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It’s a dog’s life

WHERE DO ALL THE DOGGIES GO? Sophie Fournier with friends Photo by SHARON DAVIES

A Mirror writer’s experience with controversial animal rescue Paws For Life started with good intentions but went bad when the weirdness began

Save our SAQs!

BATTLING FOR BOOZE: Pointe activists Leila Brener, Geneviève Grenier and Natasha Alexandroff Photo by SHARON DAVIES

Is the SAQ abandoning the Southwest?

Sizzle season

CARIBBEAN QUEEN: Carifiesta

JUNE | JULY | AUGUST JUNE Montreal Mondiale de la Bière, to June 12 What better way to kick off festival season than enjoying a cold one (or three or four) in the sun? The fest brings in hundreds of beers from around the world, which can be sampled for $1-$5. Suds flow at Place [...]

The pit bull and the pendulum

IS THIS THE FACE OF A MENACE? Thomas the pit bull Photo by SHARON DAVIES

The banning of pit bulls is once again making headlines. The borough of Rivière-des-Prairies/Pointe-aux-Trembles (RDP/PAT) is considering a breed ban, raising the ire of animal-rights activists. A mandatory muzzling law for the breed is also on the table.

Adbusters inaugurated

MADDER MEN: Erik Chevrier and Jay Lemieux Photo by Micheal Beaulieu

Adbusting groups take action

Spray can crackdown

MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE: Graffiti artist Regimental Oneton at work behind the No Damn Good skate park/shop Photo by SHARON DAVIES

The ongoing battle between the city and street artists may soon advance to the provincial front. At an April 4 borough meeting, NDG councillors approved a motion asking Quebec’s government to enact an under-18 spray-can ban

Joints and jail time

GUILTY OF SOOTHING THE SICK: Ex-Compassion Centre admissions offcer Stephane Gauthier, a free man for now Photo by MICHEAL BEAULIEU

Global Marijuana March features a show of solidarity for former staff of raided compassion clubs

The horror of the 105

BUS ROUTE OF THE DAMNED: Traffic at Sherbrooke and Cavendish Photo by RACHEL GRANOFSKY

The 105 runs along Sherbrooke from Vendôme metro station to the Montréal-Ouest train station by Loyola. It’s a key bus for lower-NDG residents travelling downtown. It also fer­ries hundreds of students a day, and is heavily used by non-NDGers who work in the borough.

COVER: Pet heaven’s waiting room

FINAL DESTINATION? Berger Blanc

What is the truth about the Berger Blanc? That’s the question being raised by concerned pet-owners across the island. A movement online and on the ground against the city’s for-profit animal pound is growing.

Saved for the belles

THERE’S NO DIVE LIKE HOME: Eric Paradis Photo by RACHEL GRANOFSKY

Fetish and queers celebrate Cleopatra’s reprieve.

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