Assuming that I'm the archetype, miracles occur roughly every three to four months in the life of the average person. I mean real miracles, not …

What sort of event has the glitter and pizzazz to bring out statesmen, senators, magazine editors and think-tank wonks, not to mention swarms of bubbly …

Sphères polaires at the Place des Festival By the time February rolls around, Montreal has already been buried in snow for a couple of months …

Every winter, the Jacques Cartier bridge's five lanes choke with traffic while metal barriers block access to the separated bike-pedestrian lane that connects Montreal to …

My sandwich could have been a bomb.  More specifically, the hummus destined for my sandwich could have been a bomb, or so I was told …

The difference between Canada's two central urban hubs, Toronto and Montreal, is never clearer than in winter when all you want to do is stay …

Shenzhen from above “China to create largest mega city in the world with 42 million people,” announced a breathless headline in Sunday’s Telegraph, detailing plans …

I’m such a procrastinator. It’s really unbelievable. I’ll tell you more about that later, when I get around to it. Yesterday I was sitting in …

“Everyone’s talking about the weather,” runs a loose translation of an old German political poster, “except us.” The slogan was used to parody a period …

One day in 1874, Philip Kock was testifying in a Brooklyn court. There were no charges laid against him; he was appearing as an expert …

Early reviews of Barney's Version (the film) had prepared me for finding the book's most amusing attributes—particularly its skewering of Quebec nationalist politics and Canadian …

I appreciate why outrage is so appealing. There’s something fundamentally human about the way in which we occasionally define ourselves through opposition, finding self-satisfaction in …

Boulevard Exelmans at Rue Chanez, XVIe Arrondisement, 1905-2008. Contemporary photos by Laurent David Ruamps Chat up a critic of historic preservation and the conversation may …

Lemon Hound: As a non-actor who writes, and has some theater experience, I admit to a certain jealousy of the actor writer combination. Not only …

It was an early spring morning when Jonathan Midgley met the Bowen Road dog poisoner. “I was going to fly to Singapore later that day …

Photograph by Noah Stephens. I have spent more time in hospitals than someone who is young and healthy ought to. When I was seventeen, my …

One night just before the holidays a fellow Montreal Plateau-dweller accosted me outside my apartment for the dangerous, selfish and morally deplorable act I would …

Villa Besnus in 1922 and 2010. Photo compilation by Laurent David Ruamps In 1922, Le Corbusier was hired by a man named George Besnus to …

(Previously: 25-16, 15-11) Few voices this year surprised and intrigued me as much as Paul Saulnier’s. With an uncontrolled focus, he sings like the lovechild …

  (From yesterday: albums 25-16) There were a lot of comparisons made between Surfer Blood and Weezer when Astro Blood hit the streets back in …