Francine Prose – whose name always sounds more like a writing style than a person – writes a mellifluous tourist piece about Montreal for the New York Times, focusing on what it was like travelling with her grandchildren. It’s nicely done but manages to strike a few odd notes, including the statement that Saul Bellow comes from the Main (his family lived in Lachine and left the country permanently when he was 9 years old) and a reference to the “Old Harbor neighborhood.”
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Kate
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Saved this photo from I’m not sure where, of the early days of the metro. Seemed appropriate to post it as the last MR-63 trains prepare to make their final bow.
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A highway interchange in the east end, where Sherbrooke Street intersects with autoroute 25, is costing the city $7 million more than it expected.
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Lucie Lacava, who redesigned Le Devoir years ago to great acclaim, has done it again.
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A cyclist died in a collision with a truck Monday morning in Rosemont. Few details are out yet.
Update: TVA says the victim was a woman who worked for Urgences-Santé.
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The archaeological dig on Youville Square is over and the relics of the old parliament building are covered over again with turf. Eventually there should be an exhibit about what was found, but not for a few years.
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Some longtime merchants are threatening to leave Jean-Talon market over the removal of parking spaces. Many are quoted here as saying business is down because customers can’t park.
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After every media outlet ran a piece wringing its hands over the prospect of bad driving conditions on Grand Prix weekend, the Journal admits it was not as hellish as they had feared.
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A video showing a police officer pepper-spraying a black man at the wheel of a car and another spraying the onlookers, on Ste-Catherine Street during the Grand Prix crush on the weekend, has gone viral, and questions are being asked.
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It’s sadly not new news that there aren’t enough beds for homeless women in city shelters.
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