Adam Bemma

#CityDoc: The Villanueva affair and Montreal North hears from Montreal hip hop artist Emrical. To commemorate the life of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva, shot and killed  by Montreal police, the MC discusses the situation in Montreal North four years later with his song Combien de Morts. To listen or download this edition of #CityDoc, click here…

This week’s #CityTalk hears from a group called RuePublique. They’ve been organizing an annual street festival on St-Viateur in Mile End and are now working with the Plateau Mont-Royal borough on a summer-long pedestrian initiative called Rue Gilford en vacances. To listen or download this week’s #CityTalk, click here. To keep the conversation on urban…

In Montreal’s former industrial district of St-Henri, condo construction has surpassed the construction of affordable housing units. With rent rising and a new class of people moving to the area, two leaders in St-Henri discuss the rapid gentrification happening in this part of southwest Montreal. To listen or download this edition of #CityDoc, click on the Soundcloud…

This weeks #CityTalk takes a look at Montreal’s graffiti art scene, finding out how the city is embracing street art on one hand, then taking stern measures against graffiti artists. Fresh Paint gallery founder and Under Pressure graffiti festival organizer, Sterling Downey, takes aim at the city’s unusual approach to combating unwanted graffiti. To listen…

Practically every day I walk down Ste-Catherine Street on my way to and from the gym and metro, dodging people almost as if it were a game of cat and mouse. Over the last few weeks I’ve noticed an increasing amount of people standing in front of an office tower, on the north side of…

This week’s #CityTalk looks at calls for more diverse street food vendors in Montreal. Their new association- ARRQ- l’Association des restaurateurs de rue du Québec- was started by the city’s first street food taco truck Grumman 78. Since opening their mobile food truck last year, Montrealers want the 65-year ban on street food to be…

This week’s #CityTalk segment focuses on urban farming, rooftop gardens and food security in Montreal with Tim Murphy from Santropol Roulant. To keep the discussion on urban issues in Canada going, tweet me @adambemma #CityTalk. To listen to this week’s #CityTalk, or to download the .mp3, click here.

This week’s #CityTalk segment hears from the GTAU- Groupe Travail Agriculture Urbaine about urban agriculture in Montreal. Last week’s public consultation heard from many citizen groups advocating how to better cultivate Montreal. To download or listen to this week’s #CityTalk live on my Rabble.ca podcast, click here. Also, tweet me @adambemma #CityTalk to keep the…

This week Adam Bemma’s #CityTalk becomes #CityDoc as Bicycle Bob Silverman and Angela Bischoff share their thoughts and feelings about two of Canada’s most celebrated cycling visionaries, Montreal’s Claire Morissette and Toronto’s Tooker Gomberg. To listen or download this special edition #CityDoc, click here.   Or stream it live at adambemma.com (below via Soundcloud).

This week’s #CityTalk extends its bike week coverage to make June bike month at CKUT’s Friday Morning After. Featuring an interview with longtime St-Henri cyclist, Derek Robertson from the new Southwest Montreal Walking and Cycling Association (APCSOM– Alliance des Piétons et Cyclistes Sud-Ouest Montréal- en français). To listen or download this week’s #CityTalk, click here.