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Qualité de vie – Comment calculer l’incalculable?
Le magazine Monocle sortait ce mois-ci son toujours très attendu palmarès des villes où il fait très, très bon vivre. Cette année, Montréal dégringole en...
By Jonathan Lapalme -
So close to the warmth of a Quebec summer…
I couldn’t resist posting this 1970s ad by the Québec tourism department, scanned from an old National Geographic magazine. “Discover the...
By Alanah Heffez -
Spacing Poll: The Bixi Bailout
Tuesday night, Montreal’s city council voted on whether to financially back Bixi to the tune of $108 million. The Public Bike Service Co. (sociétÃ...
By Alanah Heffez -
You are listening to Montréal
« La liberté d’expression, c’est aussi la liberté d’écoute. » – Pierre, VE2PEM Régalez-vous du spectacle qui est la ville de...
By Émile Thomas -
Camping en Ville?
After contemplating the paucity of campfires in the city last week, I was excited to come home to news of the possibility of developing urban campsites...
By Alanah Heffez -
The Post-Tourist
A friend of mine recently came to me with a dilemma. Let me explain it to you. For the sake of anonymity, I will not mention any names. The friend of her...
By Émile Thomas -
Patiner Montréal Tracks the State of the City’s Rinks
Now that temperatures have dipped permanently below zero you might be wondering when your local skating rink will be open, or where you can go to join in...
By Alanah Heffez -
Cultural Corridor to channel creative energy into Griffintown
Image: Poetry reading in the Dalhousie Art Space, adjacent to the New City Gas Co. building, Aug 2010. There are rumbles of change in Griffintown. After...
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PODCAST: Listen to Spacing’s 5-part series on G20
It has been over three weeks since the G20 Summit left Toronto but the actions of protesters and police are still lingering. Spacing Radio‘s podcast...
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Les meilleurs lieux montréalais selons VOUS
Worth lining up for? Photo of Schwartz’s deli by Rick’s pics (Montreal). Merci à tous ceux qui ont répondu à notre sondage sur les coups de...
By Alanah Heffez -
Reflections after Tax Time
So I did my taxes last month and, seemingly for the first time, I took note of the slip of paper from the landlord indicating how much he paid in...
By Alanah Heffez -
Rule Book: A drink in the park
A place where millions of people’s lives overlap needs to lay down a few ground rules. At the core, I think most of us implicitly understand that we...
By Alanah Heffez