[MONTRÉAL] In many cities across Canada, demonstrations were held yesterday in support of the people of Gaza and the end of the Israeli bombardment of the coastal Palestinian territory. Based on the media representations of the various protests, including Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Montréal‘s was the biggest in the country. But exactly how many people were [...]
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Montréal fireworks are not always a pleasure of mine
[MONTRÉAL] I sit in my living room reading David Eggers’ What is the What, a fictionalized biography about Valentino Achak Deng, one of the Lost Boys from Sudan’s 21-year civil war. The war ended tenuously in 2005 with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the Sudanese army in the north and the south’s Sudan People’s Liberation Army. It is 22h00 on a summer wednesday and the Montréal night is bombarded with firework blasts out of view from my comfortable living room sofa.
Jumping the turnstile in the Montréal Metro
Here’s a short film editorial about an advertizing campaign in Montréal bus shelters. In this advert a runner in brand-name running shoes jumps the turnstile, presumably to avoid paying his fare to use the Metro. This short video, Tourniquoi? (2005) encourages brand-name running shoe manufacturers to subsidize public transportation by paying the fare every time someone jumps the turnstile in the Montréal Metro.
Riot police violently evict housing rights activists from Montréal park
On July 5, 2003, approximately 400 housing rights activists and the homeless set up camp in Parc Lafontaine–one of Montréal’s larger parks, situated in the heart of the Plateau Mont-Royal. Prior to setting up the camp near the western edge of the park, the group staged a short march along the park’s perimetre before entering and raising tents.
