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Quebec’s latest language flap was mercifully short-lived. One day after French language commissioner Benoît Dubreuil issued a report recommending...
Exercise habits change over the decades. In your 30s and 40s, work, kids and the responsibilities of managing a home and family can put a kink in your...
I was in a crowded downtown cinema bathroom last week, with newfangled taps you wave your hands under to get water flowing. I waved, then waved again,...
“It’s a de Kolta chair!” That’s the thought that sprang to my mind in 1989 as I was riveted on the finale of the Phantom of the Opera at the...
“98% of stores passed French service inspections. The OQLF says concerns remain.” Last week’s juxtaposition headline informed Gazette readers...
Even before then-premier Jacques Parizeau’s notorious comments blaming “money and ethnic votes” for the Yes side’s 1995 referendum loss,...
Container of mixed cement in one hand, an orange cone in the other and a tiny mosaic depicting an owl in her pocket, Laurence Petit heads off to...
Prime Minister John A. Macdonald famously described dealing with provincial leaders as “herding cats.” He was right: like cats, premiers will purr...
There was some fantastic environmental news last week that deserves to be noticed. Tamaracouta, the former Scouts Canada camp in the Lower...
The Canadian Grand Prix roared into town this weekend, but one group was making its noise off the track. The Sex Work Autonomous Committee mobilized a...
On a fresh, sunny morning last week, I hopped aboard the REM for the first time, joining the ranks of 170,000 Montrealers who gave it a test run...
Whoever coined the term “six months is an eternity in politics” knew what they were talking about. Again this week we see how political landscapes...
The most commonly stated reason people buy organic food is avoidance of pesticide residues. Indeed, organic producers cannot use conventional...
We’re about to cross the famed, feared hairpin turn on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, and my heart is almost pounding in anticipation. Mercifully,...
After a long and harsh winter, spring is finally here — at last! Tree leaves are burgeoning, birds are chirping, flowers are blooming and...
The sad state of infrastructure is impossible to ignore in Montreal. Whether it’s the mayor getting double flat tires on the pockmarked roads, a...
I’ve lived in Montreal for 12 years, and I remain remarkably unqualified to discuss hockey. I was recently reminded of my lack of cultural fluency...
In medicine, many treatments that seem logical and plausible don’t end up working when tested in patients. That almost counterintuitive fact is what...
Re: “Bell Centre crowd overwhelmed Canadiens” (Jack Todd, May 19) The fact that the Canadiens won three of their four games against the Buffalo...
My husband and I are Canadian and U.S. citizens living in New Jersey, but we spend a couple of months a year in Montreal. Since we are not Canadian...
The R-word has returned with a vengeance — and it’s not going away any time soon. During an in-depth interview with radio host Paul Arcand last...
I was sprawled on my couch in my sweatpants on Thursday night, intently watching the hockey game. Then the Canadiens’ Nick Suzuki scored, a huge...
The French word “zizanie” — translated as havoc, discord, dissension or friction — has a percussive ring to it. Several events of the past...
My knowledge of anatomy is rather limited, so I wasn’t too surprised that I had never heard of the “multifidus” muscles that line the spinal...
Her life was proceeding — more or less — pleasantly until a winter walk with her dog put it into an entirely new perspective. With Stephen...
I’ve been thinking about this month’s International Workers Day demonstration in Montreal, where a papier-maché effigy of what appeared to be...
Prime Minister Mark Carney is avidly wooing the west — but will his own caucus trip him up? Last Friday, Carney met with Alberta Premier Danielle...
Morton Rosengarten, a storied figure from Montreal’s cultural past, is being mourned by friends and family. Rosengarten, who died two weeks ago at...
There’s a basic rule in political communications: When you’re being hit by bad news, come up with bigger news of your own. The Quebec Liberals...
The long-awaited Anse-à-l’Orme branch of the Réseau express métropolitain enters into service next Monday, and will whisk passengers from...
Caroline Tanguay brought her son Noé to their favourite Montreal flower shop on a recent Wednesday afternoon, only to find the locale empty and...
Christine Fréchette has been trying to put a fresh face on a Coalition Avenir Québec government nearing the end of its two-term administration under...
Remember Theranos, the company that promised to revolutionize longevity by making health data instantly available from blood collected from a finger...
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock … As Christine Fréchette was delivering her first inaugural speech as Quebec premier at the National Assembly this...
There has been a running joke in the last few weeks that Premier Christine Fréchette is the new leader of the Collaboration Avenir Québec. She has...
Montreal fares better than last year in the Michelin Guide Quebec 2026, but still not good enough compared to Toronto and Vancouver. On the bright...
Every playoff season, I get asked about the impact of stress on the human heart. The joys and heartbreak of watching your team win, then lose, then...
Louise Arbour has been a law professor, a trial judge, the first francophone appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal, a war crimes prosecutor, a...
Take note, Michelin Guide: Montreal matters — as is much evidenced in Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants 2026 and Canada’s 10 Best New Restaurants...
I don’t profess to be an expert at gardening. When I first moved from a condo to a home with a yard a few years ago, I didn’t know the difference...
There’s nothing like playoff hockey to showcase the athleticism of Canada’s favourite game. And with three Canadian teams making it into the first...
As a nod to us amateur golfers — psyched about the start of the new season — Liberal Leader Charles Milliard could probably use a mulligan after...
Until recently, I had not given any thought to hair extensions, although I was once in a salon where I was amazed at the variety of these products....
I recently flew back to Montreal from a short stint in Mexico, only to exit the métro and immediately be greeted by STM buses flashing the iconic ...
Few have been spared the ravages of Montreal’s disastrous potholes this spring. Not Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada, who took to social media to share...
The number of unfilled residency positions for medical school graduates hit a new high in Quebec this year, and slightly fewer recruits than last year...
Congratulations, Canada! On Monday, our nation joined an exclusive club: countries with sovereign wealth funds. Norway, Kuwait and other resource-rich...
Jonathan Wener likes to joke that most people know him primarily as “a collector of buildings.” But what most don’t know about the...
Christine Fréchette has been pitch perfect since winning the leadership of the Coalition Avenir Québec and has breathed new life into the party of...
I’m 68 and I work part time teaching an employment workshop in retirement. I love it and it keeps me active. But I read somewhere that I’m paying...
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