Originally, I planned to fly from Paris to Kinshasa on January 6. There, I would meet Sally Jewell Coxe and Michael Hurley, a husband-and-wife team …

Chuck Strahl, above, is a former Tory MP first elected to office in 1993. Although his son now holds his seat, NDP organizer Al Ens …

"I mean, we did kind of steal Texas from the Mexicans." "I've never been so hung over in my life." "No thanks, I've raised enough money." "We've …

Brian Pollard with former NDP leader Jack Layton, from Pollard's campaign Facebook page. In Maisonneuve's current Winter issue, Nick Taylor-Vaisey has a feature called "After …

Kanzi communicates with Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh using lexigram panels. Photo courtesy of Liz Rubert-Pugh. It's three hours until my flight to Uganda, where I will …

In Maisonneuve's current Winter issue, Nick Taylor-Vaisey has a feature called "After Jack," a thoughtful assessment of the NDP's rocky past and uncertain future. Over …

For years, writing fiction, I found it difficult not to feel that I was rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. And yet optimism comes easily …

Earlier this week, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer wrote a brief blog post titled "A salute to politicians," in which he praised "these politicians who put …

The neighbourhood around Marconi Avenue is a bit of a strange place. I’m not even sure what to call it. Marooned between Little Italy to …

The video, if you haven't seen it yet, apparently shows this: municipal workers plowing the streets of Montreal's Villeray neighbourhood before there's even snow on …

The author, reading some highbrow long-form journalism. Because long-form journalism seems to be undergoing a renaissance these days (or at least we’re told it is; …

Christopher Hitchens and Kim Jong-Il stand on a cloud. There's some soft harp music and, I dunno, some angels hanging around or something. Christopher Hitchens: …

Let me tell you what it is to be a man among men. My drink of choice is whiskey, straight-up, with a whiskey back. That's …

Tomas Tranströmer, winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer is eighty years old. His right arm has been paralyzed …

At Court Street and Fourth Place is the Van Westerhout Cittadini Molesi Social Club’s Madonna Addolorata Jesus has risen again on Brooklyn’s Wyckoff Street. His …

Beijing’s rate of cycling has dropped dramatically over the past two decades, as the economy has developed and more people buy cars. As a result, …

Occupy Montreal has always seemed different from its sister encampments around North America. Even its French name provides a hint. While "Occupy Wall Street" is, …

Miranda July at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Nobody really recognized Miranda July when she came outside the Ukrainian Federation. This is strange when you …

It’s one way to see a city: pick a subway line, any line, and ride to the end. In theory, whatever narrow perceptions you’ve acquired …

If ‘album of the year’ acclaims were awarded literally—to the album which most sounds like the here and now—Halifax’s Rich Aucoin would be hogging all …