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196 results for Montreal

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Inside the box

17 June 2011

Habitat 67 proves that buildings created for events – in this case Montréal’s Expo of 1967 – can continue to be useful. We meet three residents and talk to the architect about why the project has been such a success.

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Royal to the last

12 June 2015

Montréal’s Linton, Chateau and Acadia apartment buildings are beacons of historic grandeur among the surrounding modern blocks. Monocle takes the tour and finds homes that celebrate the city’s architectural heritage.

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Ready for take off

21 November 2013

Bombardier is the family-run Canadian aerospace and rail-industry giant whose expertise spans generations. After weathering the financial crisis, Bombardier CEO Pierre Beaudoin is setting the firm’s ambitions ever higher…

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Saint-Henri

17 October 2007

Montréal’s distinctive cultural mix, fine architecture and liberal sensibility has made it Canada’s most desirable city (though Vancouverites may say otherwise). Its Saint-Henri neighbourhood is becoming especially attra…

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City guide: Montréal

21 September 2017

Canada’s capital of all things cultural is also the place to enjoy the pick of the country’s culinary offerings.

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Wheel love

22 June 2017

The CEO of a much-loved Canadian export reveals how Pacman and panettone keep him moving forward.

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Hitting heights

20 October 2016

Home to aircraft manufacturers, suppliers and associations, Montréal is a leading centre of aviation. At the forefront is Bombardier, whose new C Series planes will benefit the whole of Québec province – not to mention…

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The late show

22 June 2016

Entrepreneurial audacity has transformed a once desolate plot into a peerless late-night hive. Monocle meets Montréal’s marvels of change and other business night owls pitching up after dark.

Monocle Minute

Montréal’s metro

11 February 2016

Earlier this week metro users in Montréal were offered a first glimpse of the revamped metro trains that will soon grace the city’s underground network. The current carriages –iconic blue-and-white numbers that were intr…

Monocle Minute

Montréal makeover

21 November 2016

After years of sky-rocketing house prices in Vancouver and Toronto, city officials in Montréal are intent on preventing rampant gentrification in their own city. This month councillors unanimously voted to restrict the…

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That's just how I roll

21 June 2012

Vélo Québec is the guiding force behind Montréal’s much imitated bike culture, a model that is being exported around the world. The woman in the saddle explains how she forged a lean, green urban lifestyle.

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Plante life

22 March 2018

Montréal’s first woman mayor is using the city’s economic upswing to drive socially minded change. But only months into the job she’s found herself in storms of protest – and deep snow.

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To the letter

20 March 2015

Montréal, Melbourne and Madrid are – in their own distinct ways – each blazing a trail when it comes to establishing (or reviving) themselves among fashion’s most sought-after cities.

Monocle Minute

Mighty museum of Montréal

21 May 2016

Founded in 1964, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal is Canada’s first museum of contemporary art and moved into its current  home in the city’s arts and entertainment district in 1992. Since  then the institution has…

Radio

The Urbanist - Tall Stories 68: Montreal’s Olympic Stadium

7 August 2017

Following the news that Montreal’s Olympic Stadium is to be transformed into a welcome centre for asylum seekers, our Toronto bureau chief Tomos Lewis tells the story of one of the city’s most famed structures.

Radio

The Foreign Desk - London and Montréal: what lessons can Quebec teach post-Brexit Britain?

2 July 2016

This is the tale of two cities: each is global, diverse and has a thriving economy but is part of a nation that faces a grave constitutional dilemma. A week after the UK’s decision to leave the EU, we compare the state of…

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