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  • WILLS and secret ingredients

    WILLS and secret ingredients

    The first time I went to Bar WILLS, it was an early winter evening, map on my phone guiding me on a zigzag walking route from Montréal’s Parc de la Petite-Italie. Reconnaissance mission. One of my favourite collectives that puts on events for listening to music on vinyl was going to be on deck at…

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    Johanne Provençal

    14 Jul 2024
    arts, culture, music, food & drink, neighbourhoods
    block party, microbrasserie
  • 41 million+

    41 million+

    When I see Canada Day approaching in the calendar, I have mixed thoughts and feelings. Some have remained constant and some have changed over time. Some are happy and some are sad. Some are frivolous and some are factual. In advance of Canada Day tomorrow, a few words and a few numbers (sourced from Statistics…

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    Johanne Provençal

    30 Jun 2024
    arts, culture, music, events & festivals, everyday life, research and academics
    Canada Day, Indigenous, Statistics Canada
  • (not exactly) a dad joke

    (not exactly) a dad joke

    I don’t remember very many of my dad’s jokes. He wasn’t the “dad joke” type. There is one, though, that I remember him telling me and my younger sister when we were kids, sitting in the car, as he drove past a cemetery on a rural highway (likely in the Laurentians). Okay, here goes, please…

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    Johanne Provençal

    15 Jun 2024
    everyday life
    Father’s Day
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