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News + Opinion
Montréal Man Gets Four Years for Smuggling Guns Through Library
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Montréal man to more than four years in prison for smuggling 100 firearms through a bathroom in… -
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Food + Drink
Dining on a Dime: Joe's Snack Bar
When my daughter was little, one of her favorite books was Where Does Joe Go? The delightful picture book by Vermonter Tracey Campbell… -
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Food + Drink
A Québécois Chocolatier Creates an Easter Menagerie
Easter can sneak up on Pier Normandeau. "It is too early this year!" he declared. "You have to work all the time!" Normandeau is… -
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News + Opinion
Backstory: Stopped at the Border
Snowdrifts melted in the sunshine, and Québec DJs chattered in French on the radio. It felt good to be on a reporting road trip… -
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News + Opinion
Courting Canada: Can Gov. Scott Lure Businesses South?
In February, Gov. Phil Scott met with Québec Premier Philippe Couillard in Québec City. In March, he sat down with Ontario's premier in Toronto.… -
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News + Opinion
Québec Unveils Marijuana Legalization Plan
Facing a July 1 national deadline to legalize marijuana, Québec lawmakers recently unveiled a set of proposed rules that are generally seen as restrictive. While… -
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Arts + Life
Québec's Foresta Lumina Attracts Visitors to the Light
Lava ran down the side of the cliff, and rocks began to crumble into the gorge. Behind the rubble, a glowing hidden chamber revealed… -
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News + Opinion
Oh, Canada: Immigrants Seeking Hope Step Across the Border
There’s one reason to take a taxi to the end of Roxham Road in Champlain, N.Y.: the U.S.-Canadian border. The remote spot, 30 miles south… -
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Arts + Life
Beaucoup de Summer Festivities in Montréal
Between the current political environment in the U.S. and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's boyish good looks, many Vermonters might already be thinking O Canada!… -
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Food + Drink
At UVM, a Grad Student Masters Poutine
If you've ever been out late at night in Montréal, you've probably plunged a fork into a plate of crispy French fries dappled with… -
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Food + Drink
The Mezzes and Wines Are Just Right at Montréal's KazaMaza
It was the foolish time of spring. The chilly morning had made me pull on layers of wool, but the afternoon sun found me… -
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Food + Drink
Family-Friendly Wooden Nickel Opens in St. Albans
When Melissa Montagne and her husband, John — a professional hoof trimmer — decided to start a restaurant in St. Albans, they wanted to… -
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News + Opinion
Border Hassles Keep Would-Be Tourists — and Loonies — in Canada
The Homeport store on Burlington's Church Street Marketplace employs several French speakers to offer friendly assistance to customers from Québec, but these days they… -
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Arts + Life
Global Roots Film Fest Goes Québécois
This weekend, Vermonters can travel to Canada without passports, lines or border crossings. The Global Roots Film Festival: Québec, presented by the Vermont International… -
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News + Opinion
Vermonters Visit Muslim Canadian Family Turned Back at Border
Richmond neurologist Andy Solomon and his family had participated in marches in Washington, D.C. and Montpelier, called their elected officials, and tried to find as… -
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News + Opinion
Update: The Weakening Loonie Keeps Some Canadians at Home
For more than a decade, Canadian customers could buy their baguettes at the Newport Natural Market and Café with their own colorful currency. But… -
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Food + Drink
Tapped Out in Shelburne
Hey, remember Town Tavern? How about Flatbread Factory & Taproom? They've both occupied the strip-mall space in Shelburne Bay Plaza next door to Bruegger's Bagels.… -
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News + Opinion
Border Patrol Agents Keep a Lonely Watch on a Vast Expanse
Sitting in a pickup truck on the side of a dirt road in Newport, Border Patrol agent Sean Walsh gazed north past a scrubby… -
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Food + Drink
Make This Now: Bacon. Buttermilk. Gravy. Poutine.
For my feature story this week, I wrote about the troubles egg farmers face in winter. Via conversations with three Vermont eggers, I outlined a… -
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Arts + Life
Video: Cat Cafés in Montréal
11/22/14: Eva gets unstuck from Vermont and heads North to visit Montréal's two purrfect cat cafes, Le Café des Chats and Café Chat L'Heureux.… -
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Arts + Life
Photo-Essay: Québec's Soon-to-Be-Bypassed Route 133
Perhaps you've heard about the multimillion-dollar highway-bypass project that's been in the works for decades? As far back as the mid-1960s, regional transportation officials were… -
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Arts + Life
Montréal en Lumière Festival Beckons, All Week Long
I had intended to drive northward today for a taste of the mega-event called Montréal en Lumière But, dommage, both of my traveling companions begged… -
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Food + Drink
Spa Deal: You don't have to spend a fortune to get soaked in Quebec
I’ve always regarded the flat stretch of road north of Vermont’s border as a bleak throughway punctuated by the occasional poulet et frites stand…
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