By Colin McGregor « I’m happy, » says Mélanie, smoking a cigarette. « But I’d be happier with a place to live. » She’s sitting on the grass under a leaky umbrella on a hot, humid summer day. She’s among those camped on the long, narrow green space along […] See more
By Colin McGregor The homeless encampment on Place Simon-Valois in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve where Stéphane Lefrançois, 55, froze to death last December 15th is no more. The building whose awning they sheltered under is for sale. The only trace is this one pillow and two blankets on […] See more
By Lucas Lelardoux Oliger In 1988, after 40 years working as a priest, Father Emmett Johns became “Pops”. Enthused by the story of a Toronto man he heard about on the radio, Johns got in contact with him to import his plan to Montreal: a […] See more
By Lucas Lelardoux Oliger His activities were chronicled by us as early as the first edition of the Journal de la Rue in November 1992. The Journal de la Rue later became Reflet de Société, our francophone mother publication. A very atypical priest, Emmett Johns […] See more
By Colin McGregor “They’re throwing out people who have been thrown out (ils mettent les dehors dehors).” That’s how one long-time social worker saw what was going on this morning just behind the offices of Café Graffiti and The Social Eyes. A large group of […] See more
By François Bellemare In the heart of Kuujjuaq, the “capital” of the Quebec Arctic, is a house that oozes all the familial feel of any other family home you might find in town. With its view of the beautiful Koksoak River, it houses an original […] See more
By Colin McGregor We mourn the death recently of Nelson, an itinerant who camped out in front of the Metro grocery store near our offices here on Ste-Catherine East in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Always ready to share a good word, always cheerful, Nelson, 62, was part of […] See more
By Colin McGregor The Turkish dancer and artist Eylül Bozok visited Quebec for the first time in 2019. She fell madly in love with the city, so much so that she decided to leave her career as an urbanist in Istanbul to move to Montreal. […] See more
A poem from Colin McGregor from the anthology It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn – available from the publishers Editions TNT.com Cruel Tube Oh toothpaste, why won’t you go back? I hope and hope and hope and hope And hope again I’ll squeeze you in […] See more
By Colin McGregor When François Saillant was a young boy, he lived in a slum apartment with his father, a janitor, in the working class Quebec City district of Saint-Sauveur. Decent housing was on his mind from a very early age. “We had […] See more
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