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Bike protestors flow against traffic in support of prioritizing cyclists’ right to ride

Montrealers this weekend will celebrate the history and culture of Griffintown – a neighbourhood awaiting demolition slated for next year. “Remember Griffintown,” a three-day festival… Read More »Festival remembers Griffintown, a neighbourhood on the brink

A McGill professor’s broadcast last week of the University’s questionable exoneration of two students who he charged with plagiarism has ignited skepticism about McGill’s investment… Read More »The Cooperstock controversy: professor’s allegations cast doubt on academic integrity

The Canadian government’s overhaul of the federal student loan and bursary program is not adequately addressing student ability to repay their loans, some student groups… Read More »Election 2008: Students tepid about new loan system

Convinced that water bottles are clogging landfills, Montreal is pushing for a deposit-based recycling system on plastic bottles instead of crusading alongside other Canadian cities… Read More »Montreal not to ban bottled water, yet

Dozens of picketing hotel workers lined the sidewalks outside the main entrance to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel last week to demand benefits and improved working… Read More »Queen E. workers strike

Students craving grassroots media may want to tune into CKUT 90.3 FM Friday when McGill’s community radio station produces this month’s edition of Groundwire –… Read More »CKUT produces national news segment

GRASPé Orientation Meeting Tuesday, Sept. 9, 5:30 p.m. In front of the Arts Lounge in Leacock Wanna know more about radical activism both on- and… Read More »What’s the haps

McGill is fed-up with being a through-route for Montreal’s two-wheeled commuters. Security guards were instated as gatekeepers to redirect bike traffic on campus in an… Read More »McGill switches gears on cycling Montrealers

On August 29, the Quebec Labour Relations Commission ordered Montreal’s Sheraton Four Points hotel – where nearly 70 unionized workers have been striking since August… Read More »News Brief: Sheraton engages teenage scabs

City hikes rent for transmission tower

Community one step further from justice with newly appointed crown prosecutor on Villanueva investigation, says activist

Three Arts students – Geoffrey Hall, Stephen Antoline, and Nathan Tockerchuk – successfully sued the Arts Undergraduate Story (AUS) this summer for $14,000 in back-payments… Read More »Arts Undergraduate Society sued by their own for $14,000

Although over 160 community gardens were closed in Montreal last spring due to soil contamination, the push to green a concrete city through gardening remains… Read More »Community Gardens revitalize urban landscape

National Defence funding does not dictate research, insists war studies director