liberal Party (QLP) suffered the worst defeat of its 155-year history. Although it salvaged its Official Opposition status with 21 MNAs (now 19 with Marie-Cla...
A red and orange island in a blue, blue sea Guy Rex Rodgers November 25, 2022 1631 What We Choose To Remember When I accepted Peter Kerr’s offer to write this column I saw it as an opportunity to engage in a conversation with Montrealers about why we choose to live here. Most of the Anglos a...
Experience the essence of Eastern Canada & New England with Holland America Michele Peterson November 24, 2022 1965 Enjoy a magical mix of culture, hospitality and charm on this 7-day cruise I open our stateroom’s veranda door to the surprising sight of a giant fiddle on the pier. Its glossy curves, soaring 18 metres into a ...
CP Holiday Train 2022 LiveEvents November 21, 2022 3910 CP Holiday Train returns to the rails in support of community food banks after two-year hiatus The Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train will return to the rails this season on its first cross-continent tour in ...
La beauté du monde – November 19-27, 2022 LiveEvents November 13, 2022 731 Opéra de Montréal presents La beauté du monde To whom does art belong? After a successful premiere of the deeply moving opera Les Feluettes in 2016, Quebec playwright Michel Marc Bouchard is back at the Opéra ...
