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Contagious “values” poisoning the air

Something’s in the air. A layer of invisible dust has settled throughout our institutions, cafes, even the buses and métro. And with falling temperatures, its toxicity has only risen. The post...

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Christmas ostentatoire

This won't work without a confession: Growing up, I was proud to be Muslim for so many reasons. People seemed to be converting to Islam every day. The fact that most of the conversions took place in...

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Passing as a white dude

Hours before heading on a Greyhound bus to New York City, my first trip to the US in almost 9 years, I expressed some concern about dealing with customs agents. My interactions with arrogant, large,...

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Fear and loathing in la belle province

The PQ, like exhausted dancers at the end of a marathon, are ramping up the music and throwing in their final moves. The latest cha cha cha is Diane de Courcy’s promise to erase any and all sense of...

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The anxiety of geography

After a time, people stopped asking me the Toronto question. As I moved into my mid and late thirties, the question became, "What the hell are you still doing here?" The post The anxiety of geography...

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View from poolside

So I have this Muslim friend, and he's rich like most Muslims are and, like all rich Muslims in Montreal, he's a student at McGill. He hates swimming, never goes near a pool if he can help it. "It's...

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Hold your breath and drink green tea

Getting into the mood to vote Liberal doesn’t come naturally to me. It requires a rigorous programme of intellectual gymnastics. It’s not something I wake up and do willingly or naturally or with...

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With friends like these…

A Stephen Harper insider is hard-done by his own Conservative friends. Will he exact Frank Underwood-style revenge in a "tell-all" book? The post With friends like these… appeared first on Rover.

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Ukraine’s Charlie’s Angels?

"The father of new feminism," the ringleader from Charlie's Angels, a patriarch in the anti-patriarchy movement: who is Victor, Femen's male collaborator portrayed in Ukraine is not a Brothel? The post...

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Love resurrection

Filmmakers Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman discuss the re-­release of their landmark 1992 documentary, Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives. The post Love resurrection appeared first...

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The age of the troll

Trolls are the bane of the virtual world, but also a marker of our 2.0 times. What does a troll want out of life? Where do trolls get their energy and political beliefs? The post The age of the troll...

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Sinking Gaza’s Ark

Gaza's Ark was an unarmed ship built to bring relief to besieged Gazans and challenge the Israeli blockade from the inside out. It was targeted by Israeli forces on July 11th. The post Sinking Gaza’s...

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La révolution not so tranquille

In her politically audacious My October, Claire Holden Rothman crawls under rugs most of us in this province have left untouched, and the dust she stirs up is impressive. The post La révolution not so...

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Taking the side of humanity

Working for the UN in Jerusalem during the Gaza offensive, I found the organization's neutrality attacked from both sides. But what does it mean to be neutral in a humanitarian crisis? The post Taking...

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Sovereignists against the Charter

The PQ'S Charte des valeurs may be dead, but its origins aren't. L'Urgence de penser is a collection of essays written mostly by sovereignists opposed to the charter. The post Sovereignists against the...

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The eye that sees all

At World Press Photo, the best talents wield the camera not as an indifferent eye, but an instrument that reveals, often tenderly, the complexity of the world and who we are. The post The eye that sees...

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From clown to mayor

If Rob Ford is politician who strove to be mayor and won, but became an international late-night clown, Jón Gnarr is the anti-thesis, a clown who ran as a joke, but then shockingly won the mayorship of...

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Geared up and dressed down

There’s something cathartic about riding a bike naked on the streets of Montreal. But that is yet to be determined as we enter our sixty-ninth minute of this ride. The post Geared up and dressed down...

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BYOW and be happy

How goes Montreal’s anglo cultural scene? Marianne Ackerman offers some preliminary thoughts ahead of a panel she will join on Sunday hosted by the English-language Arts Network. The post BYOW and be...

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Two states, one man

As a Christian Arab he is caught between the Muslims “who say we are the best nation under God” and the Jews “who say we are the chosen people.” The post Two states, one man appeared first on Rover.

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