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Recipe for a Block Party
My block is having a party! Right here, right now. Outside my front door children are super-soaking each other, running through sprinklers, and selling...
By Alanah Heffez -
The parades of Clark & Mont-Royal
My new Job, which just ended about half an hour ago, has kept me cooped up in an office on the corner of Mont-Royal and Clark for the last two weeks.Â...
By Chris Erb -
Maguire Meadow Garden Deemed Illegal
I hate to put up a second post about bizarre law-enforcing activities over the weekend, but it has to be said: last Sunday, the Montreal Police broke up a...
By Alanah Heffez -
Il est interdit d’interdire
« La loi nous oblige à faire ce qui est dit et non ce qui est juste. » – Hugo Grotius What’s going on with our police forces in Canada? From...
By Émile Thomas -
Commemorative graffiti
 Location in Montréal-Nord where Freddy Villaneuva was killed in the summer of 2008 An anonymous group has been drawing attention to the conduct of the...
By Jacob Larsen -
Montreal’s Underground Underdogs
 Inside the Molson Collector, somewhere beneath Rue Dickson in 2007. When it comes to Montreal’s underground achievements, the Metro system tends...
By Andrew Emond -
Photo du jour : La Maison de Radio-Canada
CBC/Radio-Canada a été frappé de 800 mises à pied annoncées ce mercredi. Ce chiffre pourrait être revu à la hausse si la vente d’actifs de la...
By Cédric Sam -
Opening up the Oratory’s view
It’s the thrill of discovering a new perspective on what you see everyday: that’s why I have such a thirst for finding new vantage points from...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Everything You Probably Never Cared to Know About Manhole Covers
Final sewer inspection, North Collector, Montreal, 1955. (Photo source: City of Montreal Archives) I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that...
By Andrew Emond -
Nuit blanche ce samedi : passez la nuit avec la STM!
Cette année marque le 10e anniversaire du Festival Montréal en lumière, et la 6e année que sera présentée la fameuse Nuit blanche. L’année dernière...
By Cédric Sam -
Photo du Jour : Busted Sewer
After my visit to the waste water treatment plant, the state of our fresh water distribution and waste water collection infrastructure is weighing on my...
By Alanah Heffez -
Our sewage plant is (unfortunately) bigger than yours
Living in a city, I find it disturbingly easy to remain blissfully unaware of the resources we use and the wastes we produce. So I jumped at the...
By Alanah Heffez