Year: 2024
Rocking the solitudes
Does it matter if we Canadians don’t know the ‘other’ culture’s stars? Boomers will be boomers. Give us a name-brand musician from the 1960s or 1970s, and we flock to the concert halls. Whether it’s vintage James Taylor or Pink Floyd or whoever (Who-ever?) at the Bell Centre, I’ve tried to see ’em all. Or…
Will Quebec Liberals bounce back?
Quebec polls have consistently shown the CAQ falling and the PQ rising, with the Liberals stagnant. Will that last? Credit, Journal de Montreal. Have we seen this movie before? A restless Quebec electorate tires of a government after a couple of terms. The beleaguered party leader struggles against the new tides of opinion. Then comes…
Is there a doctor in the house?
Doctors in Canada are moving away from family practice, provoking a crisis.
Baseball springs eternal
Expos’ fanbase remains loyal 20 years after team’s demise April 8, 1969, was a day to remember. As writer Mordecai Richler put it in his report from New York, where the new Montreal Expos played their first-ever game: “The Expos trotted out onto the field for their first major-league game, out of town. They opened…
Population goes … boom!
Cities reach for the sky as our population has grown since the 1960s . New demographic tides mean change for Canada, Quebec and for anglos At elementary school in the mid-1960s, I used to love browsing through the Canadian Oxford School Atlas: its colour-coded maps highlighted details of our geography and economy, with lots of…
The ‘underrated’ Peter Mahovlich: his legacy with Habs
The Canadiens needed more offence. This guy promised that in the 1970s What player is being described here? “With a long-legged, deceptively quick stride and superior puck-handling skills, he had no difficulty proving his rightful place on the big stage. [His scoring and physical approach] were indicative of his versatility. [He] could be a smooth…