What Sections and Columns Can Readers Find on The Montrealer?

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The Montrealer (themontrealeronline.com) is organized around a set of recurring sections that mix local Montreal news, lifestyle writing, opinion, and event coverage. The main navigation lists Lifestyle, Community, Personal Finance, Restaurant Rap, Politics, That's My View, Real Estate, Foundation News, Travel, and Entertainment, with Entertainment further divided into Classical, Jazz, Theatre, At the Museums, and Live Events. If you want arts and concert listings, go straight to Entertainment; if you want opinion and community voices, the columns are where those live.

Main sections at a glance

Section What it covers
Lifestyle General interest and everyday-life stories
Community Local community news and notices
Personal Finance Investing and money columns
Restaurant Rap Food and restaurant coverage
Politics Political commentary and reporting
That's My View Opinion column
Real Estate Property-related content
Foundation News Foundation and nonprofit news
Travel Trip ideas, including local and outside-Montreal destinations
Entertainment Arts and events, split into subcategories

Entertainment subcategories

Entertainment is the most granular part of the site. Its subcategories are:

  • Classical — e.g. choral and early-music programming such as "Four centuries of English sacred music – Souffles d'Albion"
  • Jazz — e.g. the Caity Gyorgy Jazz Quartet's two nights at Place des Arts
  • Theatre — stage productions
  • At the Museums — exhibition coverage, such as the MNBAQ's "Hidden Treasure: A Century of Mystery"
  • Live Events — the catch-all tag applied to dated event posts

Event items carry a "LiveEvents" label with a date, so you can tell a listing from a feature at a glance.

Columns and recurring voices

Beyond the section names, The Montrealer runs named columns. "That's My View" is the opinion slot, and Personal Finance pieces are bylined — for example, Lynn MacNeil's "The IPO Party Is Back. Just Don't Forget the Hangover" (August 1, 2026), alongside entries like "The Truth About Investment Fees Is Becoming Clearer" and "The Quiet Squeeze: Higher Costs, Harder Choices." Travel items are also bylined, such as A.J. Twist's "A nature retreat in the middle of the Saint Lawrence River" (September 24, 2026), which frames its suggestions around Canadian travelers avoiding U.S. trips and over-tourism.

How to browse

  • Top navigation — the fastest route to a specific section; the menu repeats across the header and footer areas.
  • Search — a search field sits in the header for finding a title or topic directly.
  • Trending Now — a sidebar block that surfaces current popular items, useful if you don't have a specific section in mind.
  • Section landing pages — each section collects its own posts, so Entertainment, Travel, or Personal Finance can be read as a stream.

What the mix tells you

The site's center of gravity is Montreal itself: local destinations, local venues, local foundations, and local bylines. National or international material appears mainly through Travel and Personal Finance. If your interest is events, the Entertainment tree plus the dated LiveEvents tag is the practical entry point; if your interest is commentary, the column names (That's My View, Restaurant Rap, Politics) are the ones to follow.