Editorial: McGill’s union issues
We thought that MUNACA’s General Assembly (GA) last Thursday would culminate with the approval of a strike mandate. Instead, it ended with a blaring fire… Read More »Editorial: McGill’s union issues
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Keep the military out of universities, urge Montreal activists
National Defence funding does not dictate research, insists war studies director
The great safe-inject debate
New Quebec Health Minister shoots down plans for safe-injection sites around the province, local groups come out in protest
Community Gardens revitalize urban landscape
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
Letters: Police, tough-love, and more pot science
Brière’s big day In 2004, a police officer of the Montreal police force, Eric Lehner, testified in court, and based on his testimony an honest… Read More »Letters: Police, tough-love, and more pot science
MUNACA snubs another McGill proposal
Defeating their General Assembly (GA) motion to accept the University’s latest proposed contract Tuesday, employees of McGill University’s Non-Academic Certified Association (MUNACA) surprised their executive,… Read More »MUNACA snubs another McGill proposal
Pictures speak louder than words
Matthew Forsythe’s graphic novel Ojingogo rethinks the relationship between words and images
Who is KK Downey?: hipster comedy hits home
We are the voiceless generation that has yet to do something genuinely new to define itself – so the argument goes. Enter Terrence, a man-child… Read More »Who is KK Downey?: hipster comedy hits home
Media ignores gender violence in school shootings
From Columbine to Dawson College, news reports of school shootings, time and again, have detailed the actions of the gunman or gunmen, as it is… Read More »Media ignores gender violence in school shootings
Students wait to be waitlisted
The Art History department introduced Minerva’s waitlist feature this semester when faced with an excess of students desperate to secure a seat in its few… Read More »Students wait to be waitlisted
Summer construction lazes on
Master Plan fails to connect Arts and Science buildings with pedestrian tunnel; promises sustainable changes
Errata
In the “Daily Disorientation Guide” (Sept 2), The Daily included an incorrect phone number for the McGill Nightline. The service’s number is 514-398-MAIN (6246). In… Read More »Errata
Montreal horse racing on last legs
The possibility that the land occupied by the Hippodrome de Montreal may become transformed into public housing is quickly slipping away. Attractions Hippiques halted live… Read More »Montreal horse racing on last legs
Editorial: Don’t sell our artists short
Artists and politicians across the country have been up in arms about recent cuts to federal arts funding announced by the Harper government. Two programs… Read More »Editorial: Don’t sell our artists short
Culture Brief
Rapid-fire art analysis Twenty images, and 20 seconds per image – this is the only guideline for the ten specialists presenting at next Wednesday’s Pecha… Read More »Culture Brief