On Nov. 9, the Canadian Premier League’s final match turned into a full-blown winter wonderland. TD Place in Ottawa was buried in a blizzard, with visibility collapsed for players and spectators, grounds crews and even goalkeepers clearing snow away by hand, and extra time delayed while snowplows worked to clear[Read More…]
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A clerical error calls Election Canada’s dedication to democracy into question
In the 2025 Canadian federal election, the Liberal Party won the riding of Terrebonne by a single vote, with Bloc Québécois as the runner-up. However, a clerical error returned a mail-in ballot to a Bloc Québecois voter. This administrative fault, framed by judicial bodies as a mere unintentional mistake, has[Read More…]
Lost in translation? Here’s how to learn French in Montreal
Good things come in artisanal, handcrafted packages
‘Tis that jolly season once again. The days are shorter, the nights colder. Chestnuts are beginning to roast upon open fires across the world, and Jack Frost, in his unrelenting power, nips at all of our noses, having just blessed Montreal with 20cm of early snowfall this past week. As[Read More…]
urban child
SUBWIRED MIND an ode to the grimy concrete, divine passerby, neon nightlife and transcendent street art of montreal through the lens of a beat up lumix metalloid wire through bent sheet, there is no movement, no swaying in the wind. for the hangman there exists only the sloping staircase behind[Read More…]
Strong, vibrant—and unjustly criminalized
//Content warning: Sexual assault and violence// In 1880, a group of Montreal sex workers and brothel owners were arrested in a police raid. They refused to quietly comply. Instead, while being marched from the recorder’s court to their jail cells, they began to sing. Their voices rang out for over[Read More…]
I believe in fairies and Santa Claus
Since I can remember, my head has been in the clouds. From the moment I could string words together, I was always happiest poring over the pages of novels or tucked with my favourite show underneath a warm blanket of daydreams. I’ve fallen in love countless times with these worlds,[Read More…]
Martlets Volleyball falls to Carabins in Friday night nail-biter
Selima Guidara started Martlets Volleyball’s Friday night match with a serve to the visiting Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) Citadins on Nov. 7. UQÀM clinched the first three points of the match, but their lead did not last long, as McGill tied the set up at 11-11 and then[Read More…]
Know Your Team: Varsity Rowing
At the start of November, the McGill Rowing Team hosted the Canadian University Rowing Championship (CURC) for the fifth time in program history. The event was held on the team’s home turf at the Montreal Olympic Basin. The course’s unique layout meant fans, volunteers, and the McGill Rowing Junior Varsity[Read More…]
Montreal doctors rally against Bill 2, calling it a ‘catastrophe’ for Quebec’s health care system
On Nov. 9, thousands of doctors, specialists, residents, families, and friends rallied outside the Bell Centre to call for the suspension of new health legislation enacted by the province. On Oct. 25, the Quebec government adopted Bill 2, which will enforce a contract on Quebec doctors whose previous collective agreement[Read More…]
