Tenants protest rental board wait times
On April Fools’ Day – or poisson d’avril in French – about 160 people marched a giant paper fish down René Lévesque to the provincial… Read More »Tenants protest rental board wait times
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Off-Campus eye
Smoke blanketed the Plateau last Wednesday when a fire erupted in a four-storey 60-unit apartment building. 100 people were relocated from the building on Pins… Read More »Off-Campus eye
Teaching assistants prepare to strike
Union decries lack of progress in negotiations with administration
Goodbye lovely Mile End
A Silver Mt. Zion helped make their neighbourhood the cultural Mecca it is today. On their new album, they do something unexpected – apologize.
New PGSS VP considers dissolving lobby group
It’s time to change the provincial lobbying strategy of the Post-Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS), according to VP External & Governmental Affairs-elect Adrian Kaats. Kaats –… Read More »New PGSS VP considers dissolving lobby group
Editorial: Breaking up is hard to do
At last Thursday’s Council, SSMU councillors voted to make The Tribune completely independent from the Students’ Society by 2010. Since its inception, The Trib has… Read More »Editorial: Breaking up is hard to do
McGill Tribune on path to independence
SSMU Council pledges to help with developent of Tribune business plan, negotiations over McGill name
No hockey allowed in Canada’s next cult film, Rock, Paper, Scissors
Every few years, a cult classic emerges from the morass of contemporary Canadian film. In 2002 it was Men With Brooms; last year, it was… Read More »No hockey allowed in Canada’s next cult film, Rock, Paper, Scissors
Hand to Mouth: Josh Ferris: Despicable hipster, capable writer, or both?
Right now, I am reading Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. The novel is written in the first person plural, as if… Read More »Hand to Mouth: Josh Ferris: Despicable hipster, capable writer, or both?
The Hipless Boy: Killing, eating
I’m lying in bed, reading, and my girlfriend George (short for Georgina) is there beside me, reading too. Suddenly, I laugh out loud. George turns… Read More »The Hipless Boy: Killing, eating
Students boycott corporate food services
Food Services Committee favours student-run food initiatives
Our mind-blowing minds
And why we might never understand them
Tribune to SSMU: You done us wrong
Forty-eight hours before last Thursday’s SSMU council, The McGill Tribune received documents containing a motion that would force The Tribune out of the Students’ Society.… Read More »Tribune to SSMU: You done us wrong
Culture Briefs
All the school is a stage While most students are buckling down for term papers and finals right now, the actors, directors and theatre nerds… Read More »Culture Briefs
Remembrance of times past: This is Montreal!
There’s something tragic about monuments built to an optimism that faded decades ago. The Soviet Union’s contribution to Expo ‘67, for instance: a large, concrete… Read More »Remembrance of times past: This is Montreal!