Notre Dame Encampment Dismantled

12/02/2024 Colin McGregor 0

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

Isurrivik: A Welcoming Place

11/29/2024 Colin McGregor 0

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

Nelson is No More

10/30/2024 Colin McGregor 0

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

Cruel Tube

04/26/2024 Colin McGregor 0

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

The Invisible Poor

11/10/2023 Colin McGregor 0

By Colin McGregor    J. went to Services Canada to apply for unemployment insurance. But he couldn’t follow through until the end. “There were complicated words on the forms,” he complains. “Written in a complex fashion. It was really far more complicate than I thought it […] See more