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Right Chemistry: Being 'first' in drug discovery can be a nebulous honour

Right Chemistry: Being 'first' in drug discovery can be a nebulous honour

There are a number of candidates for humanity’s greatest advances. The control of fire 400,000 years ago may be at the top of the list, because fire...

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Montreal Gazette

Joe Schwarcz

Brownstein: Why is this vegetarian paying tribute to the salami-and-bologna Wilensky Special?

Brownstein: Why is this vegetarian paying tribute to the salami-and-bologna Wilensky Special?

“But there’s one special thing that this city sweetHas tucked away on a Mile End streetLorded over on an ancient grill‘Served lightning fast’...

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Montreal Gazette

Bill Brownstein

Mulcair: As unprecedented election campaign kicks off, PQ has most to lose

Mulcair: As unprecedented election campaign kicks off, PQ has most to lose

The renewed threat of separation, an unhinged U.S. president attacking Canada and a dire economic landscape are the backdrop to a Quebec election the...

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Montreal Gazette

Tom Mulcair

Melançon: Quebec public opinion is shifting just days ahead of crucial campaign launch

Melançon: Quebec public opinion is shifting just days ahead of crucial campaign launch

Quebec City and Montreal have long had different political leanings. But this fall, voters in both cities appear to be showing a growing interest in...

25.08.2026 20

Montreal Gazette

Raphaël Melançon

Fitness: Add intervals to your workout mix

Fitness: Add intervals to your workout mix

If time is your biggest obstacle to establishing a regular exercise routine, interval training is the perfect shortcut to getting results. First...

23.08.2026 20

Montreal Gazette

Jill Barker

Freed: Bonkers honkers are driving me to distraction

Freed: Bonkers honkers are driving me to distraction

I was at a red light last week in a suburb I don’t often visit — uncertain which way to turn because my GPS had momentarily frozen. The guy behind...

22.08.2026 20

Montreal Gazette

Josh Freed

Libman: The PQ is waiting for Trump to leave. What if Trumpism stays?

Libman: The PQ is waiting for Trump to leave. What if Trumpism stays?

Political calculus. Strategic diversions. Dealing with external forces beyond our control. There are so many twists and turns and circumstances that...

21.08.2026 10

Montreal Gazette

Robert Libman

Right Chemistry: Reefer Madness marijuana allegations go up in smoke

“You can grow enough marijuana in a window box to drive the whole population of the United States stark, staring, raving mad.” Those words...

14.08.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Joe Schwarcz

Hanes: Anglos should be skeptical of PQ leader's olive branch

Every few election cycles, Quebec’s sovereignist and nationalist political parties take pains to reach out to anglophones, reassure us that we...

13.08.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Allison Hanes

Drimonis: Montreal's rich cultural tapestry is a precious gift that keeps giving

You know how you occasionally stumble upon an obituary that makes you wish you had met that person while they were still alive? A Gazette obituary for...

07.08.2026 20

Montreal Gazette

Toula Drimonis

Hanes: While global warming accelerates, governments fall behind on mitigation

When Erol Araf’s basement filled with water in 2024, the Pierrefonds resident spent tens of thousands of dollars above and beyond his insurance...

06.08.2026 20

Montreal Gazette

Allison Hanes

Hanes: Fires sow fear in Montreal

Two suspicious fires over the weekend have left Montreal on edge. An inferno gutted the popular kosher restaurant Nöam on Décarie Blvd. in the wee...

04.08.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Allison Hanes

Hanes: Reading is a delight of summer vacation. It's also an act of rebellion against AI

The stack of unread books beside my bed keeps getting taller and taller. That’s mostly due to my habit of acquiring new novels faster than I can...

03.08.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Allison Hanes

Libman: Will Fréchette's money shower pay election dividends for CAQ?

Are Quebecers naive and easily manipulated? That’s what Premier Christine Fréchette and her entourage seem to believe. As part of the ongoing...

01.08.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Robert Libman

The Right Chemistry: Memories of underwear in Latin class

“You will understand the joke after taking this class.” Although it was many decades ago, I remember my high school Latin teacher’s humorous...

31.07.2026 10

Montreal Gazette

Joe Schwarcz

Melançon: Striking back at U.S. bully-in-chief on tariffs could backfire

Some 25 years ago, a 12-year-old me was being bullied in high school. I was chubby. I was nerdy. And I was “different” — because back then,...

31.07.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Raphaël Melançon

Hanes: Quebec was warned of a 'weak link' in youth protection. Five years later, three children are dead

Two passages stand out from the final report of the Laurent Commission, which examined shortcomings in Quebec’s youth protection system and should...

30.07.2026 20

Montreal Gazette

Allison Hanes

Brownstein: Cape Fear series finale to jolt Fantasia viewers at première

It’s the gift that has been keeping on giving nightmares to viewers for over six decades. And it’s the gift that has been keeping on giving work...

30.07.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Bill Brownstein

Hanes: Laval’s mayor is right to push hard for Orange Line métro extension

Five summers ago, Greater Montreal’s transportation planning body submitted a long-awaited big-picture transit plan for the region to the Quebec...

29.07.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Allison Hanes

Hanes: Will there ever be an end to the spending on the Big O?

As Montreal reflects back on the 1976 Olympics, held 50 years ago this summer, one enormous hunk of the Games’ legacy continues to generate...

