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7 RVs & Camper Vans You Can Rent For The Ultimate Montreal Road Trip

Narcity may receive a small commission if you purchase something we recommend in this article, which was created by the Narcity Shop team.

Not everyone likes to stay in the same place for too long, which is why companies like Outdoorsy are offering people the chance to rent RVs while on vacation.

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17 Just Really Fun Things To Do In Montreal This Weekend

How was your week, Montreal? Busy? Ours, too, filled with catching up on the things we love like drinks on terrasses, picnics in the park and spending time with friends.

Luckily, the weekend is here to bring us even more of what we love. Here are 17 things to do in Montreal (plus two bonus day trip ideas).

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7 Easy & Budget-Friendly Ideas To Take Your Canadian Small Business To The Next Level

If you don't have a side hustle, then you probably know someone who does. It's become the key small-business buzzword in recent times — and for good reason.

Many millennials and zoomers are coming to the realization that a corporate nine-to-five job doesn't suit what they want in life. For some, the restriction of the 40-hour workweek is unappealing, while others struggle to find work that aligns with their personal values.

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11 Things To Do In Montreal This Weekend

What a week it's been, Montreal. The Habs beat the Leafs, the island reawakened after months of curfew and we worked hard to bring the joie de vivre back into the city.

So you know what you deserve? Some more fun! Here are 11 things to do in Montreal this weekend.

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Here’s What A Member Dividend Is & Why It Directly Affects You

Being a Desjardins member comes with lots of perks. One of these benefits is that when the financial cooperative makes surpluses at the end of the year, it shares part of them with its members in the form of member dividends.

If you're a member, you might have already noticed that Desjardins has deposited an amount into your accounts. That's your member dividend, and it's your share of the surpluses made by your caisse and Desjardins Group.

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Here's Why Everyone In Montreal Suddenly Seems To Have A Mullet

A March article from the Agence France-Presse notes the "improbable return" of the mullet — known in Quebec as the "coupe Longueuil." The article points to the surging popularity of the much-made-fun-of haircut among celebrities like Rihanna and Miley Cyrus.

But Montrealers need only walk out their doors to find local examples of the mullet revival. Anecdotes of multiplying mullets have been swirling from the Mile End to the Sud-Ouest.

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11 Happy Things To Do In Montreal This Weekend

It's almost the weekend again, and you know what that means — we're already thinking of all of the amazing things we can do in Montreal on our days off.

If it feels like the year is already going by so fast (hard to believe with everything that's happening or should we say not happening), so you can just imagine how fast the weekend will go. Don't let it pass you by!

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Tom Brady Is Teasing Montreal With An April Fool's Day Joke

For most Montrealers, the loss of the Expos was no laughing matter. But that didn’t stop NFL quarterback Tom Brady from announcing the team was coming back as an April Fool's Day joke.

He made the wisecrack on his Twitter account, which has 1.8 million followers. People reacted with both anger and amusement while others actually fell for the probable prank.

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Photos Showing Montrealers’ MUCH Anticipated Return To Gyms (FIRST LOOK)

Today was a highly-anticipated day for Montreal fitness buffs, as gyms reopened in red zones across Quebec. 

MTL Blog asked gym owners to give us a first look at Quebec's provincewide return to fitness. 

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This Is What Montreal Gyms Have To Say About Reopening

As gyms and fitness centres prepare to reopen across Quebec after getting the green light from the Legault government, Montreal gyms — and their owners — are responding in various ways.  

These are some of their reactions to the news that they can reopen in a limited capacity on March 26. 

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Need To Repay CERB This Tax Season? A Quebec Tax Expert Explained The Whole Process

If you got funding from one of Canada's COVID-19 benefits, including CERB, and later found out you were ineligible, you may have to pay back the government. But how?

We asked Josée Cabral, a Quebec-based tax expert at H&R Block, to explain everything you need to know about repaying CERB.

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Montréal En Lumière Is Back & Bringing Some Much-Needed Light To The City

Things may seem a little bleak, but there is light coming our way: Montréal en Lumière is back from March 4 to 28.

This year's festival will of course look a little different but will be just as amazing as years past.

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