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    The Bulletin: Holiday markets begin, 2024's last music festivals, and a lot of smoked meat [Issue #104]

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    The Bulletin: A wine-soaked city, our oldest bathhouse, and live music for November blues [Issue #103]Newsletter
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    The Bulletin: A wine-soaked city, our oldest bathhouse, and live music for November blues [Issue #103]

    The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

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    The Bulletin: Where and how to eat your feelings after reading yesterday's news [Issue #102]Newsletter
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    The Bulletin: Where and how to eat your feelings after reading yesterday's news [Issue #102]

    The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

    Bona Fide now supplies Villeray with a bistro combining Rome, New York, and MontrealFood & Drink
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    Bona Fide now supplies Villeray with a bistro combining Rome, New York, and Montreal

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    A Peruvian kitchen meets an Italian social club in Old Montreal with Capisco's bachiche cuisineFood & Drink
    J.P. Karwacki

    A Peruvian kitchen meets an Italian social club in Old Montreal with Capisco's bachiche cuisine

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    Montreal tops Air Canada & enRoute's Best New Restaurants for 2024

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    The Bulletin: Halloween Part 2, a high-speed train, and killing daylight savings time 🔪⏰ [Issue #101]Newsletter
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    J.P. Karwacki

    Why doesn't Montreal have its own Halloween parade?

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    J.P. Karwacki

    Family and the weight of change in Montreal's West End: Arjun Basu's latest novel, The Reeds

    In The Reeds, novelist Arjun Basu turns his eye toward Montreal’s West End for an introspective family novel set during a summer of seismic personal shifts.

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