Bringing  BILLIE HOLIDAY to life Special Features

Bringing BILLIE HOLIDAY to life

WHITE GARDENIA at the Segal Contact STAFF On the anniversary of her 100th birthday, Billie Holiday is coming back to Montreal. And again, the storied life of the internationally...

BLACK TO THE FUTURE Opinions

BLACK TO THE FUTURE

Amidst all the increasing controversy that has arisen around whether Black History Month should even exist, especially since its celebration occurs in the shortest month of the year, here...

Black History Month at YMCA Community News

Black History Month at YMCA

This year, throughout the month of February, YMCA NDG is commemorating Black History Month with a full slate of activities. They continue on February 12 with a presentation by...

Music and Words color BHM 2015
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Music and Words color BHM 2015

Montrealers are preparing to celebrate the 24th edition of Black History Month in this city with a laundry list of events and activities that will highlight the efforts of...

Gauging Obama
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Gauging Obama

    As it has been for much of his presidency, America still doesn’t know what to make of President Barack Obama. On so many occasions, critics and supporters...

Cuba and The U.S. on the path to warmer relations
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Cuba and The U.S. on the path to warmer relations

    “To the Cuban people, America extends a hand of friendship.” With those words last December 17, U.S. President Barack Obama launched a new era in relations between...

Opening eyes on Selma
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Opening eyes on Selma

Timing is everything film director Ava DuVernay Ava DuVernay’s omission from the list of Academy Award nominees has, in part, led to a tidal wave of anger. But who...

Goodluck Jonathan’s ineffectiveness Opinions

Goodluck Jonathan’s ineffectiveness

PRESIDENTIAL INEPTITUDE While some of the world was preoccupied with the atrocities in Paris, France, earlier this month—the killings of 17 innocent people, most of them employees of the...

10 Tips To Become Financially Fit In 2015 Opinions

10 Tips To Become Financially Fit In 2015

Two of the most common New Year’s resolutions mentioned by individuals are getting in better physical shape and spending less money. Although the two objectives are mutually exclusive, some...