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• 'Pocket parks': Montreal hopes to entice workers, tourists downtown with colourful corners

  In an alley, just off Peel and Ste-Catherine streets, there's fresh paint – a new mural on a brick canvas and colourful places to sit.

  

• Montreal's First People's Fest returns this week

  Montreal's First People's Festival began Tuesday night with a film screening at the Monument-National on Saint-Laurent Blvd. and will run until Sunday, featuring screenings, dance, music and other arts celebrating Indigenous culture.

  

• Montreal's First People's Fest returns this week

  Montreal's First People's Festival began Tuesday night with a film screening at the Monument-National on Saint-Laurent Blvd. and will run until Sunday, featuring screenings, dance, music and other arts celebrating Indigenous culture.

  

• Montrealer wins North America's top Scrabble prize

  Montrealer Michael Fagen took home top prize in North America's biggest Scrabble competition last week, despite being an underdog.

  

• Storytelling drag queen Barbada to read to children at Saint-Laurent libraries

  Montreal drag queen Barbada de Barbades is continuing her journey to teach kids that reading is fundamental.

• Montreal Pride returns for 15th year with large-scale shows, new main site

  The Montreal Pride Festival will hold its 15th edition from Aug. 1 to 7 with nine free large-scale shows, 150 artists, a hundred community activities with more than 200 organizations – as well as the traditional parade to mark the last day of festivities.

• Guzzo Cinemas to broadcast Pope's mass at all locations

  Quebecers in and around Montreal who are not in Quebec City or Saint-Anne-de-Beaupre next week but still want to take in Pope Francis's mass now have an option.

• DJs to the rescue: Montreal turntablers show up with vinyl for Questlove at Roots show

  Two Montreal DJs got backstage passes to the Roots show at Jazz Fest after showing up, vinyl in hand, after Questlove was in desperate need of a record.

• Nerds unite! Montreal Comiccon returns with full slate of guests

  Tens of thousands of nerds have descended on the city this weekend disguised as Jedi, Deadpools, Disney princesses, and niche characters only the sci-fi and fantasy faithful recognize as the Montreal Comiccon is back.

• Kahnawake pow-wow returns — here's what you need to know

  This weekend, the Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-Wow returns to the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) community of Kahnawake on Montreal's South Shore on Saturday and Sunday.

• Montreal drag queen says story hour event for kids abruptly called off

  A prominent Montreal drag queen who recently faced pressure from critics over library readings to young children says her storytime events scheduled for the fall were abruptly called off for unknown reasons.

• Montreal comedian Nick Nemeroff dead at 32

  Montreal-raised comedian Nick Nemeroff died on Monday, leaving comedy fans across Canada grieving. He was 32.