Cult MTL

Student Survival Guide

Craig Sauvé

First elected in 2013 as a Projet Montréal candidate, the 44-year-old politician is currently a city councillor for the Sud-Ouest district of Saint-Henri-Little-Burgundy-PointeSaint-Charles. Re-elected in 2017, Sauvé left Projet Montréal just before...

Superman

All the key Superman characters are there, and they’ll be fresh but familiar to anyone who’s seen the movies or read the comics — Superman/Clark Kent and his rural Kansas parents (and ghost Krypton parents), Lois Lane and her Daily Planet co-workers,...

CAQ vs. doctors

“I fell in love with the culture here and decided to stay,” she says. But the CAQ government’s latest bill affecting the province’s medical professionals may just be the last straw for her. And many others. “When you start comparing to other...

BEST OF MTL 2025

And the city has spoken. Over the past four months, Montrealers voted for their favourite Montreal things in our annual Best of MTL readers poll. What a time to be celebrating all things local. Our country and its economy are being threatened by a...

Disinformation

Probably one of the most frustrating things to experience is watching friends or acquaintances sharing obvious misinformation or disinformation online, knowing there’s nothing you can do to make them change their minds. Even when it’s pointed out that...

DEI backlash crosses the border

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the U.S. are currently facing serious backlash under Donald Trump’s presidency. Programs that merely aim to ensure the fair treatment and full participation of groups that have historically been...

Heinous Poilievre stans

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Elijah Wood and Ant Timpson on Bookworm

From wholesome to gruesome, in the past decade or so, he’s gravitated towards projects that are anything but kidfriendly. Among those collaborations was a starring role in New Zealand producer-turned-director Ant Timpson’s debut Come to Daddy a letter...

Quebec documentary controversy

One afternoon, the entire school is invited to watch professional folk dancing troupes where different dances from different countries are performed. A Chinese dragon dance is a traditional Quebec gigue. “The room was spontaneously invaded with boos,”...

Student Survival Guide

Kamala Harris

Within hours of U.S. President Joe Biden announcing that he was dropping out of the presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination, the predictable backlash began. Her political opponents (and those who...

Chez Jean- Paul

Back in January, a friend of mine who happens to be a winemaker and well-known Montreal sommelière posted a picture of a plate of veal tongue topped with a rich-looking sauce gribiche. It looked simple and delicious — exactly the kind of thing you’d...