Point St Charles’s Bâtiment 7 has opened, although it isn’t complete yet. It’s part of the old CN yard at the southern end of the neighbourhood and was renovated after a lot of community organization. Later report from CTV.
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Kate
A West Island massage therapist reported a client who became aroused and masturbated in front of her, and the policeman taking the report told her it’s part of the business. Story has made it to Boing Boing and the Guardian and so on.
The owners of the establishment ought to have given the young woman instructions and a script to follow when this kind of thing happened, since she was so new to the job. Because in a sense the cop was right: you’re touching people, it will happen.
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The feds will be testing the new emergency alert system to our phones at 9:55 a.m. Monday.
(That page includes a mention of “British-Colombia”! Emergency alert to the federal government: hire a proofreader.)
Update: Not a peep from my phone or from any phone near me.
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Denis Coderre had a long interview with Paul Arcand over the weekend, in the course of which he admitted that his son’s legal problems hit him hard in 2017, and then his loss of the mayoralty was an unexpected second blow. Coderre also says he doesn’t rule out a return to municipal politics.
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QMI finds that the real winners from the creation of the REM will be real estate developers. Same story in the Journal offers some different illustrations and images.
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Park Extension, which has traditionally offered cheap rentals, is now getting expensive as the Université de Montréal begins to build its new campus on its south edge.
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Beaudry metro station will close for eight months starting this fall to be entirely refreshed.
Update: CBC reported Tuesday that one of the things not being done is adding an elevator. The STM says it’s impossible in that spot, but a spokesperson for the disabled is angry and disappointed this won’t be done. I don’t think the STM is trying to be difficult here because the geology of each station is different, and Beaudry was, if I recall correctly, not an easy site originally.
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