Smoke On the Water

January 2026

Nora Kelly is an illustrator, oil painter, and muralist based in Montreal, Quebec. She lives with her partner, an Argentinian tattoo-artist and muralist, and her Boston Terrier named Squid. On the weekend, she sings and plays guitar in her alt-country band called the Nora Kelly Band.

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The Southside Hills in History and Song

BY Matthew Hollett

I’M NOT SURE who first referred to them as the “Dear Old” Southside Hills, or if anyone still calls them that. Possibly the name went out of fashion when the huge oil tanks were built. But the nickname seems to have stuck for a while in the early 1900s, a curious term of affection for the imposing hillside that gives shape to St. John’s Harbour.

Q&A with Jordan Patterson

BY NQ

In tandem with NQ’s Wiki-edit-a-thon, Jordan Patterson guides us on a brief tour of the wonderful world of Wikidata. Can you tell us a little about yourself? I’m a cataloguing…