Articles tagged with montreal
Fun With French: Poutine
Living in Montreal will spoil a person. On just about every street corner in the city you can find a little hole in the wall deli. And in those delis, you will find two things: smoked meat and poutine. These two unique foods are unlike anything you can get
Edward Science Building
John Abbott College is an English speaking college in Montreal's West Island that offers a full range of pre-university and professional programs. It was established in 1971 on the Macdonald College campus of McGill University. In recent years John Abbott
Roses in the Snow
Something few of my online friends know about me is that I was a gamer in college. A role playing gamer, not a video gamer. I belonged to a gamers society that originally consisted of some twenty or so male students, and three of us girls. One was a prett
He Was Undercover, So Killing a Child Is OK....
Police weren't originally going to say anything to the public. They weren't even going to explain to the family of five-year-old Nicholas Thorne-Belance, what was going on when an unmarked police car going almost 2-1/2 times the speed limit smashed into th
It Had Better Be Good!
Police responding to an emergency have every reason to drive faster than the speed limit. Their ability to arrive on the scene of a crime promptly can make the difference between life and death, particularly in a rural area where the detachment office may
Montreal on a Shoestring: The Museums Pass
Montreal is a city of culture – ethnic cuisines, world class universities, theatre, ballet, opera. And of course, museums. There are literally dozens of museums in Montreal, large and small. There are expositions of fine arts and of history, there ar
Fun With Words: 'Brochette'
Have you ever eaten a brochette? You probably have, even though you may never have heard the word. You may have called it a skewer, or possibly a kebab. But let me tell you about the word we used in Quebec, because it has an interesting story behind it. W
