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1 month ago | 
cultmtl.com | Matthew Renfrew |Taylor C. Noakes |Alex Rose
According to a new study by the Angus Reid Institute, Prime Minister Mark Carney is considered to be the best candidate to handle Trump’s trade war between Canada and the United States, ahead of Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre by 25 points. Nationally, Carney sits at 55% support, followed by Poilievre at 30%. “Prime Minister Mark Carney is preferred over Pierre Poilievre by 25 points in handling the trade and tariff war, and 22 points on Trump’s threats of annexation.
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1 month ago | 
cultmtl.com | Alex Rose |Cult MTL |Clay Sandhu
Some 25 years ago, as I was beginning high school, I learned one of the most valuable lessons about film that one could ever learn. In a class discussion about our favourite movies, one of my peers stated that her favourite movie of all time was The Watcher, a dull serial killer thriller starring James Spader and Keanu Reeves.
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1 month ago | 
cultmtl.com | Clay Sandhu |Clay Sandhu |Cult MTL |Alex Rose
The following is a capsule review of the Montreal restaurant Schwartz’s Deli. To read the 2025 Montreal Restaurant Guide, please click here. Probably the world’s most famous smoked meat joint and a tourist destination in its own right. Perennial line-ups, surly staff and cramped seating are considered part of its charm. Repeat after me: Medium-fat, with mustard and a half-sour. (3895 St-Laurent)For more on Schwartz’s Deli, please visit their website.
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1 month ago | 
cultmtl.com | Matthew Renfrew |Alex Rose |Clay Sandhu
According to a study by Ipsos, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre is seen as the politician most likely to sell out Canada to Donald Trump. 31% of Canadians agree that Poilievre would be most likely to “roll over and accept whatever President Trump demands,” followed by Justin Trudeau (22%) and Jagmeet Singh (9%). Just 6% of Canadians say they same about Liberal frontrunner Mark Carney. Ipsos is also now projecting a Liberal victory in the next federal election.
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2 months ago | 
cultmtl.com | Matthew Renfrew |Darcy MacDonald |Alex Rose
After all of Donald Trump’s bullshit — after threats of tariffs and annexation, after all of his pathetic insults to our country — a large majority of Canada’s Conservatives still consider the United States a friend or ally. This is hardly surprising given that nearly 50% of Conservatives would have voted for Trump if they could. These are the same people who want Canada to become the 51st state.
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2 months ago | 
cultmtl.com | Darcy MacDonald |Alex Rose |Savannah Stewart
After a couple of quieter years dropping one-minute freestyles and one-off singles, to last year’s street-tape-style full-length Love & Service quickly followed by a surprise EP reunion with longtime collaborator Anthony Davis of Atmosphere, it can now be heard that former Rhymesayers artist Brother Ali had been carefully drafting his path toward Satisfied Soul.
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2 months ago | 
cultmtl.com | Alex Rose |Savannah Stewart |Clay Sandhu
The popularity and surprising longevity of the John Wick franchise has had results that nearly everyone could have predicted: countless imitators and a shorthand position in the cultural discourse that has placed nearly every contemporary action movie in the unenviable position of being “John Wick but ‘X’.” While the aesthetics of the Chad Stahelski-helmed series have made their way into some improbable corners, the list of movies that are actually direct descendants of John Wick is pretty...
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
cultmtl.com | Lorraine Carpenter |Cult MTL |Alex Rose
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante has issued a statement to mark the fourth anniversary of the death of homeless Montrealer Raphaël André. The Innu man died of hypothermia in a portable toilet near the corner of Parc Avenue and Milton in 2021. Plante stated that André’s death is still upsetting, and “a painful reminder of the urgency to act” on the issues of homelessness and housing in Montreal. “Every Montrealer deserves a roof over their heads — it is a question of dignity.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
cultmtl.com | Cult MTL |Alex Rose |Lorraine Carpenter
As voted by our readers in the Best of MTL readers poll, here’s where you can find the best steak in Montreal. For more results from the Best of MTL, please click here. These are the best spots for steak in Montreal. Explore the complete Best of MTL issue here. For more on the food and drink scene in Montreal, please visit the Food & Drink section.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
cultmtl.com | Alex Rose |Cult MTL |Lorraine Carpenter
Of all the classic Universal monsters, the Wolf Man stands as perhaps the purest cinematic creation. Sure, the Mummy was also ostensibly created for the silver screen, but its reign as a monster pales in comparison to the Wolf Man for the purest of reasons: it’s just a stupid mummy.
