I’m a freelance journalist and editor for hire. Though I write a lot about environment, I’ve proven to be a diverse writer, covering social issues, local food, pop culture, business, health, arts and music. I’ve been contributing to alt weekly the Mirror since 2004 and have been published by the Montreal Gazette, OpenFile Montreal, Xtra.ca, Herizons, This Magazine, Punk Magazine (NYC), Canadian Dimension, Worn Fashion Journal and a number of student publications. I’ve written for both print and web publication and adhere to Canadian Press style. See below for links to a selection of my work and continued coverage.
The Montreal Mirror
I’ve written over 60 stories for the Mirror, primarily for the news section though I’ve contributed a few pieces to the arts section. The Mirror is the major English-language alternative weekly in Montreal, with a print run of 70,000 and a circulation of 144,000. I’ve included my most recent pieces for them right below this text, and below that is a selection of the pieces I’ve written for the Mirror prior to 2010.
2010-2012
Bandyover here (Feb. 2012) — Russian sport makes headway in Quebec
City sown and raised – Noisemakers special issue (Jan. 2012) — Work group on urban agriculture win their public consultation
St-Henri goes Dutch (Nov. 2011) — Industrial sector of Montreal borough gets woonerf
A Montreal mouthful (Oct. 2011) – Local restauranteurs write ode to Montreal
Growth potential (Aug. 2011) – 30+ local organizations fight for urban agriculture
Talking heaps of trash (July 2011) – Waste management woes and solutions in Montreal
Testosterone on the track (July 2011) – First male roller derby team in city gets serious
Life from above (April 2011) – Lufa Farms’s private greenhouse a techie gardener’s dream
Community eats (Sept. 2010) – Concordia University’s sustainable food fair
Proving retroactive homophobia (July 2010) – Paul Richard’s 25-year-old human rights case
Deals on wheels (July 2010) – First roller skate shop opens for business
Villeray hearts Inuit (July 2010) – Citizens’ group supports Inuit hospital in Montreal borough
A local shop (July 2010) – Store specializing in locally-made products opens in St-Henri
Queer trek (May 2010) – Queer activists board bus to Toronto to protest in G20
Old media will live! (March 2010) – Preserving newspapers in a digital age
Select Mirror pieces prior to 2010
Home is where the spike is (Nov. 2009) – needle exchange program in Montreal gets a new home
Power to the vox populi (May 2009) – Montreal citizens’ summit turns five
Scientology stalled (Feb. 2009) – Montreal Scientologists too broke to build new Ideal Org
Pop goes the city (Oct. 2008) – Coverage of the non-performance portion of Pop Montreal
One way out of Beijing (Aug. 2008) – Tibetan freedom activist Schwartz gets deported from China
Behind the wax (July 2008) – Independent record shop delves into new media
Revamping the lower Main (April 2008) – Montreal tries to overhaul cherished red light district
Back to the land (March 2008) – Équiterre’s community-supported agriculture program
Rolling green (Aug. 2007) – Meals-on-wheels program embarks on sustainability challenge
Country collection conundrum (Feb. 2007) – Record collector vs. city over basement record archive
Sex and the pre-pubescent girl (Aug. 2006) – Controversy re: HPV vaccine Gardasil and pre-teens
Needling exchange (March 2005) – needle exchange program struggles to find new home
The Montreal Gazette
A very, very loud goodbye (sidebar to Pouzza Fest story, Arts&Life section, page C5, May 16, 2012)
Pouzza Fest brings punk rockers to town (Arts&Life section, page C5, May 16, 2012)
Empowering girls with power chords at Rock Camp (Arts&Life section, page C8, April 26, 2012)
Finally! Drinks in Verdun (Weekend section page B2, March 17, 2012)
Strangers in transit: a community of commuters (Weekend section, Feb. 18, 2012)
Matthew Forsythe offers readers a wildlife refuge (Arts&Life section, Feb. 15, 2012)
Urban Expressions
You can see my latest contributions to UrbanExpressions.ca, the Montreal Gazette’s lifestyle magazine and website, here: http://www.urbanexpressions.ca/author/tlindeman
OpenFile Montreal
Why do police cars run red lights? (May 2012)
Have the Yellow Pages outlived their usefulness? (April 2012)
No Publi-Sac? No newspaper, either (April 2012)
Anti-student strike profile 2 (April 2012)
Anti-student strike profile 1 (April 2012)
Loans and bursaries explainer: Debunking parental contribution (April 2012)
Student striker profile 3 (April 2012)
Student striker profile 2 (April 2012)
Student striker profile 1 (April 2012)
Gentrification in Verdun: not so bad? (March 2012)
Opinion: If they raise tuition now, when will it end? (March 2012)
A solution to Quebec’s family doctor shortage? (March 2012 – Part II)
What Ontario’s got right about healthcare — and what Quebec doesn’t (March 2012 – Part I)
Popular St-Henri café faces stiff fines (Feb. 2012)
Parking woes plague some Cité l’Acadie residents (Feb. 2012)
Who’s winning the graffiti game in St-Henri? (Jan. 2012)
Q&A: The good, the bad and the ugly in tattoos (Jan. 2012)
At the Faubourg, more questions than tenants (Jan. 2012)
Local web designer helps women get over fear of code (Jan. 2012)
Why doesn’t Montreal have automatic pay toilets? (Dec. 2011)
Five things you should know about Quebec’s new smart meters (Dec. 2011)
New barcode law unfair, say small business owners (Nov. 2011)
Does bandy have a place in hockey-obsessed Montreal? (Nov. 2011
Opinion: Safe injection sites in Montreal a necessity (Nov. 2011)
Are Montreal vets taking advantage of pet owners? (Oct. 2011)
New SAAQ rules a lesson in driving Montrealers crazy (Aug. 2011)
Roller derby coverage
I’ve been writing about roller derby since 2006, when I met Montreal league founder Alyssa Kwasny at Concordia University. Writing my first story about her and the then-new Montreal league prompted me to become a referee, though that was before the league began playing competitive games in earnest. Now I’m completely unaffiliated—I’m just a fan, and occasionally, a sports writer.
Testosterone on the track (July 2011), The Mirror
Deals on wheels (July 2010), The Mirror
Montreal roller derby blows up on NA derby scene (April 2010), Xtra
Derby fever is back (April 2008), The Mirror
Leader of the pack (Spring 2008), Herizons
Shut up and skate (Sept. 2006), The Link
Wheels of fury (June 2006), The Mirror
Paul Richard human rights complaint coverage
I was assigned to write about Paul Richard’s progressing court case against the federal government by my then-editor at Xtra. Richard filed a human rights complaint against the Canadian government based in events that happened over 25 years ago. His first obstacle was challenging the Canadian Human Rights Commission to have his expired complaint heard, which he won. His case went all the way to the Supreme Court, but it was denied a hearing and his case was thrown out.
Court won’t hear 25-year-old case (May 2011), Xtra
Proving retroactive homophobia (July 2010) The Mirror
Quebec man struggles to have human rights case heard (May 2010), Xtra
Govt seeks to dismiss man’s claims of homophobia (Feb. 2010), Xtra
Montreal man battles govt over allegations of homophobia (Nov. 2009), Xtra
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