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July, 2011

Editorial

04-07-11
Editorial Rana Bose

For the past several years, we have been justifiably looking out and beyond the city we originate from—-Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  Read more…

Art

04-07-11
The City Limits Dominic Boudreault

Artist Statement: The expression “motion photographer” came to me spontaneously since movement is the basis of my work: I am  Read more…

John Bradley

Commentary

04-07-11
Montreal Notes Patrick Barnard

I – Wings in The Dust   Le vieux Paris n’est plus (la forme d’une ville Change plus vite, helas!  Read more…

Commentary

04-07-11
Montreal Municipal Musings: The Political Faucet: Turning Supporters On And Off Sam Boskey

On the night of the May 2, 2011 federal election which saw the NDP come out of nearly nowhere to  Read more…

Photo credit: Jean-Pierre Bonin

Photo Essay

04-07-11
A Photo’s Worth Matthew Soule

Jean Talon Market is without a doubt one of the most popular spaces in Montreal. Located just North of Little  Read more…

Poetry

04-07-11
Montreal Maya Khankhoje

  I love Montreal, tu sais because English  here is charmant and French  c’est cool because locals  know that a  Read more…

Commentary

04-07-11
From Montreal to Paris – A Memo Dimitri Roussopoulos

  Spring days are very much here.  Both the sunny warm days and political hopefulness is everywhere. My sojourn in  Read more…

Poetry

04-07-11
32nd Ave., Lachine & Beggar, Namur Station Louise Carson

  32nd Ave., Lachine Now night, and off the curving yellow arches, the light, usually so harsh, glows dull in  Read more…

Kent St. today on Google Street View

Commentary

04-07-11
Community Organizing in Côte-des-Neiges Then and Now Sujata Dey

  If the commercials are to be believed, there is nothing more Canadian then a Tim Horton’s donut shop where  Read more…

Commentary

04-07-11
My Town, Your Town Matthew Soule

    Montreal is a special city. Some would say that it has a European charm that is rare in  Read more…

Commentary

04-07-11
“Have gun, will shoot” Shubhobroto Ghosh

    Ten years ago, after the 9/11 attacks, many commentators in Europe and USA expressed dismay at the way  Read more…

Commentary

04-07-11
“The taser killed Aron Firman”: More than just another Canadian taser death Patrick Bolland

The CBC report on 6 December 2010 left no room for doubt: “Taser killed Ontario man: Ontario Special Investigations Unit” (1). The SIU, an independent body, had just issued its report on the death of Aron Firman in Collingwood, Ontario.

Prose

04-07-11
In Praise of Ignorance Pietro Ferrua

    The new student came to consult with his advisor in order to establish his curriculum. The professor tried  Read more…

Prose

04-07-11
The Joys of Flying Maya Khankhoje

  I have a recurrent dream in which I am flying over a large body of turquoise water. The air  Read more…

Poetry

04-07-11
Unease Gabrielle Mathews

*** Editors note: Gabrielle Mathews has just won the junior category prize for this poem in the “Act NOW! International  Read more…

Commentary

04-07-11
The Politics of Prisons Sylvia Goldfarb

  Does Canada need bigger prisons, as proposed by the now newly elected Conservative government and at what cost? At  Read more…

varma

Book Review

04-07-11
The Art and Science of Healing Since Antiquity Maya Khankhoje

The Art and Science of Healing Since Antiquity. By Daya Ram Varma, MD, PhD. www.Xlibris.com, 2011. *** Why should a  Read more…

Video

04-07-11
Montreal’s Man of Bridges — Saeed Mirza Patrick Barnard

     

Prose

04-07-11
Pillow Mint in Paris Time Philip Tinkler

  Welcome to the Hotel Chanson de Geste, for once again it is pillow mint in Paris time, where the  Read more…

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