GeneralCondo PornPhoto for The New York Times by Yannick Grandmont Much of Montreal’s allure lies in its decrepitude. Those charming triplexes...
GeneralHappy Jack in WestmountJack Layton being Jack Layton, though not in Westmount. It is doubtful this by-election, or the the one in Longueuil or...
GeneralOf meat, beer, disease and deathAll this chatter about meat recalls brought a waft of sudsy, luke warm nostalgia through the Maclean’s Montreal offices this...
GeneralWhere’s Mario?If we’re going strictly on stereotypes, you could say that La Presse is the newspaper of the great, large, mushy middle ground...
General"I’ll take ’Barrel of Monkeys’ for $200, Alex."So after putting into words what his leader has already done in practice –– that is to say, acknowledging the credibility gap...
GeneralSeparatist goose, federalist ganderWhen, in 2001, Bernard Landry referred to the Canadian flag as des bouts de ch iffon rouge (’pieces of red rag’), the entire...
GeneralPauline Marois declares Quebec independence...*Pauline Marois (not exactly as shown) addresses the voting public. *... from gasoline. A péquiste government, Marois...
GeneralMontreal is burning!Usually, we riot after winning the Stanley Cup. Or, ever since the cup has made itself scarce in these parts, we riot after...
GeneralNear, far, wherever she isQuebec City’s 400th anniversary celebrations, already loaded with subtext and rampant (read: embarrassing) fury from a select few...
GeneralOne of these things is much like the otherOur Prime Minister is a cheeky fellow, isn’t he? Old firewall himself has suddenly become more Québécois than the freakin’...