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Warren Allmand won’t be running in November elections
Article online since April 7th 2009
Warren Allmand, councillor for Loyola at the CDN-NDG borough, has just announced that he will not be running in the upcoming municipal elections, taking place in November. Warren Allmand is a former Canadian Liberal Party Member of Parliament and was a Cabinet member from 1972 to 1979. In...
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Jon and Roy serve up Canadian folk with a reggae vibe
Victoria duo get by with 'a little bit of love' from their fans
Article online since February 4th 2009
If Jack Johnson had been born in Victoria, BC and not Hawai, he might have sounded a lot like Canadian duo Jon Middleton (vocals, guitar) and Roy Vizer (drums, percussion) who together form the self-explanatory Jon and Roy. Drawing from heavy indie, folk, hip hop, and reggae influences, such...
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A Woman of Words
Blue Met founder discusses memoirs, Montreal and multiculturism
Article online since February 4th 2009
Linda Leith seems genuinely surprised when I tell her she has an accent. I'm not sure if she –or others around her- honestly can't detect it anymore, or if it's simply a testament to this city of ours; where so many languages, dialects and accents mix and mingle on a daily basis, that so...
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The Little Sparrow flies back to Montreal
Piaf: Love Conquers All
at the Centaur until Feb. 8th
Article online since January 28th 2009
Born in 1915 in the streets of Paris in abject poverty, Edith Piaf was abandoned by her parents, raised by her grandmother who ran a brothel in Normandy, and gave birth to her only child at the age of 17; a young girl who would die of meningitis soon after, at the age of two. While rising to...
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After Lovescapes, comes Miniscapes for NDG artist
Susan Shulman to exhibit her work at ConservArt
Article online since January 28th 2009
It started off as just a whimsical idea for NDG artist, Susan Shulman, to create original gift labels and greeting card designs for family and friends to celebrate Chanukah and New Year. Then, it evolved into a series of mixed media artworks called Miniscapes, that will be on display at ConservArt,...
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( December 23rd 2008 )
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( November 25th 2008 )
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( November 24th 2008 )
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So long, Jean-Claude!
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( November 4th 2008 )
Why an anglophone exactly?
( November 4th 2008 )
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( October 21st 2008 )
Has violence declined in our time?
( October 15th 2008 )
Art in the streets
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( July 9th 2008 )
Why I love Our Lady of Grace
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( June 26th 2008 )
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( June 5th 2008 )
Place the onus on perpetrators, not the victims
( May 21st 2008 )
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