28.07.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Allison Hanes

Fitness: Finding the right workout partner

There’s a time and place for solo workouts, with only your thoughts or a favourite playlist to keep you company. But sometimes exercise is better...

26.07.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Jill Barker

Freed: Where there’s smoke … there’s Trump's tariffs

For many decades, your country has been blaming ours for your winter blizzards, cold fronts, freezing drizzle and frozen drazzle. But now you’re...

25.07.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Josh Freed

Libman: With Trump, we must remain firm, calm and strategic

How often have we seen in comic books, cartoons and movies the familiar archetypal bully named Moose or Biff or something like that? They’re often...

25.07.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Robert Libman

Inside the Montreal Holocaust Museum's transformation

Donning white gloves, Marie-Blanche Fourcade disappears down a narrow aisle of floor-to-ceiling shelves in the vault-like room of a special facility...

25.07.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Allison Hanes

Drimonis: Outrage over The Odyssey is all Greek to me

I haven’t seen Christopher Nolan’s Hollywood retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey yet because I’m homebound with a broken leg. But then again,...

24.07.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Toula Drimonis

Brownstein: Oliver Jones, jazz pianist nonpareil, was truly one of a kind

Montreal has lost a jazz giant. Make that the world. A gentle jazz giant at that. Oliver Jones died Wednesday night at 91 after a lengthy illness....

23.07.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Bill Brownstein

Brownstein: The Improvaneers 'redefine disability' with comedy, and they are pumped for JFL debut

Their crew name mostly sums them up: The Improvaneers. They do improv comedy and they are pioneers. But it goes well beyond that: This cast is unlike...

23.07.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Bill Brownstein

Hanes: Let's defy the bully in the White House — one bottle, one trip at a time

Even if there were American wine on the shelves at the Société des alcools du Québec, would any self-respecting Canadian seriously want to drink it...

22.07.2026 20

Montreal Gazette

Allison Hanes

Brownstein: 'It's a great time' for horror, Hannah Einbinder says as Camp Miasma film premières in Montreal

This is probably not the path that fans of Hannah Einbinder might have expected the Emmy winner to take following the fifth and final season of Hacks....

20.07.2026 20

Montreal Gazette

Bill Brownstein

Hanes: A national youth service could be a win-win opportunity for Canada

Young Canadians have so much to offer, yet they don’t always have the chance to make a difference in meaningful ways. Unemployment has been...

20.07.2026 40

Montreal Gazette

Allison Hanes

Fitness: Can you sweat off the consequences of too much sitting?

Most of us try our best to balance out the sedentary aspects of our lives with physical activity. But even the most active spend considerably more...

19.07.2026 40

Montreal Gazette

Jill Barker

Freed: Should we be polite with AI?

Like many people, I’ve been using AI lately to help with my accounting, technology problems and occasional recipes that use all the leftovers in my...

18.07.2026 40

Montreal Gazette

Josh Freed

Melançon: Quebec Liberals misplay English debate invite

In a democracy like ours, you’d normally seek to add up voices, not subtract them. But these days in Quebec politics, some parties are sadly denying...

18.07.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Raphaël Melançon

The Right Chemistry: Not all scientific papers advance science

Research is the engine of science. But that engine should not be idling, it should be steadily propelling science forward. The extent of that forward...

17.07.2026 20

Montreal Gazette

Joe Schwarcz

Drimonis: My broken leg and our fractured health care network

Up until recently I had absolutely nothing in common with 24-year-old Montrealer and Canadian national soccer player Ismaël Koné, who fractured his...

17.07.2026 40

Montreal Gazette

Toula Drimonis

Brownstein: Jackie Fabulous lives up to her name in JFL's Culture Show

The name is Fabulous. Jackie Fabulous. And she more than lived up to her name Wednesday night at Club Soda in the debut presentation of Just for...

17.07.2026 40

Montreal Gazette

Bill Brownstein

Brownstein: 30 years, countless genres for Fantasia film fest

The Fantasia International Film Festival — opening Thursday and running through Aug. 2 — turns 30 this year. Its long-standing artistic director...

16.07.2026 50

Montreal Gazette

Bill Brownstein

Neal: 10 months later, 3 questions about the killing of Nooran Rezayi

I woke up in my daughter’s bed with the summer sun already pouring through the curtains of her bedroom window. Before I even opened my eyes, I knew...

16.07.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Arron Neal

Brownstein: Montreal comics get pride of place at Just for Laughs this year

In the early years of Just for Laughs, one of the unquestionable highlights for locals was the annual showcase of Montreal comedians. The Montreal...

15.07.2026 40

Montreal Gazette

Bill Brownstein

Labos: Lessons in food safety from a parasite outbreak

You would think thousands of people infected with a parasite that causes chronic explosive diarrhea would be more of a news story. Admittedly, it is...

13.07.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

Christopher Labos

Hanes: Montreal should take the plunge on open-water swimming pool in Lachine

The water quality was rated “excellent” in the Ottawa River last week, just below the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, where the National...

13.07.2026 40

Montreal Gazette

Allison Hanes

Ever-clever Weird Al returns to Just for Laughs with bigger free outdoor show

What’s weird these days is that “Weird Al” Yankovic can no longer be considered to be … well … weird — in spite of the fact that his...

12.07.2026 40

Montreal Gazette

Bill Brownstein