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Comme les Chinois
In today’s Gazette, Steve Faguy profiles Comme les Chinois, a blog about Chinese people, culture and society in Montreal that was launched earlier...
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Parking in the snow
Steve Faguy has an interesting post on Fagstein about the creative measures Montrealer drivers take when they need to park their cars after a big...
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Snow day!
[youtube]NwqgZ4vzi9o[/youtube] Tomorrow’s forecast might call for rain but we certainly haven’t had any shortage of snow this winter. This fun...
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When Chinatown was a Jewish neighbourhood
Did you know that today’s Chinatown was once Jewish? From 1890 to 1920, thousands of Yiddish-speaking Jews came to Montreal from Eastern Europe and...
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Nos patinoires
Spacing n’est pas un magazine sportif, mais nous faisons quand même valoir l’importance des arénas dans la vie des montréalais. Que ce soit au...
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Ode to the nighttime metropolis
Kate at Montreal City points the way to a nice essay in today’s Guardian on the pleasures of nighttime wandering. Writer and “confirmed...
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STM service improvements: the real deal
Earlier this month, we asked if the STM’s recent service improvements were actually cutbacks in disguise, pointing to an investigation by blogger...
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Photo du jour: Street-savvy monks
Is it normal for monks to go mingle with the public? I spotted these two guys on Ste. Catherine St. last summer. They seemed amiable enough, but they were...
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Association cantonaise de divertissement pour l’âge d’or
LO Ha, de l’Association cantonaise de divertissement pour l’âge d’or Samedi dernier, je me suis promené au Quartier Chinois avec mes...
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Photo du jour: Do you miss summer yet?
If it were a hot, sunny day in July, instead of yet another miserly day in January, I’d probably be craving water right now. Sometimes I’ll...
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Photo du jour: Fortune teller
On warm, snow-free days, there are at least a couple of people in Chinatown who will discuss your fortune. One of them is this man, who often sets up shop...
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Mount Royal’s igloo mystery unfolds
Last week, when I wrote about two mysterious igloos that were discovered on Mount Royal by a Journal de Montréal reporter, Stefan Ohrhallinger posted a...
By Christopher DeWolf