February 26, 2013 7:00 pm
The highly anticipated summit on higher education organized by the provincial government began Feb. 25, where Premier Pauline Marois clarified that the two-day conference would “establish an open dialogue” on post-secondary learning but would likely not reach a solution.
February 26, 2013 6:26 pm
The Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) told a Montreal restaurant owner last week that the word “pasta” had to be translated on its menu, but have sinced reversed the decision.
February 14, 2013 5:36 pm
Waves of demonstrators weaved through the streets of Montreal to protest against Quebec’s economic development project Plan Nord, intertwining with the collective and growing movement of Idle No More.
January 29, 2013 7:57 pm
Approximately 80 classes were canceled, 24 classes were relocated and 10 laboratories evacuated due to the flood, McGill vice-principal Michael Di Grappa told media on Jan. 29.
January 24, 2013 2:23 am
The motion, which names 14 respondents, seeks the authority to disregard current requests as well as any future requests made by the respondents or any person who can be linked to them, essentially barring the individuals named from ever submitting ATI requests to McGill.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz has just released a new collection of short stories titled This Is How You Lose Her, which he read from at the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) last weekend. The Strand sat down with him to discuss his new work.
I didn’t think much of you the first time we met. I was young and ignorant and you were just amongst the other 26 letters hidden somewhere in the middle, quiet and passive. I apologize now for the way I neglected you. Remembering all of those hours wasted with vowels — those damn popular vowels.
In October 2011, 85 per cent of students who voted said yes to a redistribution of $10.35 from their tuition to help fund and support a new radio station. Despite an attempt to reclaim the 88.1 FM frequency, which included what Ryerson President Sheldon Levy called “a huge amount of work,” Radio Ryerson lost the bid.