Last month, the Court of Quebec ruled that the City's anti-postering bylaws violates Montrealers' freedom of expression. The ruling would imply that the City must either change the bylaw that currently prohibits postering on public street furniture, or supply a vast quantity of dedicated places for citizens to place public notices. Fortunately, it seemed that there is already a solution in the works: on July 5th, just 10 days before the court ruling, the Direction de la culture et du patrimoine presented ...

Aujourd'hui est la deuxième journée de la 14e édition du Festival d'expression de la rue, à Place Pasteur (Saint-Denis au sud de De Maisonneuve). Selon le communiqué de presse sur l'évènement, "sa longévité est l'une des preuves que la cohabitation avec les populations marginalisées dans l'espace public est non seulement possible, mais aussi nécessaire." L'évènement est organisé par les Pairs-aidants, un groupe de jeunes qui ont vécu la rue, qui s'en sont sortis, et qui œuvrent maintenant à la lutte ...

Decorative panel on the façade of the Marché Saint-Jacques, constructed in 1931.

Stapling a poster to a Saint-Viateur hydro pole A Quebec Court of Appeal judge has ruled that Montreal's anti-postering bylaw, which prohibits posters from being stuck to public street furniture, violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Montreal will now have to find a way to legally accommodate posters on public property. We have local activist Jaggi Singh to thank for this ruling. Ten years ago, he was charged with sticking a poster on municipal property, and with the help of civil rights lawyer Julius Grey, he took his case through the ...

Remember when the Empress was alive and well? Got photos to prove it? A pair of documentary film-makers are looking for photographs of the Empress for a short film about the past, present and future of NDG's long-dormant theatre. Family photos from the '60s, '70s and '80s, of you in front of the building, or inside, or of a movie poster, or anything in that genre would be very useful says Emmanual Hessler of Bis Films. "It is a short doc that will look at the evolution of ...