MONDAY CALENDAR THE WEEK AHEAD
FEBRUARY 25
FEUQ’s Martine Desjardins (above) and other leaders from universities, student groups and the government gather for a day-and-a-half summit on university funding, which will probably not solve anything.
Park Geun-hye takes office as South Korea’s first female president.
Italy votes in the second day of its general election.
Montreal City Council holds its regular monthly meeting.
There’s a full moon at 3:26 p.m.
The Canadiens play the Senators in Ottawa at 7:30 p.m.
FEBRUARY 26
Happy birthday: Michael Bolton turns 60.
Student group ASSÉ, which is boycotting the summit on university funding, plans a protest starting at Square Victoria at 2 p.m.
Singer Diana Krall performs at Place des Arts.
Rock of Ages The
Musical opens at Théâtre St-Denis, with eight shows until Sunday.
CBS premieres its new cop drama Golden Boy.
Celebrity Wife Swap begins its second season on ABC.
FEBRUARY 27
Quebec labour minister Agnès Maltais meets with federal human resources minister Diane Finley, hoping once again to convince her to back away from controversial changes to Canada’s employment
insurance program.
The Canadiens play the Maple Leafs in Toronto at 7:30 p.m.
Reality show Big Brother Canada debuts on Slice channel with episodes tonight and tomorrow.
FEBRUARY 28
Benedict XVI steps down as pope, the first to resign from the position in almost 600 years.
The Honda Classic PGA golf tournament begins in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
The Zombies perform at Métropolis.
Last day to make contributions to your RRSP for the 2012 tax year.
Sequestration — $1.2 trillion in automatic tax hikes and spending cuts — go into effect at midnight unless a deal is reached between U.S. lawmakers.
MARCH 1
Movies opening in
theatres include The Last Exorcism, 21 and Over, Jack the Giant Slayer and Phantom, plus Quebec’s Les Manèges humains.
Students at McGill University, Université de Montréal, John Abbott and Marianopolis colleges, and elementary and high schools throughout Quebec begin their spring break after today’s classes.
SpaceX expects to launch its second commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
MARCH 2
The Festival international du film pour enfants de Montréal begins, with screenings until March 10.
The World Baseball Classic begins in Japan and Taiwan.
The Canadiens host the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Bell Centre at 7 p.m.
The Impact begins its regular season against the Sounders in Seattle at 10:30 p.m.
The city’s annual Nuit Blanche, with events downtown, in the Old Port and on the Plateau, continues late into the night. The métro runs all night.
MARCH 3
Candidates for leadership for the Liberal Party
of Canada hold a debate in Halifax. Today is also the deadline to join the party in time to vote for its new leader.
The Pointe à Callière Museum holds the first
of its Port Symphonies concerts in Old Montreal.
The Canadiens play the Bruins in Boston at 7:30 p.m.
The first Canadian Screen Awards — which merges the Gemini and Genie awards for Canadian television and film — are presented at a gala in Toronto broadcast on CBC TV. Martin Short hosts.