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This is Montreal

This is Montreal

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Dive into the Montreal stories you’re curious about and the issues you want to understand. From Laval to Longueuil and across the island, host Ainslie MacLellan explores the complexities of our colourful, vibrant and sometimes frustrating, but always interesting city. Every Thursday.

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Episodes
  • Why some Montreal strippers are on strike during F1 weekend

    Why some Montreal strippers are on strike during F1 weekend
    May 21 2026

    During one of the busiest times of the year for Montreal strip clubs, some strippers are boycotting work, in order to protest working conditions and to demand greater labour protections against things like arbitrary firings and violence in the workplace. CBC reporter Cassandra Yanez-Leyton speaks with two Montreal dancers who are pushing for change.
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    19 mins
  • Burnt out: How fire displaces Montreal tenants

    Burnt out: How fire displaces Montreal tenants
    May 14 2026

    On one block in Verdun, tenants were displaced from four adjacent rental buildings, following two fires in the span of a few months in 2024. Since then, two of the buildings have been converted to undivided condos. Some tenants from another building have been struggling to hang onto their claim to apartments they haven’t been able to live in. Housing advocates worry that building fires are leading to permanent displacement of tenants, reshaping neighbourhoods in the process.
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    24 mins
  • Montreal’s Habs fever is about more than hockey

    Montreal’s Habs fever is about more than hockey
    May 7 2026

    Beyond wins and losses, beyond the thrill of playoff runs, there’s a deeper thread woven through the bleu blanc rouge that ties together a city, its history and its people. Brendan Kelly, author of Habs Nation, explores what makes the Canadiens so central to Montreal’s identity.
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    21 mins
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