From the Ashes of Heroin Addiction to the Pinnacle of Viceland

We’ve read a number of enlightening articles and profiles leading up to today’s launch of A&E channel Viceland. But in many ways, the Internet saved the best for last.

T’cha Dunlevy, a reporter for the Montreal Gazette whose very first post-university writing assignment was a review of a rap music album for the original weekly print incarnation of Vice in that city – Voice of Montreal – uncorked a fantastic history lesson over the weekend. Most of the lengthy piece is devoted to Vice co-founder Suroosh Alvi.