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Montreal police launch sexual assault hotline amid rise in abuse reports

10.26.17

By Hilary Beaumont
The Strange Twists of a High-Profile Quebec Hate Speech Arrest

02.03.17

By Brigitte Noël
Tech

Edward Snowden Calls Police Spying on Quebec Journalists a ‘Threat to Democracy’

11.03.16

By Justine de l'Église
News

Cops in Montreal’s ‘morality squad’ accused of sex misconduct and perjury

07.12.16

By Brigitte Noël
Montreal Cops Sign Landmark Agreement to Improve Relations with Aboriginal Community

06.26.15

By Tim McSorley
UQAM’s Clamp Down on Protests Leads to Calls for Rector’s Dismissal

04.09.15

By Kalina Laframboise
I Watched the Montreal Cops Invade a Protester-Occupied University Building

04.09.15

By Mattha Busby
Environment

Montreal Cops Kettled a Women-Only Anti-Austerity Protest

04.08.15

By Kate McKenna
The Recent Effort to Survey Montreal’s Homeless Highlights the City’s Lack of Vagrancy Awareness

04.06.15

By Keith Race
Leaked Documents Reveal the Quebec Cop who Killed a Child Was Tailing an Ex-Liberal Party Leader

11.24.14

By Simon Van Vliet
Travel

I Spent a Night Patrolling with LightStep, Montreal’s Real-Life Superhero

11.14.14

By Julia Jones
Quebec Is Also Wrestling with Police Violence and Impunity

10.27.14

By Simon Van Vliet

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Tech

Want a Sonos Home Theater Upgrade on a Budget? The Beam Soundbar Is Just $369.

Want better audio without having to sell a kidney? Sonos’ semi-affordable soundbar is on sale for a price that goes full-blown affordable.

06.05.25

By Matt Jancer
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Scientists Used Mushrooms To Invent a Plastic That’s Alive

06.05.25

By Luis Prada
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News

Dji Is… Happy That the White House Will Decide Next Week on Whether To Ban Its Drones?

DJI has swagger as the US government fulfills it wishes and takes a rumored imminent look into whether the Chinese company can keep operating as usual in the US.

06.05.25

By Matt Jancer
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News

There Are 8.2 Billion People on Earth—but There Might Actually Be Billions More

06.05.25

By Luis Prada
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Life

Rare 200-Year-Old Condom Goes on Display at Dutch Museum

A Dutch museum decided to put quite an unusual object on display in its most recent exhibit—a 19th century condom.

06.05.25

By Paige Gawley