Mattha Busby

  • Opinions

    Change Is Spare

    The scowl that many homeless people receive when asking “Vous avez un peu de change?” is one that I myself sometimes bestow upon them. Society at large needs to reexamine the ways in which we treat those that we keep on the margins. Otherwise we will only perpetuate a growing problem.

  • News

    Taking Back the Night for Everyone

    “It might sound a little preposterous, but we need to teach people to not sexually assault each other.”

  • Special Issue

    Provender Takes on the Food Industry Middleman

    The massive reduction in food miles that local food systems create has immense environmental benefits.

  • Opinions

    UberX: Innovation or Anarchy?

    “Uber doesn’t pay their taxes; they’re circumventing regulations,” said Martha Karounis, a daytime dispatcher at Atlas Taxi for 25 years. “It’s like Jack and Jill or you and I starting a milk company and keeping all the money for ourselves. It’s anarchy.”

  • News

    Elizabeth May Launches Memoir/Manifesto Hybrid at McGill

    The party leader read from and spoke about her new book, Who We Are: Reflections on My Life and Canada, last Saturday at McGill.

  • Fringe Arts

    Get Into the Rhythm of RIDM

    Running from Nov. 12 to Nov. 23, this year’s Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) will present 142 films from 44 nations.

  • News

    Offering Solidarity for Hong Kong from Afar

    Around 300 people gathered on the corner of Milton St. and University St. on China’s national holiday, Oct. 1, to display their “Solidarity with Hong Kong.”

  • News

    Act Would Protect Unpaid Interns from Abuse

    The proposed bill follows the death of Andy Ferguson, an intern at a radio station in Alberta, who died from a head-on collision after working excessive hours without pay. The bill aims to help hundreds of thousands of young Canadians who will undertake internships this year from potentially unscrupulous employers.