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Ce qui se passe, ce que vous avez peut-être manqué et ce qui s'en vient à Montréal.

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Montreal Votes 2025: What Each Party is Saying About Arts & Festival Funding This Election

Montreal’s cultural life and festivals both big and small depend on steady support. Here’s how the parties say they’ll fund it.

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Montreal Votes 2025: What Each Party is Saying About Nightlife This Election

What happens after dark is shapes the city’s future: From noise bylaws to metro hours, the next mayor will help decide what kind of city Montreal gets to be.

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The Bulletin: Who's Going to Define the Future of Montreal? [Issue #152]

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: October is Giving Us Too Many Good Options [Issue #151]

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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How 24 Stanley Cups Turned the Montreal Canadiens into a Religion

From dynasty to drought: a brief-ish look at the making of Montreal's most devotional sports franchise.

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The Bulletin: ⚾️ 💀 Montreal Mourns the Expos, Then Parties Anyway [Issue #150]

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 Rise and Fall of Le Palais des Nains, the Palace Where Tourists Became Giants

For over 60 years, the fully functional home of two circus veterans became a Montreal tourist attraction where everything was scaled down to their three-foot-tall size.

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Where to Dance, Scream, and Celebrate with Halloween Parties in Montreal

Ah, Halloween in Montreal: A month-long excuse to wear leather, fake blood, and increasingly elaborate wigs. Here's what's up in 2025.

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The Artist Who Carves the Shape of Light

Joe Lima's massive woodblocks—some over six feet tall—sculpt shadow and illumination into surreal architectural spaces that blur printmaking and sculpture.

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The Bulletin: The Incoming Weather’s Hot, but This Lineup’s Hotter. 🥵 [Issue #149]

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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Ramen Ramen Fes Returns for a Two-week Citywide Noodle Crawl

The fourth edition of Montreal's annual ramen festival lets you eat and vote your way through special bowls from October 13 to 26, 2025.

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A Butcher's Gamble, a Forgotten Tavern, and How the Mile End Earned Its Name

From a Durham County butcher shop and Massachusetts tavern keepers to a global creative district, the real story's one historians got wrong for decades.