Spring Archive
by Samer Elatrash
Quebec’s “reasonable accomodation” debate, to everyone’s surprise, has turned into a race to see which party can champion traditional francophone values the best. Is this the death of multiculturalism?
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by Michael Carbert
Boxing may be in decline worldwide, but A.J. Leibling’s “sweet science of bruising” has found a second wind in Montreal.
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by Craig Silverman
Author Craig Silverman confesses his long-standing love affair with Quebec’s ubiquitous corner-store-plus-more.
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by Bruce Livesey
Bruce Livesey investigates how former inner-sanctum member Gerry Armstrong became the Salman Rushdie of Scientology.
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by Eric Andrew-Gee
Gary Doer was hailed as one of Canada's greenest leaders. Then he became ambassador to the US—and started shilling for Alberta oil.
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by Christopher Szabla
Is the cult of remembrance holding us back? In an era of Google archives and tragedy tourism, we need to relearn how to forget.
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by Kasper Hartman
The first-place story from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition.
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by Gary Leclerc
One of two second-place stories from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition.
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by Tijana Stojković
One of two second-place stories from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition.
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by Selena Ross
In this exclusive investigative report from Montreal, Maisonneuve exposes the bid-rigging, violence and sabotage at the heart of an unlikely racket: snow removal.
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by Andrea Bennett
The Jackson Avenue Housing Co-operative and the religious battle raging in one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods.
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by Nick Taylor-Vaisey
Last May, Jack Layton led the NDP to the greatest victory in party history. Now that he's gone, will the party be able to maintain its momentum?
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