Tripadvisor’s Travellers Choice Award 2024 ranked Montreal 13th on the “Best of the Best” list for sustainable travel, crowning the city the “cultural capital of Canada.” Alongside this, Time Out ranked Montreal in 12th for “World’s Best Cities for Culture.” While this didn’t surprise me, I was shocked to find[Read More…]
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An ode to the hater
At the end of sixth grade—a year fraught with the kind of drama only 11-year-old girls can come up with—I made a promise to myself: No more talking shit. I do not think I ever really thought I was going to follow through with it. It was the kind of[Read More…]
Parlez-vous français?: Improving your French in the McGill bubble
For many McGill students, brushing up on their French is on their never-ending to-do list. Or maybe you’re a prospective McGill student worried about Quebec’s plan to have 80 per cent of non-Francophone students speak an intermediate level of French. Either way, learning French is a great way to feel[Read More…]
Canada’s housing crisis has been decades in the making
In the Feature of the week: Canadians struggle as dreams of homeownership fade and costs soar, unveiling an urgent need for solutions.
Blanchet’s tale of “two Quebecs” embodies the Bloc Québécois’s hypocrisy
Montreal is a city characterized by its liveliness and natural beauty. The numerous events that take place on the island, such as the Nuits d’Afrique and Jazz Fest music festivals highlight the city’s diversity and boast its reputation as a tourist hotspot. Most enticing, however, is that Montreal is composed[Read More…]
A love letter to cross-country skiing
I so often find that downhill skiing disappoints—you pay hundreds of dollars to wait in massive lines, be carried to the top of a mountain, and then plopped down among dozens of families, fighting couples, and overconfident first-timers barreling down slopes they shouldn’t be on. I will admit, my lack[Read More…]
Spend a day in Old Montreal
Despite being only a 30-minute walk from McGill’s downtown campus, when done right, a day in Old Montreal can feel like a day trip in a new city. Check out this itinerary for your winter getaway to Old Montreal. Begin with breakfast A hot cup of coffee and a tasty[Read More…]
Keeping up with new chemicals in our drinking water
As McGill students, we rely on access to clean water from the city’s infrastructure, but few of us know where our water is actually coming from, how it is filtered, or where it goes once we are done using it. Every day, the city must clean, store, and distribute water[Read More…]
Montreal’s 2024 budget inflates a ballooning SPVM, while crucial accessibility issues go unaddressed
Announced on Nov. 15, Montreal’s 2024 budget raises serious concerns regarding the skewed allocation of funds accompanying the 3.5 per cent spending increase. The municipal government allocated the majority of the budget to investments in public transit––which is receiving a budget increase of $48.4 million, bringing it up to $715.6[Read More…]
Do not hold your breath waiting for an NBA team in Montreal
In an appearance on the broadcast of a game between the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics on Nov. 13, National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner Adam Silver was asked about the league’s plans for expansion. Silver mentioned the possibility of the league one day further expanding internationally, potentially adding[Read More…]
