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    Quebec Votes 2026: What the Parties Are Promising Montreal
    The Main

    Quebec Votes 2026: What the Parties Are Promising Montreal

    Rent, transit, daycare, groceries and the culture budget, party by party.

    Quebec Explained: The Tradition Behind the Épluchette de Blé d’Inde
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    Quebec Explained: The Tradition Behind the Épluchette de Blé D’Inde

    Quebec has been calling corn “blé d’Inde” for centuries. Turning it into an excuse for a party took a little longer.

    Heart of the Beast Is a Long Trek With Little Payoff
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    Heart of the Beast Is a Long Trek With Little Payoff

    Gorgeous Alaskan scenery and a dog who outshines Brad Pitt can’t quite sustain a survival story that keeps repeating itself.

    The Bulletin: Divan Orange Returns, Oktoberfest Comes Early, Antiquarian Books, and a Party in the Wing Noodles Parking Lot [Issue #200]
    The Main

    The Bulletin: Divan Orange Returns, Oktoberfest Comes Early, Antiquarian Books, and a Party in the Wing Noodles Parking Lot [Issue #200]

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

    Make Time for Making Time
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    Make Time for Making Time

    Founder and DJ Dave P. and SAT’s Alexandre Auché collaborate on a night of music, light, space, and togetherness.

    Why Does Montreal’s Street Food Rules Keep Vendors Off Its Streets?
    Fede Sanchez

    Why Does Montreal’s Street Food Rules Keep Vendors Off Its Streets?

    Street food rules in this town reveal a city more comfortable deciding what belongs on its streets than letting vendors find their place.

    Ferlucci Knows What Keeps a Neighbourhood Café Going
    AnnaClare Sung

    Ferlucci Knows What Keeps a Neighbourhood Café Going

    An in-depth conversation with Ferlucci’s founders on 11 years in Villeray and what comes next as the café expands.

    Renaissance Doesn’t Want Your Shein Donations
    AnnaClare Sung

    Renaissance Doesn’t Want Your Shein Donations

    Following Shein’s latest Montreal pop-up, Renaissance’s CEO asks who pays the price for what ultra-fast fashion leaves behind.

    MAPP_MTL 2026: Your Guide to the 10th Iteration of Montreal’s Projection Mapping Festival
    AnnaClare Sung

    MAPP_MTL 2026: Your Guide to the 10th Iteration of Montreal’s Projection Mapping Festival

    The event will celebrate art, community, and the city, as it produces free installations, workshops, and parties during September and October.

    What To Do This Weekend (09.24-09.27)
    AnnaClare Sung

    What To Do This Weekend (09.24-09.27)

    Music festivals, cycling championships, projection mapping, and more: September 24 to 27, 2026

    What Comes After Run Clubs? Taking to the Dance Floor
    Morgan Mullin

    What Comes After Run Clubs? Taking to the Dance Floor

    From queer line dancing to beginner ballet, Montreal’s growing dance scene offers another way to get moving, meet people, and feel part of something.

    Café Cadence Brings Japanese Baking and ’80s Design to Chinatown
    AnnaClare Sung

    Café Cadence Brings Japanese Baking and ’80s Design to Chinatown

    Sandos, matcha and seasonal lunches fill the menu, but a Japanese baker’s answer to the coffee shop croissant is drawing much of the attention.

    The Villeray Kitchens Keeping Dominican Cooking Alive in the City
    Krystale Tremblay-Moll

    The Villeray Kitchens Keeping Dominican Cooking Alive in the City

    For the city's three Dominican restaurants, cooking for the community is only half the business. The other half is getting everyone else to the table.

    The Last Good Weeks: An Alley Party and Zine Launch to Celebrate the Harvest
    J.P. Karwacki

    The Last Good Weeks: An Alley Party and Zine Launch to Celebrate the Harvest

    Come celebrate the peak of the harvest season with us, and pick up a new special edition magazine.

    Montreal’s Perfume Scene Is Building a New Culture of Scent as Art
    Saelan Twerdy

    Montreal’s Perfume Scene Is Building a New Culture of Scent as Art

    For the city’s perfumers, artists, and apothecaries, scent is becoming as much about what you feel as how you smell.

    Montreal Lands Four Finalists on Air Canada's Best New Restaurants
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    Montreal Lands Four Finalists on Air Canada's Best New Restaurants

    A Petite-Patrie bistro, a market smokehouse, a yakitori counter and a Korean steakhouse are in the running for the 2026 Top 10 in November.

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