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All eyes will be on Montreal Police Chief Fady Dagher on Tuesday evening when he offers a long-awaited update on the explosive allegations of racist...
The idea women and men aren’t equal in the weight room is a matter of semantics, not physiology. Men may be able to lift heavier loads, but research...
The word “star” used metaphorically for a famous performer seemingly originated in English theatre during the 1700s to describe an actor who...
I’ve been called a few choice names before, but “muckraker” was a new one. This was hurled at me after a talk I gave in which I had criticized...
You know how you occasionally stumble upon an obituary that makes you wish you had met that person while they were still alive? A Gazette obituary for...
When Erol Araf’s basement filled with water in 2024, the Pierrefonds resident spent tens of thousands of dollars above and beyond his insurance...
Two suspicious fires over the weekend have left Montreal on edge. An inferno gutted the popular kosher restaurant Nöam on Décarie Blvd. in the wee...
The stack of unread books beside my bed keeps getting taller and taller. That’s mostly due to my habit of acquiring new novels faster than I can...
Are Quebecers naive and easily manipulated? That’s what Premier Christine Fréchette and her entourage seem to believe. As part of the ongoing...
“You will understand the joke after taking this class.” Although it was many decades ago, I remember my high school Latin teacher’s humorous...
Some 25 years ago, a 12-year-old me was being bullied in high school. I was chubby. I was nerdy. And I was “different” — because back then,...
Two passages stand out from the final report of the Laurent Commission, which examined shortcomings in Quebec’s youth protection system and should...
It’s the gift that has been keeping on giving nightmares to viewers for over six decades. And it’s the gift that has been keeping on giving work...
Five summers ago, Greater Montreal’s transportation planning body submitted a long-awaited big-picture transit plan for the region to the Quebec...
As Montreal reflects back on the 1976 Olympics, held 50 years ago this summer, one enormous hunk of the Games’ legacy continues to generate...
There’s a time and place for solo workouts, with only your thoughts or a favourite playlist to keep you company. But sometimes exercise is better...
For many decades, your country has been blaming ours for your winter blizzards, cold fronts, freezing drizzle and frozen drazzle. But now you’re...
How often have we seen in comic books, cartoons and movies the familiar archetypal bully named Moose or Biff or something like that? They’re often...
Donning white gloves, Marie-Blanche Fourcade disappears down a narrow aisle of floor-to-ceiling shelves in the vault-like room of a special facility...
I haven’t seen Christopher Nolan’s Hollywood retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey yet because I’m homebound with a broken leg. But then again,...
Montreal has lost a jazz giant. Make that the world. A gentle jazz giant at that. Oliver Jones died Wednesday night at 91 after a lengthy illness....
Their crew name mostly sums them up: The Improvaneers. They do improv comedy and they are pioneers. But it goes well beyond that: This cast is unlike...
Even if there were American wine on the shelves at the Société des alcools du Québec, would any self-respecting Canadian seriously want to drink it...
This is probably not the path that fans of Hannah Einbinder might have expected the Emmy winner to take following the fifth and final season of Hacks....
Young Canadians have so much to offer, yet they don’t always have the chance to make a difference in meaningful ways. Unemployment has been...
Most of us try our best to balance out the sedentary aspects of our lives with physical activity. But even the most active spend considerably more...
Like many people, I’ve been using AI lately to help with my accounting, technology problems and occasional recipes that use all the leftovers in my...
In a democracy like ours, you’d normally seek to add up voices, not subtract them. But these days in Quebec politics, some parties are sadly denying...
Research is the engine of science. But that engine should not be idling, it should be steadily propelling science forward. The extent of that forward...
Up until recently I had absolutely nothing in common with 24-year-old Montrealer and Canadian national soccer player Ismaël Koné, who fractured his...
The name is Fabulous. Jackie Fabulous. And she more than lived up to her name Wednesday night at Club Soda in the debut presentation of Just for...
The Fantasia International Film Festival — opening Thursday and running through Aug. 2 — turns 30 this year. Its long-standing artistic director...
I woke up in my daughter’s bed with the summer sun already pouring through the curtains of her bedroom window. Before I even opened my eyes, I knew...
In the early years of Just for Laughs, one of the unquestionable highlights for locals was the annual showcase of Montreal comedians. The Montreal...
You would think thousands of people infected with a parasite that causes chronic explosive diarrhea would be more of a news story. Admittedly, it is...
The water quality was rated “excellent” in the Ottawa River last week, just below the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, where the National...
What’s weird these days is that “Weird Al” Yankovic can no longer be considered to be … well … weird — in spite of the fact that his...
The Tour de France is one of the most physically demanding competitions across all sports. This year’s race started July 4 in Barcelona,...
A horse race is not won in the first few lengths out of the gate. Neither is an election campaign, particularly in Quebec. The political parties are...
“Weird Al” Yankovic is coming back for another free outdoor show at Montreal’s Just for Laughs — and so it seems that this 44th festival,...
It’s “Hot Time, Summer in the City” in Montreal these days, but I’m not just talking about the weather. Our often feverish outdoor...
It’s impossible to talk about the career of Marc Messier without talking about hockey. The Québécois actor, who died Tuesday at age 78 after a...
I have always been a fan of the Olympics, particularly the 100-metre sprint to decide “the world’s fastest human.” Like all Canadians, I was...
The summer I spent living over a bakery on Bernard Ave., one of my favourite things to do was to sit on my front balcony overlooking the street each...
Do politicians start parades, or merely get in front of them? That’s a question Canadians might be asking this week, following news that the...
His one-man show, a confessional, is called Adam Gopnik’s New York, exploring all facets of the award-winning New Yorker magazine writer’s life,...
With the end of the National Assembly session, campaigning for the provincial election scheduled for Oct. 5 has begun in earnest. It’s July and,...
Montreal has been reckoning with misogyny since a gunman walked into École Polytechnique on Dec. 6, 1989, separated out the men, and murdered 14...
Canadians marked the country’s 159th birthday this week, with many — decked out in familiar red and white — proudly waving the Maple Leaf,...
“No, I don’t.” That’s my answer to the increasingly frequent questions I’ve been asked about whether I take anti-aging supplements...
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