Drivers lose 50 hours yearly in traffic jams, according to this study here. I’m surprised it’s so little – that’s less than an hour a week.
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Several old MR-63 metro cars retired from the green line will reappear this summer as galleries, bistros and pop-up shops along the Lachine Canal near the corner of Richmond and Basin.
A later edit of this story on CTV is headlined Retired Montreal metro cars finding second lives as public spaces. Galleries and cafés are not public spaces.
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Firefighters are facing high rates of cancer because of exposure to toxins and various particles and nanoparticles. A study will seek better ways to protect them on the job.
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Kwasi Benjamin, accused of strangling his Inuk girlfriend Nellie Angutiguluk in 2015, was found guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday. Benjamin claimed that Angutiguluk had killed herself.
Also Wednesday, Christian Pépin pleaded guilty to killing his mother and grandmother in December. In court, he shouted that if he were let out of jail, he’d kill other family members and that he wants to die in prison.
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The matriarch of the Rizzuto clan, Libertina Manno, has died a natural death at 90. She was the widow of Nicolo Sr. and mother of Vito and came from a family described here as powerful in the Sicilian mafia.
More on Libertina Manno in the Journal. A woman of iron, she spent six months behind bars at one point but ended up not facing any charges. Her funeral is Saturday, March 3 at Madonna della Difesa.
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Guy described as an expert talks about the possibility of building a tram up Pie‑IX after all while Alan de Sousa says he’s going to push for the extension of the orange line to Bois‑Franc train station.
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There used to be some VIP parking reserved near city hall for councillors to use, but the Plante admin is not renewing it, instead keeping some spots for bikes.
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CBC says two writers who were teaching at Concordia are being investigated for sexual misconduct, but calling them “leading” (or “prominent” as on the radio report) is to inflate the tale – I read books and do this blog and have never heard of either of them.
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Temporary police chief Martin Prud’homme presented plans Tuesday to make the operations of the SPVM more transparent and reduce the number of managers. Meantime, TVA says Valérie Plante has her eye on BIG chief Denis Gallant for police chief starting next year.
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Radio-Canada reports that cyclists and pedestrians are getting organized on a borough basis.
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Tennis Canada wants support to put a retractable roof on Uniprix stadium in Jarry Park. Very bad idea for the park, which Tennis Canada treats with disdain as a mere parterre for the stadium.
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The city’s planning a second census of the homeless on April 24.
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Olympic athletes were welcomed back to town Monday evening in a scrum at Trudeau.
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The metro will be open all night Saturday to Sunday for the Nuit blanche.
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The man charged with being drunk and causing a crash on the 20 that killed a worker Friday night has been granted bail with these conditions: he can’t drive between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. and is not allowed to drink alcohol.
Let me understand this: you can be accused of killing someone with a car Friday, and be legally driving again on Monday.
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