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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...

14.09.2025 7

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: A quiet reflection on Quebec’s public-prayer controversy

“Politics makes strange bedfellows.” The proverb immediately came to mind as I scanned images of a counter-protest last Sunday to — as...

07.09.2025 20

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: Concordia rocket launch lifts CAQ hypocrisy to new heights

A few weeks ago, Concordia University’s rocketry club achieved a Canadian first: A group of passionate young scientists and engineers launched their...

31.08.2025 5

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: Cross-border anti-Trump rally filled me with hope

I wasn’t planning to engage in activism last Saturday. My tentative plans called for brunch and a bike ride. But my friend Élisabeth Vallet,...

23.08.2025 2

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: Youth crime is serious. Blaming immigration is laughable

In a recent television interview, Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon attempted to establish a direct link between immigration and the...

16.08.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: Montreal’s multitude of ‘third places’ enriches our city and our souls

Last Sunday night found me in a park in Griffintown enjoying the latest free movie offering by Film Noir au Canal. For close to a decade, this local...

09.08.2025 20

Montreal Gazette

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Toula Drimonis: Hypocrisy takes the stage in MAGA preacher saga

06.08.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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Drimonis: Hypocrisy takes the stage in MAGA preacher saga

As I watched the debate unfold around Christian singer/MAGA influencer Sean Feucht, whose Canadian tour included last week’s stop in Montreal, I...

01.08.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: Amid immigration crackdown, it’s callous to target family reunifications

When the Quebec government announced this month it had reached its cap for family reunification sponsorships, and that the province was suspending new...

19.07.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: Montreal’s cultural diversity a problem? Don’t believe the lie

I found myself in Outremont recently lining up for Terraza Luz, a weekend-only back-alley taqueria pop-up owned by Mexican-born chef Juan Lopez Luna...

13.07.2025 40

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: Children’s book club is latest target of CAQ’s identity politics

Books and public libraries were my gateways to other worlds as a child. It’s understandable, then, why I’m such a fan of the TD Summer Reading...

05.07.2025 8

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: Drainville says he’s fighting for students. School cuts say otherwise

The Coalition Avenir Québec government has repeatedly stated over the past seven years that education is a priority for them, yet it’s often been...

29.06.2025 20

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: So who gets to celebrate la Fête nationale? (Hint: You do)

With St-Jean celebrations around the corner, I want to set the record straight about who gets to celebrate. Answer: Everyone. Every year I inevitably...

21.06.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: Montreal’s festival season is what culture looks like without the politics

It’s that time of year again when Montreal’s spring and summer festivals are either announcing their lineups or already in full swing, and the...

15.06.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: CAQ’s vision of integration looks disconnected from reality

As part of the Coalition Avenir Québec’s ever-growing list of policies aimed at dictating how new Quebecers should act, live and look, a new bill...

08.06.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: Devenir Keb puts human face on immigrant experience

I’ve written two books and countless columns on migration and the politics of “belonging” — and I still sometimes feel like I’ll never fully...

01.06.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: CAQ won’t fix health care by bullying doctors

I’ve been watching with increasing trepidation — and even a little bewilderment — at the way the Legault government continues to turn the screws...

24.05.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: There’s nothing like Montreal in the spring

Montreal’s great spring thaw is glorious. I love this city around the clock, and there’s no denying summer is when Montreal outdoes itself in sexy...

17.05.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: What is our immigration ‘capacity,’ anyway?

As the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump begins to revoke temporary protection status of 900,000 migrants granted under his predecessor,...

19.04.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: ‘Should I leave Quebec?’ A reader’s question resonates

As a columnist, I receive my fair share of messages. But one recent email turned into a phone call after the writer’s frustration and fatigue...

12.04.2025 20

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: Amid slide, CAQ doubles down on nationalism and secularism

Here we go again. It seems every time the Coalition Avenir Québec government loses a byelection, finds itself mired in another money-losing scandal...

12.04.2025 5

Montreal Gazette

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