Printemps Erable will linger long after deal is struck
“We wait. We are bored. No, don’t protest, we are bored to death, there’s no denying it. Good. A diversion comes along and what do we do? We let it go to waste.” — Samuel Beckett These days we are all...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: August 8, 2012 – A running start
We didn’t necessarily expect a big demo today, as CLASSE begins renewed daily protests for the fall, but I didn’t anticipate how quickly it would head south either. …
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: September 4, 2012 – Parti Quebecois joyous, Liberals...
Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV; Lens (mm): 70; ISO: 3200; Aperture: 2.8; Shutter: 1/320 Click here to view more photos in our Gazette photo gallery. …
View ArticlePQ says no to free tuition: But will the protests resume?
In less than a month it will be the first anniversary of the student tuition protests that for six months brought Montreal to a virtual standstill and, it could be argued, led indirectly to the fall of...
View ArticleThe PQ’s problems: protests, polls and pastagate
Well it looks like whatever honeymoon Pauline Marois’ minority Parti Quebecois government enjoyed since its election six months ago has evaporated. A CROP online survey conducted for LaPresse suggest...
View ArticleThe Story So Far: Tuition protests resume, language cops get review
Hello and welcome to The Story So Far for Tuesday, Feb. 26. Click on the grey icon below to hear the stories we’re following for you today. And remember, you can listen to us on iTunes at...
View ArticleThe Story So Far: As Marois says student crisis is over, thousands hit...
Hello and welcome to The Story So Far for Tuesday, Feb. 26. Click on the grey icon below to hear the stories we’re following for you today. And remember, you can listen to us on iTunes at...
View ArticleGazette Midday: Cocaine, protests and debt
Hello and welcome to montrealgazette.com and welcome to Midday. Here’s the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. In what seems to be Act Two of a drama we’ve all been through...
View ArticleSee Carré Rouge sur fond noir, about last year’s student strike, on TV...
Last year, the streets of Montreal were full of marching students and police in riot gear. Sometimes tempers flared, especially when streets were closed and the metro was hut down. Some people had...
View ArticleBump up the tuition of students from France: McGill
Since 1978, students from France have enjoyed the same low rate of tuition at Quebec universities as students from this province under a bilateral agreement. Now, in light of a succession of steep...
View ArticleLetter: Students can pay now and save later
Re: “It’s not students who are out of touch with reality” (Opinion, April 17) Apparently it is not only the students who are out of touch with reality, but at least one of their teachers. I went to...
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