No matter who wins the NBA finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers, a Montrealer will be hoisting the trophy. And perhaps no one is cheering harder for both the Pacers’ Bennedict Mathurin and the Thunder’s Luguentz Dort than people in Montréal-Nord. We’ll hear from Montrealers who love basketball about their sport in their city: how far it’s come, how far it can go, and what it takes to get there.

This week’s strike by maintenance workers has left many commuters out of luck. The labour action is happening at a time when the STM is facing pressure to cut costs, all while facing some major maintenance challenges over the next decade. We’ll look at what this all means for workers and Montreal transit users in the long term.

Quebec is aiming to open up trade with other provinces, but the province says cross-border alcohol sales will take more time to sort out. Some small producers say change can't come soon enough because they have been getting the bottom of the barrel.

Since the federal government scrapped its carbon tax, Quebec stands alone as the only province with its own price on carbon. Now the Quebec government is facing calls from some corners to eliminate it, in order to bring down the price at the pump. But some experts say that would put us even further from our climate goals. And some Quebecers are still trying to wrap their heads around what exactly we’re paying — and where the money goes.

With another spring pothole season upon us, we’re digging into the archives to ponder Montreal’s pothole problem. We’ll get into the science of potholes, their impacts, and what we could be doing differently to deal with them.

Between the West Island and the South Shore and stretching all the way from Ile-Perrot to Lachine, you'll find Lac Saint-Louis. But is it a lake? Is it just part of the Saint Lawrence River? Or is it both? The answer is more complex than you might think.

We head to the Montreal Climate Summit to hear how environmental advocates are trying to reshape their message about climate change, to emphasize how it’s hurting the health, homes and finances of Montrealers.

With the city's summer festival season around the corner, Montreal's festivals are in fundraising mode. But post-pandemic, and faced with rising production costs, some say independent festivals need more support to keep going--and to keep Montreal's reputation as a world-class city for arts and culture alive.