On our cover, Franco Égalité and art director Nancy Pavan illustrate the rise of Montreal basketball, accompanying a cover story by Oren Weisfeld that looks at how the city became a basketball town, and why it took so long to get here.

Kasia Van Schaik argues that there are plenty of statues where women represent lofty ideals, but not enough depicting women as real people.

Edna Wan reveals that Facebook Marketplace is not just a source for second-hand tables—it also hosts a vibrant underground food economy.

Nat Ty attends Exposures film festival, reflecting on how it imagines trans cinema beyond the politics of visibility.

Sonia Persaud reports on how campus radio, long a hub for alternative and marginalized communities, is fighting for relevance in the digital age.

Daniel Banoub reviews Celebrity chef Jeremy Charles' enticing vision of Newfoundland.

Plus fiction by Curtis John McRae, poetry by Misha Solomon and Gwen Aube, a comic by Jem Woolidge and much more.