Montreal has one of the cleanest (yes, yes) and most architecturally interesting metro systems in North America. And, as much as we love to complain about the metro and the STM, we're still very lucky to be able to get...
The Liliane and David M. Stewart Pavilion, just behind the smaller of the two Montreal Museum of Fine Arts buildings on Sherbrooke Street, is a concrete and glass miracle that had almost been forgotten.
After three y...
Transcendence/ feminine noun (from transcendent)
Existence of the ends of the subject outside the subject itself; character of a cause that acts on something different from it, superior to it. - Larousse
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In Quebec, we know that the weather is intense - very hot, very cold, windy, icy - and secretly, we greatly appreciate the violence of the elements, because after walking across Montreal during a blizzard, we've earned...
The apple season begins in summer in Quebec, but the region's apples are the centerpiece of Quebec autumn. Even from Montreal, the most urban and international city around, apples are easy to pick.
It's been a very h...
Ah, Labour Day! That famous long weekend in September when we enjoy one last summer respite before autumn sets in for good.
Whether you're planning to do some last-minute shopping, treat yourself to a family outing,...
We're entering the last phase of the Montreal summer: it's getting a little cooler, the kids are heading back to school and the corn and sunflowers are turning Quebec green and gold.
September arrives, and with it th...
Quebec is a land of legends nourished by the horrors of colonization, a more or less accurate understanding of native cosmogonies - and an interpretation transformed into fireside gossip. It's a land of God and the Devi...
Today, Air Canada flight attendants filed a strike notice beginning at 12:58 a.m. this Saturday, August 16, 2025. The Canadian airline retaliated with a "lockout" notice for the same day, starting at 1:30am.
What doe...
It's almost back-to-school time in Montreal, and with it, the air will get cooler, the leaves will start to turn red and we'll be taking our last dips in the lakes of the year, drying off with a hot chocolate by the fir...