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Maybe great cameras don’t have to be huge
Want a great shot? Well, until now, you usually had to invest hundreds in a digital SLR camera, a few lenses, and of course a camera bag and tripod just to carry everything around. Oh. And you had to...
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Photo of Transgender Jesus and LGBT Apostles Creating a Stir
Controversial photo from Ecce Home exhibition by Swedish artist Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin, in Belgrade. (Photo: Getty Images) A photograph of a “transgender Jesus” and LGBT apostles, some in S&M...
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Cowardly Acts: Violence Against Women
Sigh . . . more reports this past week of men beating on women, and in one case, shooting and critically wounding a 14-year-old girl who believes females should have the right to an education. RT News...
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Italy Convicts Scientists in Earthquake Case? Go Ask Alice . . .
Oy vey . . . From the You’ve Got To Be Kidding department comes the news out of Italy that seven scientists and experts have been convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to six years in prison “for...
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2012-13′s best goalkeepers
With the Bundesliga, La Liga and Serie A all returning from winter breaks, now is about as good a time as we can find to evaluate the performance of some individual players across Europe. The...
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Wireless code misses the point – but it’s not too late
The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission gets full points for trying to stand up to cellphone providers, but its latest draft of a wireless code of conduct leaves much to be...
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Spectrum auction prompts pricing war – just not here
Much hay has been made over the apparent cellphone pricing revolution going on in the Czech Republic, as mobile operators in that country have slashed their pricing by about half. Last month,...
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Pointer: LGBT Rights — Widespread discrimination in Europe
This is a pointer to a new post in my other blog in wordpress, Jillian Page, for readers looking in from around the world. Click on the link, if interested in reading it and/or commenting. Cheers …
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Patrick Watson with full orchestra – in a church, no less – in November
It’s a busy year for our friend Patrick Watson. The singer-songwriter, whose reputation on the international stage continues to grow, has just announced that he and his identically-named band will...
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LGBTQ rights: President Putin at the crossroads
History, I think, will remember President François Hollande of France, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and President Barack Obama of the United States as three of the greatest leaders of our...
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Montreal International Jazz Festival 2013: Benoît Charest and Le Terrible...
I screened Sylvain Chomet’s Les Triplettes de Belleville for my kids when it came out on DVD in 2004. At least, I screened part of it. It’s a black comedy, very dark in parts, and les petits didn’t...
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Ethical boozing: LGBT supporters boycotting Russian vodka
I was never quite sure if the call for a boycott of the Olympic Games in Russia was the best way to protest against the recent anti-gay laws in Russia. After all, the Games would go on, and the only...
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LGBT rights: Petition urges Metropolitan Opera to show support
There is a good piece on the New York Times site about a petition — in response to the anti-gay-propaganda law in Russia — calling on the Metropolitan Opera to dedicate its opening-night performance of...
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Gazette Midday: Facebook users eyed by governments, U.S. poised to hit Syria
Hello and welcome to montrealgazette.com and welcome to Midday. Here’s the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. Government agents in 74 countries demanded information on about...
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Festival des films du monde 2013: Don Juans, by Jiri Menzel
“A good film should end with a wedding.” So says the onscreen text at the start of Don Juans, the new comedy about sex and love and (in)fidelity by Oscar-winning Czech director Jiri Menzel. And it...
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Gazette Midday: PQ charter backlash, “I have a dream” turns 50
Hello and welcome to montrealgazette.com and welcome to Midday. Here’s the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. Democratic Institutions Minister Bernard Drainville Wednesday...
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Nissan 360 in photos, and more
Last week, I took part in Nissan 360, a gathering of every product offered around the world by Nissan 360. The event, which last a month and took over an abandoned U.S. Marine base in El Toro, Calif.,...
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Of Quebec’s Charter of Values, religious intolerance and karma
In Quebec, a mosque is splashed with what may have been pig’s blood amid Quebec’s debate over the government’s controversial proposal — Quebec’s Charter of Values — to prevent public employees in the...
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Gazette Midday: Kerry challenges Syria on arms, unknown Van Gogh work unveiled
Hello and welcome to montrealgazette.com and welcome to Midday. Here’s the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that Syrian President...
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The Story So Far: PQ unveils charter, and U.S. strike on Syria averted?
Hello and welcome to The Story So Far for Monday, Sept. 9. Click on the grey icon below to hear the rundown on the stories we’re following for you today. And remember, you can listen to all of our...
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