Two parades are to meet this evening after processing from opposite directions toward the Quartier des spectacles.
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Kate
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Kate
The Fête nationale tends also to be a festival of language griping in the media – on both sides of the fence. There’s dissatisfaction with the lack of francophone music played in stores – according to a survey which may or may not have asked leading questions – and children singing in English in schools – headlined as “promotion” of English, as if some entity were scheming behind the scenes to give the wrong language a boost.
The Journal is also annoyed at the difficulty in getting served in French in Ottawa businesses.
Michel David, in Le Devoir, writes about rampant bilingualism – this is about CEGEPs collaborating across language lines to offer bilingual programs, a thing that in some places might almost be considered a plus.
Meanwhile in the Gazette, Don Macpherson illuminates how the CAQ is trying to get anglo votes on the one hand, while with the other, running quite a different message and candidates like Gilles Proulx on the other, ahem, loin loin de la ville.
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Kate
La Presse considers how Montreal looks through the eyes of tourists rather than jaded residents. Alexandre Sirois quotes that Francine Prose piece in the New York Times with approval.
The Boston Globe does an admiring piece this weekend on Montreal in the summertime.
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Kate
Some quick notes on what’s open and closed Sunday and Monday and more notes about road closures.
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Kate
Justin Trudeau, in Montreal for the Fête nationale, was challenged by a protester in Jarry Park, who objected to his presence at a Quebec event. Je suis chez moi says Justin, who at least can be forgiven for attending an event in his own riding as MP.
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Kate
The death of that baby in the car isn’t being considered a crime by police, or not yet. CTV ponders other such incidents and speaks to various experts.
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Kate
The Red Roof mission in the church next to Place des Arts, in operation for 90 years, is menaced with closure from lack of funding. The government is turning away from day centres like this, preferring to fund the “housing first” plans, even though it should be clear there’s no one-size-fits-all answer to homelessness.
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Kate
Police have been breaking up the traditional tam-tams on Mount Royal and participants find this heavy-handed and unnecessary, especially since no complaints have been received by any nearby police station or by the city.
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Kate
Via a tweet from proposmontreal, a video made by a train fan from the U.S. about the final run of the MR-63 metro train.
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