[2] Contributors cover stories about student life, as well as local, national and international issues of interest to the Concordia and Montreal communities.

[6] After massive protests greeted a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The Link's production came to a halt in September 2002 as the RCMP evacuated the Hall building and the talk was cancelled.

[12][13] In 2015, writer Irina Tee was criticized for allegedly supporting misogyny in her articles and an open-letter demanding the suspension from her writing position at MTL Blog was posted on The Link.

"[15] Former photo editor Barbara Davidson and colleagues won the Pulitzer Prize for photographs taken in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

In 2011, Davidson won another Pulitzer and an Emmy for her work in the LA Times about people caught in the crossfire of Los Angeles gang violence.

In 2012, The Link won a John H. McDonald Award at the Canadian University Press' annual conference for photos taken from the Occupy Montreal protests in October 2011.

In the same year, The Link broke a story about the substandard living conditions of international students at Concordia, which later gained national attention.

[16] The Link was nominated for eight JHM award in 2013,[17] ultimately bringing home four awards: Riley Sparks' Taken for a Ride uncovering poor living conditions of Chinese students at Concordia University,[18] Oliver Leon's column That Transexxual Guy,[19] tackling the issues and everyday life of transition and trans* rights, Sam Slotnick's Tipping Point photo[20] showing masked demonstrators attacking a bystander during the 2012 Montreal anti-police brutality march and Colin Harris' profile[21] of Canadian band King Khan.

Former fringe editor Marie Brière de la Hosseraye also won in the arts category for her piece "The Final Chapter," which told the tragic disappearance of a local bookstore owner.