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I was driving home two weeks ago, working my way though a bewildering maze of street festivals separating me from my home. St-Laurent Blvd. was closed...
I had a fatal encounter with my phone company recently. It involved a $140 “long distance” bill for some calls I’d made to France, to sort out...
It’s tourist season again and Americans will soon be flooding our city, starting with this weekend’s F1 Grand Prix race. As we fight our “soft...
Nowadays, every modern device is designed so smartly or stylishly that it makes us users feel stupid. So, travelling is the best way to find out what...
The big surprise about our visit from the “King of Canada” was that Quebecers didn’t care. Sure, the usual nationalist suspects went on about...
I spent last Saturday at city hall being inducted into the Order of Montreal, and the ceremony was revealing. Partly because I was the only anglophone...
Quebec has just passed a major tipping point in tax policy: no more tipping allowed on restaurant meal taxes. From now on, when you see a 15, 20 or 50...
Welcome to Carneymania, the biggest political rage since the (Pierre) Trudeaumania of my youth. Only months ago the Liberal party was so far behind...
It was an offer I couldn’t refuse. I’d sworn not to visit the U.S. until President Donald Trump’s threats and tariffs ended. But then I...
Congratulations, Quebecers! We are among the happiest people in the world, at least according to ourselves. In the recent UN World Report on...