There have been power outages following Tuesday’s storm, both on and off the island.
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Kate
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Kate
CBC went to talk to one of the U.S. Navy people whose ship, the brand new USS Little Rock, is stuck in the frozen St Lawrence near Habitat. Nice side touches remind us of the nature of the ship: the ship’s crew calls themselves the Warhawgs, and the commander is quoted: “USS Little Rock call sign vengeance is back.”
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The Banque Nationale is planning to build a massive new office tower at St-Jacques and Robert‑Bourassa, selling their existing building on la Gauchetière.
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Nice detailed piece on the great old overnight radio show Brave New Waves, broadcast from the Maison Radio-Canada every week night for years.
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Not surprisingly, Tuesday’s glassy streets meant some tumbles and breaks although this piece also says “Montreal police said they haven’t received any calls to help injured pedestrians.” Metro’s account also suggests there was more apprehension than actual injury throughout the day.
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Sabrine Djermane and El Mahdi Jamali, recently acquitted of terror charges, are now working with the Quebec anti-radicalization centre.
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There’s been a lot of inconclusive media muttering about the impending legalization of cannabis – specifically, how to squelch its usage once it becomes legal. Many landlords don’t want people smoking it in their apartments, and the city opposition proposed a law banning it in public places, which has just been voted down.
The city wants to take a third of any cannabis tax, which Philippe Couillard says it will; the city also says it may approve cannabis use at the tam-tams, kind of amusing since it’s been tolerating that anyway for years, and it wants to be able to choose which festivals will accept the open consumption of the stuff.
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The snow pile outside my front door has a shiny, hard surface this morning, and everything is glittering. Many schools are closed Tuesday as ice encases the city. Flights from YUL are also doubtful, according to the radio. Whether the ice will shut down the NAFTA talks is uncertain. Details on what the talks here involve.
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There will be consultations this spring on the Turcot footbridge once abandoned by the developers and now revived by the Plante administration.
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The Plante administration may have abolished the infamous ticket quotas and bonuses, but it’s considering beefing up fines, which have not been revised since 2009.
Some are pushing back against the administration’s initial budget, but it’s sure to pass in council on Wednesday.
Councillors who lost their seats in November will receive golden handshakes adding up to $4 million. More from CTV on how much Denis Coderre and some of his sidekicks will be collecting.
And finally, Laurent Blanchard, who will linger forever as a footnote to the city’s mayoral history, has stepped down as chief of Coalition Montreal.
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Ideas for the municipal animal pound, promised in 2011 during the Tremblay era after shock reports on cruelty seen at Berger Blanc, have been moved around town while no work has been done to start on any building.
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There was a big fire late Sunday in an industrial building in Montreal North and another in the small hours in a building on Crémazie near St-Hubert.
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There’s a warning of an ice storm coming Monday evening.
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The city is embarking on the renovation of its digs, starting by fixing up the neighbouring Édifice Lucien-Saulnier, aka the old courthouse, to act as a temporary home while the 19th-century hôtel de ville – completed in 1878 but rebuilt after a serious fire in 1922 – is renovated.
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François Cardinal writes about Ste-Catherine Street and backs improvements for the street that stop short of full pedestrianization. It’s a sidebar to his other piece on La Presse+ suggesting ten ideas to improve the street.
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