Fuck Yeah Quebec

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August 2011

27 posts

“Dear Hipster Guy - Yes, you are wearing a peacoat and Burt Reynolds sunglasses,...”

– Me, winning in Outremont after an 11km run up and down Mount-Royal in today’s yuck weather.

“Il m’est difficile de dire si je l’ai ressenti ou pas (le...”

– Affiché par Roland Romain de Donnacona, Qué., sur le site d’actualités de Radio-Canada le 23 août 2011 à 19h50.

150 years after “responsible government” entered Canada’s vocabulary, Jack Layton finally drove us away from adversarial politics towards consensus, transparency and debate. We have a responsibility to continue his work on improving our democracy. Il y a 150 ans, l’idée de “gouvernement responsable” est entrée dans le vocabulaire politique des Canadiens. Mais...

“And don’t call me every five minutes. If I don’t pick up the phone, it doesn’t mean I’m dead. It means I’m tired of life and I want to go home now and have my tea in peace.” ‎”И не надо мне звонить каждые пять минут. Если я не беру трубку, это не значит, что я умерла. Это значит я устала от жизни и просто хочу прийти домой сейчас и спокойно выпить...

Fact-based policy: Canada's pride, Canada's shame

Estimated prevalence of tuberculosis per 100,000 people in 2007, per country. Source: Wikimedia Commons. PRIDE Going up against business interests to defend public health isn’t always easy even when you’re dealing with just one developed country, but Dr. Madhukar Pai, a McGill University Health Centre scientist, has used his research to convince the World Health Organization to...

Entrecôte St-Jean: When you're feeling indecisive

I LOVE Entrecôte St-Jean! It’s excellent value for money and, of all our excellent French restaurants, it has the most authentic Parisian feel. saltybittersweet: Someone once told me that the Entrecôte St-Jean concept began in Paris, where three spinster sisters began serving steak frites, and only steak frites, from a food stand. The story goes that the sisters became world renowned for...

Montreal man threatens to murder science...

Une version française sera disponible sous peu. A Montreal man who uses the name David Mabus, and who has been identified as Dennis Markuze of Saint-Laurent, Qué., has allegedly been issuing death threats to American science journalists and bloggers over the course of the past three years, first by email and lately via twitter. However, despite repeated complaints to the Royal Canadian Mounted...

Marketing fail: QR Codes in the metro →

Pretty hilarious - reason no. 2: there’s no cell coverage in Montreal’s metro. STM, are you listening? veomtl: 3 reasons why QR Codes in the Montreal metro are a marketing fail.

Hip.Bang! Tour 2011: Salut. Je m’appele Devin.... →

An Ontarian artist moves to Mile End. Worth a read! I always wondered precisely how this phenomenon happens - are there posters along the Danforth with “Mile End” printed on tear-aways? Are they invited to couchsurf for a few weeks by their friends at McGill and decide to stay? hipbang: Here’s the scene. I am sitting on a secret hidden garden patio behind a café-laundromat on la...

Help us make Montreal's Gay Village safe

Help us make Montreal’s Gay Village safe by signing and spreading this petition. For too many years, the City of Montreal and the Province of Quebec have been concentrating drug users and mentally ill people have been in our neighbourhood, not to mention those who seem to drift in every summer from elsewhere in Canada. My community wants to offer a welcoming and safe environment to...

Quelle sécurité dans le Village gay de Montréal ?

English follows at end of article - thank you iSeal for the translation. MISE À JOUR - Avez-vous des photos, des expériences ou des opinions que vous souhaitez partager ? Envoyez-moi les, dans la langue de votre choix, à rw.raillantclark@gmail.com. L’anonymat est accepté. Ghislain Rousseau est propriétaire d’une boutique dans le Village Gay de Montréal qui, comme sa communauté,...