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The Life of Fredy Villanueva’s Older Brother Just Got More Complicatednew

In August 2008, 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva was shot to death by a Montreal police officer. A subsequent police inquiry into the shooting was marred by controversy and resulted in a total exoneration of the two police officers involved.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  03-07-2010  |  Crime & Justice

Montreal Real Estate May have Saved the Lower Main, but Cleopatra Isn’t Feeling Any Lovenew

Did capitalistic excess spare the lower Main? Maybe so. Christian Yaccarini’s Société de développement Angus had big plans to remake St-Laurent between René-Lévesque and de Maisonneuve that are, as of last week, dashed... or at least drastically scaled back.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  02-26-2010  |  Economy

Montreal Photojournalist Chronicles the Plight of Indian Climate Refugeesnew

François Pesant has had a busy 2010. The 34-year-old Montreal photojournalist arrived back home on Tuesday, Jan. 12, from five months in India and Sri Lanka. That same day, the 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, destroying Port-au-Prince. He left five days later.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  02-12-2010  |  Art

Sex Workers Say Recent Violence Against Them Shows They are More at Risk Than Evernew

The problem, according to Anna Louise Crago, is obvious. Having been kicked out of their stomping grounds around the traditional red light district, streetwalkers have moved to all four corners of Montreal; the scattering of prostitutes has placed them in considerable danger.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  12-11-2009  |  Sex

Post-Convention Projet Montreal Can Taste Election Victorynew

A newly feisty and confident Projet Montreal hopes to seize its stomping grounds and extend its reach city-wide this November.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  06-05-2009  |  Politics

Marijuana Activists Fight for the Right to Get Highnew

The Canadian marijuana movement gears up for a big party, and a fight against a tough new crime bill which would impose mandatory minimum sentences for drug-related crimes.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  04-25-2008  |  Drugs

Griffintown's Last Standnew

Residents of the embattled Montreal neighborhood man the barricades against a development offensive.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  03-21-2008  |  Housing & Development

Taking on the Israel Lobbynew

Mearsheimer discusses his controversial book and the firestorm surrounding it.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  02-22-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

In Canada, Community AIDS Groups Fear Funding Cutsnew

Community groups in Quebec and Ontario are complaining that the federal government is withholding funds promised them by previous Liberal governments, and fear for their financial future.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  12-03-2007  |  Science

John Pilger on American Malfeasance in Latin Americanew

The journalist and documentary filmmaker probes the uncomfortable truths of American influence in Latin America in The War on Democracy.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  11-12-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Montreal's Car-Free Day Gets Transit Wonks Thinkingnew

Planners talk about the "hegemony of the car," tramways, wider sidewalks and other transportation issues.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  09-21-2007  |  Transportation

Academic Colloquium on Afghanistan Riles Anti-War Activistsnew

In a province as almost palpably averse to armed conflicts as Quebec, it's no surprise that a major colloquium on Canada and Afghanistan, featuring a pro-interventionist government minister delivering the keynote speech, would attract some controversy.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  09-21-2007  |  War

Canada's NeoRhino Party, Back from Extinctionnew

The party inherits the oddball status of its predecessor, but adds a (semi) serious side.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  08-27-2007  |  Politics

Sleepwalking into a Surveillance Statenew

Government and corporate threats to online privacy are the topics of a major Montreal conference.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  04-26-2007  |  Civil Liberties

Ishmael Beah as a Little Soldiernew

Bestseller A Long Way Gone tells the story of Beah's participation in Sierra Leone's brutal civil war.
Montreal Mirror  |  Patrick Lejtenyi  |  04-19-2007  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

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