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Kate
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Kate
The Globe and Mail looks at how Westmount has been resisting condo towers, while at the same time we see adjoining CDN-NDG at grips with illegal, overcrowded rooming houses, one of which caught fire Sunday morning.
Also this May Day, I’ve seen notes about protests against the fence that divides Park Ex from TMR. I’ve always felt it was silly for the Town to wall off the source of curry and calamari, but if they feel safer that way, tant pis.
Maclean’s has a brief but cogent piece on the growing rift between rich and poor in Canada.
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Kate
Government will be dishing out $302 million for the expropriations needed to build the blue line.
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Kate
It’s being widely reported that gasoline prices spiked to $1.48 on Tuesday. I’ll stick to espresso.
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Kate
Pointe Claire homeowners were given a fright recently by an official letter saying they’d have to pay “dues” if they lived close to the two planned REM stations in their town. Apparently it only applies if they’re constructing a new building or making very major renovations.
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Kate
I find it irritating that the Journal complains of transit delays vs. fare increases in this way. Do they really expect the STM or ARTM to say “well, we had some delays last year so we’re cutting you a deal”? That may be how it works in business, but the STM and ARTM are not businesses, and all an article like this does is stoke disdain for public transit on false premises.
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Kate
Roberto Rocha has done some of his data mapping magic to show us crime in Montreal and CBC even adds a making-of. Accompanying text points out how Montreal remains a low-crime city.
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Kate
A Globe & Mail writer spins a nice piece about Montreal as a city of illuminations.
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Kate
Kahnawake’s “marry out, get out” law has been ruled unconstitutional because it violates the Canadian Charter of Rights.
I can see a fight developing if Mohawks point out they actually never agreed they were part of the polity of Canada.
It also crosses my mind that while we honour Quebec’s language laws meant to protect its culture from erosion by the pressure of English surrounding it, we don’t have as much patience with Mohawk desire to protect its remaining culture from vanishing into the pool of white western culture surrounding its much smaller territory. I’m not saying I support the idea of basing law on bloodlines, but I understand why it was felt to be needed.
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Kate
Projet Montréal made some hefty promises about social and “affordable” housing, but now Valérie Plante is temporizing by consulting real estate developers before enshrining the targets in law.
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Kate
That family in Hochelaga are allowed to keep their pet pig despite a bylaw disallowing pigs as pets.
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