Yearly Archives: 2008
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Neighbourhoods of Canada, unite!
Not too long ago I picked up a copy of an interesting little zine, Savfaire, from the counter of a Mile End boutique. Now, with the launch of its second...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Toronto Tuesday: The Igor Effect, rising ROM prices and instant downtowns
The Igor Effect Discourse on bike security has snowballed in the Toronto media since the recent arrest of Bicycle Clinic owner Igor Kenk. Police found...
By Chloe Ellingson -
Photo du jour: Harper sucks!
Graffiti in an alley on the eastern Plateau, near Papineau and Mount Royal. June 9, 2007
By Christopher DeWolf -
A trip to Montreal East
Earlier this month, Montreal City‘s Kate McDonnell took a trip with her friend Ben Soo to Montreal East, where they poked around the vast industrial...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Laneway soccer
Two kids try to play a couple more minutes of soccer in a Villeray alley before yet another unexpected rainfall forced them inside. Photo taken July 20, 2008
By Chris Erb -
Policing our parks
In last week’s edition of Hour, Jamie O’Meara in last week’s Hour touched on the behaviour of Montreal’s police in city parks, and...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour : Autoroute 15, Ville Mont-Royal
A subtle stretch of autoroute Décarie (highway 15, between the 20 and 40), which is the main artery bringing traffic to downtown Montreal from the north...
By Cédric Sam -
Weekend news
4Good news: Raw sewage flows back to right place. City workers say 48 Isle des Soeurs households’ toilets were flushing right into the river. 4A...
By Julie Fournier -
Photo du jour: Mets chinois
It’s always a delight to find an old sign like this that uses that hilariously clichéd and outdated font, Rickshaw, which surely ranks with Comic...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Treestump Garden
The other day while biking up Laval st. in the Plateau, I passed by this entirely charming reclamation of a treestump. It was obvious that someone had...
By Sherwin Tjia -
Photo du jour : L’ange
Dimanche aux tam-tams, le 6 juillet 2008
By Christopher DeWolf -
Montage du jour : Le cinéma Loew’s
1924-2008 Vers 1915, alors que l’exploitation cinématographique était en plein essor, les cinémas de type «super palaces» conçu pour attirer une clientèle...
By Guillaume St-Jean