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• Kate 21:19 on 2018-05-10 Permalink | Reply  

  The city says do not use the tap water for any purpose in the area bounded by Bleury, St‑Antoine, Beaver Hall and René-Lévesque. Not even for showering. It’s a toxic leak, so boiling it is of no use.

  There’s a warning banner up on the city website and a link to a map showing the perimeter.

  There was a leak of toxic material that sent four people to hospital.

  Update: Friday morning the ban has been reduced to one city block where it’s still in force, although Global’s report claims there was never any contamination at all.

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• Kate 05:31 on 2018-05-10 Permalink | Reply  

  Rosemont borough has put a moratorium on demolitions or transformations of its shoebox houses while it drafts a law to protect this very typical form of local architecture. Other boroughs have shoeboxes – Villeray has its share – but Rosemont in particular has many, often apparently built by the original owners with materials acquired (ahem) from the Angus yards, at one time the biggest employer in the area.

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• Kate 05:21 on 2018-05-10 Permalink | Reply  

  Quebec has refused to fund a ski jump competition down the Olympic stadium tower although the city had put some money into it, so the idea will probably fizzle out.

   

• Kate 05:03 on 2018-05-10 Permalink | Reply  

  The number of investigations made by the SPVM into its own people more than doubled in 2017.