McGill Tribune I have just returned from the 100th anniversary of the McGill Daily. I was a writer and editor from 1964 to 1967. The McGill Daily set me on my path both as an activist and as a journalist. Needless to say the 1960s were an exciting[Read More…]
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Florence and the Machine: Ceremonials
Florence is back and her machine is in full throttle. While the new album, Ceremonials, isn’t a total stylistic departure from Lungs—it has that same dark, dramatic sound that so pleased critics—its material offers a newfound catchiness and a slightly more conventional pop feel that might appeal to an even[Read More…]
Halloween weekend brings out the crazy and creative
Marri Lynn Knadle The boulevards and venues of Montreal are always filled with interesting looks, both ready off-the-rack and cobbled together from finds in fripperies. But this Halloween weekend, the cement catwalks and bodyheat-heated clubs became an innovative monster mishmash of the ghoulish, the garish, and the great. Whether it[Read More…]
Online gateway toward greater accountability
McGill Tribune Following the lead of Toronto, Vancouver, and Ottawa, the City of Montreal has created a website—donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca—opening up its municipal data to the public. The website, known as an open data portal, is intended to be a universally accessible resource for municipal information, ranging from government contract details to[Read More…]
SSMU hosts Consultation Fair
Last Wednesday, SSMU hosted the inaugural Consultation Fair, a joint effort by SSMU, McGill faculty and administrators, and a number of other members of the McGill community. The fair, initiated by the Working Group on Consultation and Communication, was designed to respond to calls for a more transparent administration and[Read More…]
To walk or to wait
Jaywalking is a practice that is only nominally illegal in most North American cities. However, Montreal seems to be taking a different approach. The Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) has begun its annual pedestrian safety campaign. Like most measures by government to raise “awareness” of a[Read More…]
Safe injection site considered
This year, Montreal hopes to open its own supervised injection facility, modeled on Vancouver’s InSite. Representatives of the city of Montreal are working on a plan to set up the facilities at preexisting medical facilities throughout the city. “Traditionally, public health is all about prevention, immunization and vaccination, and health[Read More…]
Redmen defence exposed in season finale
Elisha Lerner Elisha Lerner The Redmen wrapped up their 2011 season this past Saturday at Percival Molson Stadium, finishing with an 0-9 record after losing to the Concordia Stingers by a final score of 58-30. The game was preceded by a ceremony honouring former Redmen head coach Sonny Wolfe for[Read More…]
Coldplay: Mylo Xyloto
Coldplay have been around for over a decade now, and while immensely popular, they haven’t gone without criticism, often getting labelled as unoriginal and uninspired, both in their music and lyrics. Even so, they continue to produce music that their fans love. The band introduced a more upbeat, poppy sound[Read More…]
Quebec’s drop out rate highest
Simon Poitrimolt Quebec’s high school drop out rate is by far the highest in Canada. The provincial government estimates that the 2009-10 school year saw the graduation of only 73.8 per cent of students under 20. Mounting popular demand has pressured legislators to adopt aggressive goals and implement a variety[Read More…]