Retired radical cheerleader Rachel Engler-Stringer steps up against the City of Montreal (2007-07-05)

Boots Riley still wants to kill his landlord. Fifteen years since he first explored this theme on his debut album, issues of economic inequality remain at the core of the MC’s lyrics and funk-fused production.

Se retrouvant au cœur d’une controverse au sujet du port du voile et des accomodements raisonnables, sept jeunes filles musulmanes luttent pour préserver leur identité et le droit de pratiquer leur sport favori en compétition.

Aline Valade has heard her fair share of horror stories about Montreal’s mental health care system over the past decade. With the provincial government set to implement its Plan d’action en santé mentale next fall, she is convinced that the number will increase.

I am standing in the basement of the old Queen Elizabeth Hospital, at the end of a maze of narrow halls in what used to be the building’s kitchen. It’s a little bizarre, but people are planting seeds.

Riding the rails has always held an air of romanticism and adventure; images of sitting on the edge of a boxcar, riding into the sunset, not knowing or caring about the final destination. To top it off, the ride is free.

It’s disturbing to see your neighbourhood go to the dogs. I live in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, a Montreal neighbourhood known for its widespread poverty and unemployment. It’s also becoming a centre for neo-nazi activity.

“Sin city,” “La Belle Ville,” and “the City of Saints” have all been used at one point or another to describe our metropolis.

Domestic workers are among the only salaried workers in Quebec who aren’t eligible for worker’s compensation from the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail in case of illness or accident.

A new semi-private medical centre, the Rockland clinic, has caused an uproar since it opened its doors in Health Minister Philippe Couillard’s own riding on January 22nd of this year.