New barriers on the Jacques-Cartier bike path displease Vélo Québec who say they’re more hazard than help.
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Kate
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Kate
Two cops were arrested Wednesday in an alleged offence from 2010 in which they mistreated a homeless person, driving him outside town and dumping him in the middle of nowhere. Doesn’t say what season.
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Kate
The city is promising to enlarge two nature parks, Anse-à-l’Orme and Bois d’Anjou. I haven’t ever visited Bois d’Anjou but from the air it has the landscaping of a golf course – am I mistaken?
CBC says more details on the Anse-à-l’Orme project will be given out Thursday.
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Kate
Valérie Plante would like to officiate at weddings, as her predecessor did. There’s no reason she shouldn’t be able to.
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Kate
The story about quality of life vs. economic vitality is being reported even more widely on Wednesday. I’ve been pondering what it even means. If we have good quality of life, this means the average person can have a decent life on an average salary. If it means we don’t have billionaires squeezing us dry, and we don’t have megalopolitan rental prices, we should rejoice. That is vitality! What is economic vitality, if not sustainable happiness for the greatest number, rather than soaring profits for a few oligarchs?
Update: TVA trumpets that Montreal is one of the poorest cities in North America, based on this report. They may be forgetting that North America also includes the Caribbean and Mexico…
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Kate
The price of gasoline is up all over town.
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Kate
Le Devoir says the Couillard government has picked someone to run the big library, someone not chosen via the method they expected. The post had been vacant for more than a year.
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