On Sunday, April 9, around fifty people gathered at Square Phillips in downtown Montreal to commemorate the lives of Nooran Rezayi and Abisay Cruz, as well as other victims of police violence, including Anthony Griffin, Marcellus François, Trevor Kelly, Quilem Registre, Fredy Villanueva, and Sheffield Matthews. The event, organized by Mouvement Montréal 514, called for …
Local 514 host Kalden Dhatsenpa is joined by regular guest, Katia Lo Innes to help viewers and listeners familiarize themselves with the different options available to them at the ballot box for the 2025 Montréal municipal elections. With new pa
Sergio Da Silva is one of Transition Montréal’s star candidates this municipal election. Host Kalden Dhatsenpa sits down with the city councillor candidate for Saint-Jacques to discuss nightlight, expropriation, and some tweets of his that have bothered right-wingers. Listen now to hear the full conversation.
On this episode of Local 514, host Kalden Dhatsenpa speaks to Projet MTL ‘s candidate Logan Littlefield who is running to become borough councillor in the Champlain—L’Île-des-Soeurs district of Verdun. Logan Littlefield is a landscape architect with a vision for Verdun’s future. Can he defend the Projet administration? Tune in to find out.
In this episode of Local 514, host Kalden Dhatsenpa and filmmaker and professor Nicolas Renaud discusses the afterlives of Quebec’s Bill 97, a controversial forestry law prioritizing industrial access over conservation and Indigenous rights. Despite being removed off the table Dhatsenpa and Renaud reflect on land defenders, ecological collapse, and the colonial logic of “Crown …
In this episode of Local 514, host Kalden Dhatsenpa interviews Jean-François Kacou, leader of Futur Montréal and mayoral candidate, about the city’s future. Known for its tech-focused approach, Futur Montréal promotes innovation through projects like AI-assisted pothole detection and eco-friendly asphalt. Kacou advocates for new revenue models, including tourism royalties and participatory borough funding, to …
In Québec, Bill 103 has raised alarm among harm reduction advocates for granting municipalities greater control over safe consumption sites, a move they fear could restrict access to life-saving services. The issue took center stage during International Overdose Awareness Day on August 28 in Montréal, where community members mourned losses and demanded better support. Harm …
The fourth edition of the Defund La Police Festival took place on September 21, 2025, at Montréal’s École de Danse et Culture Chinoise, after political interference forced organizers to relocate from Sun-Yat-Sen Park. The closing panel, Nous Sommes Toujours Là, featured Alex Tigchelaar, Wawa Li, and Sinéad O’Halloran, who presented research on policing in the …
At the Defund La Police Festival on September 21, 2025, a panel titled after La caméra d’intervention brought together author Alec Karakatsanis, artist and advocate Ricardo Lamour, and moderator Ted Rutland to discuss the rise of police body cameras. The speakers challenged the idea that cameras ensure accountability, arguing instead that they expand surveillance and …
At the fourth edition of the Defund La Police Festival, the opening panel Building Compassion: Perspectives from Folks with Front-line and Lived Experiences gathered around 60 attendees to discuss housing precarity in Montréal. Speakers shared firsthand experiences of displacement, criminalization, and stigma, emphasizing that police involvement often worsens harm in encampments and shelters. They called …
