Montreal may be the next nerve center of the world's independent cinema... That's what we think, because if it's not the city of big red carpets and stars in sedans, it's definitely the darling city of cinephiles. S...
For three days now, the weather has been fine for only an hour, just before sunset, and the sky over Montreal is dark and threatening - we're expecting a storm. Under cover of autumn winds, the city appears with the...
Quebec is a region whose size we sometimes forget... And after the summer, if we miss Europe, we've got little bits of it back home! Whether it's the special sunsets of Scandinavia, the great plains and sheep of Sco...
For almost a year now, the Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) has been periodically announcing slowdowns, strikes and dramatic work stoppages that hamper service for hours, days and weeks on end. Since we love t...
The mercury has plummeted and the streets of Montreal are sticky with a mixture of rain and crushed leaves. We've dug out our (vegan) leather trench coats, Sorrento and Vienna caps (summer souvenirs) and umbrellas, and...
To maximize our spooky consumption before Halloween, Montrealers are treated to a week of horror film screenings at one of the city's coolest cinemas . There are classics and new favorites - from cult films of the '...
The sun is setting over Montreal earlier and earlier, and , it seems that the days are getting shorter and shorter, plunging the city into long - and colder - nights. Of course, Montrealers are used to the long, cold...
It's been a long, hot summer, and many of our friends have returned with a large stone attached to the base of their ring finger - a diamond for the purists, a 1930s emerald for the it girls, a semi-precious stone mount...
because we know that after six months of mild weather, winter (and its punishments) will return to Montreal. We're going to have to trade in our thrifted jorts and blazers for snow boots and (knitted?) toques. Winte...
While is still in full swing in many of Montreal's museum institutions, we've spent the hottest part of autumn hanging out at these exhibitions from a parallel world of truth. Now that the weather's cooling and the...