This year marks the first Montreal Design Week. Open studios, exhibitions, installations, evening events, and a trade show—it will run for ten days, from April 28 through May 7, 2026. Montreal has so...
The second half of April is always a bit chaotic in Montreal; tulips in bloom, freezing rain, muggy sunny days, and a few snowflakes. The winter coat is packed away and the mid-season trench coat is a bit...
This year,Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 10 in Quebec, and we all know that Mother’s Day is serious business. Montreal willbe teeming with bouquets of flowers wrapped in pastel crepe paper, spa days, res...
From this morning (Wednesday, April 15, 2026) through Saturday, April 15, 2026, the City of Montreal’s blue-collar workers are on strike. Blue-collar jobs involve physical labor, and for the City of M...
There is almost no snow left on the streets of Montreal—just a few mounds of hardened snow, soiled by dust from the windstorms of early April. As every year, the city’s sidewalks are thawing and revealing...
The mild spring air is slowly returning to Montreal—between showers. It makes us crave being outdoors, hands in the grass and a wicker basket tucked under our arm—fullof seasonal vegetables, flowers, and...
In April, we don’t “bare a single thread” because the air is freezing, the sun is hot, and the asphalt is wet. But all this cold rain makes the crocuses and tulips bloom, and in May, nature will take over...
The snow has (finally!) melted in Montreal. We’ve traded our heavy coats and fur-lined boots for soft sneakers and denim jackets, and we have only one desire: to spend our days outdoors. In April, it’...
The Montreal spring ritual is a ritual of observation. As the weeks and months pass, we choose one or a few bare trees at the curb and look intently at the tips of the branches. We look for the beginning...
Last night, Sunday, April 12, 2026, the race for the leadership of Quebec’s ruling party—the CAQ (Coalition Avenir Québec)—concluded with the election of Christine Fréchette, who received 58% of the vote....