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Hanes: Hudson must seize golden opportunity to buy Sandy Beach

For two sweltering summers in a row, there has been no sunbathing or splashing on the shores of Hudson’s beloved Sandy Beach. Access to the...

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Montreal Gazette

Allison Hanes

Freed: The more construction we live through, the worse our roads get

WARNING: Paragraph 1 of this column is open to reading traffic, but expect detours due to sentences under construction and unfinished...

13.09.2025 1

Montreal Gazette

Josh Freed

The Right Chemistry: Nailing down the risk of nail polishes and gels

I subscribe to numerous science and health-oriented newsletters that flood my email inbox every day along with a bevy of unsolicited press releases...

13.09.2025 1

Montreal Gazette

Joe Schwarcz

Drimonis: As we squabble over bike lanes, another cyclist is killed

My column today was supposed to be about Montreal’s coming municipal election. But that changed when, early Sunday morning, as most of us were...

13.09.2025 2

Montreal Gazette

La Drimonis

Libman: Montreal’s new language guidelines disconnected from reality

Have you ever tried to put on a pair of jeans that are two sizes too small? They just don’t fit, no matter how much you squirm, squeeze, dance...

13.09.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

Robert Libman

Hanes: Geneviève Guilbault’s move to Municipal Affairs a slap in the face to Montreal

It’s customary when a new cabinet minister is named for the stakeholders affected by their portfolio to congratulate the fresh appointee and...

11.09.2025 3

Montreal Gazette

Allison Hanes

Brownstein: Schwartz’s wins hearts and stomachs in Italy while staying dear to Ken Dryden’s family

Frank Silva gets plenty of requests. But nothing like the one the general manager of Schwartz’s Deli received in late August. “You are invited to...

11.09.2025 2

Montreal Gazette

Bill Brownstein

Labos: RFK Jr.’s report on autism may inflict more harm on public health

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to release a report...

11.09.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

Christopher Labos

Hanes: Poll shows a clear leader in Montreal mayoral race — ‘I don’t know’

There is a certain amount of disgruntlement that naturally creeps in when a party has been in office for a long time. It doesn’t matter if it’s...

09.09.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

Allison Hanes

Pierre Houde, the voice of the Habs, marks 50 years in broadcasting — with no plans on retiring any time soon

This year marks Pierre Houde’s 50th in the broadcast business, and only twice over the course of his career has he ever missed a day of work due to...

07.09.2025 8

Montreal Gazette

Bill Brownstein

Freed: Why provoke a battle between cyclists and drivers when so many of us are both?

It turned out to be easy to stop city hall’s controversial road closure on Mount Royal. All it took was a fast-approaching city election that...

07.09.2025 1

Montreal Gazette

Josh Freed

Libman: Could the CAQ defeat the PQ without Legault?

Libman: Could the CAQ defeat the PQ without Legault?

Is there a path to victory in next year’s provincial election for any party other than the Parti Québécois? According to polls, recent byelection...

07.09.2025 3

Montreal Gazette

Robert Libman

Fitness: Does exercise help or hinder your sleep?

When it comes to sleep, exercise can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, it’s reputed to improve sleep, but it’s also believed that exercise too...

07.09.2025 1

Montreal Gazette

Jill Barker