Patrick Lejtenyi
Why Sex Work in Quebec Is About to Become More Dangerous
Quebec's plan to fight teen prostitution is coming at the expense of other programs designed to help sex workers.
This Montreal Trial Is Revisiting the Bad Old Days of City Corruption
Some critics say little has changed under a new administration.
The Story Behind the Raunchy Film That Introduced Quebec’s Sexual Revolution to the World
When Celine Dion's husband died earlier this year, his role in an infamously offensive film was curiously absent from many obits.
How Baseball Fits into a Modern Montreal
If the Montreal Expos ever returned, what kind of city would they be playing in?
Montreal’s Huge Anti-Austerity Protest Lived up to the Hype
It was all good vibes until the tear gas was invited to the party.
Islamophobes and Anti-Islamophobes Protested Against Each Other in Montreal This Weekend
What was supposed to be a show of force for the anti-Islam movement ended up being the exact opposite when PEGIDA supporters refused to show their faces.
We Talked to the Newest Leader of Quebec’s Separatist Movement
We interviewed the Bloc Québécois' new leader, Mario Beaulieu, and discussed how one breathes life into a party reeling from electoral catastrophe.
It’s Too Soon to Write Off Quebec Independence
After the Parti Québécois was dealt a crushing defeat last week, many in Quebec are rejoicing. But with 7.6 percent unemployment, a provincial debt somewhere around $175 billion, and a whole host of other problems, where does this leave us? Still...
The PQ Is In Big Trouble
Just a few weeks ago, it looked like Quebec's separatist party were going to cruise to a big win in this April's election, but a perfect storm of bad hires, bizarro conspiracy theories, and accusations of ignoring the principal issues have turned...
Montreal Mob Boss Vito Rizzuto Is Dead
Vito Rizzuto was the kind of Mafioso that you only saw in the movies: a sober, cool-headed, respected, circumspect kind of criminal who is thought to have controlled much of the illegal narcotics trade in North America. As the (sometimes) undisputed...
Is Montreal's Mayor Serious About a Massage Parlor Crackdown?
Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre has come out saying he wants to crack down on the city's numerous massage parlors that offer sexual services. The parlors operate under a license system, but that doesn't stop some parlors from providing underage girls or...
Child Pageants Are Coming to Quebec, and Quebecers Aren’t Happy About It
The weird phenomenon of child beauty pageants is coming to Quebec, at long last. On November 24, little Quebec girls, some under a year old and under the watchful, intense eyes of their mothers, are to be trotted out on stage and judged by a group of...