Under the moon and stars, in the cool, slightly humid air of a Quebec summer evening, with the scent of popcorn, spruce, and gasoline, the drive-in movie theater is one of our favorite traditions of the w...
Swimming in Quebec is best with your feet in the reeds, knee-deep in the cool water, and with a bit of mud between your toes as you step out of the lake. And, for a swim just an hour’s drive from downtown...
Quebec’s terrain—sometimes rugged, sometimes completely flat—is perfect for hiding beautiful waterfalls, small cliffs, and trails that wind up and down beneath the canopy of the region’s towering, thousan...
Montreal in the summer is a bit like an open-air playground—because we’d rather die than spend a warm evening cooped up indoors. After a winter of mandatory hibernation, Montrealers live outdoors, in the...
Even though it was very cold this winter, and dark all the time, and we had our ups and downs and that crazy urge to go to the movies every Sunday, we weren’t able to see all the Quebec films that came ou...
In Montreal,we sunbathe wherever we can…A neighborhood party in a parking lot with nowhere to sit for those with kids, a bench with a salad in a recycled plastic container for thecorporate girls, the off...
Fantasia is the most “Quebec-style” international genre film festival in the world—and our favorite of the year. It takes place all over Concordia’s conference rooms after the students have left for summe...
To cool your feet in the lake, your mind in the forest, and your eyes as you watch the thousand rays of sunlight reflecting off a waterfall (with the soothing sound of rushing water to boot), you don’t ha...
When you think of Montreal and Quebec, many things come to mind: hockey (Go Habs Go!), artists (Riopelle, of course), the city’s modernist architecture and the brownstones of the Plateau, poutine, pontoon...
Just for Laughs, the world’s largest comedy festival, is synonymous with one of the best times of the summer in Montreal. We love to laugh around here, and for over 40 years, we’ve known exactly where to...