The question was raised recently about what happened to the $50-million walkway between the mountain and the river that was built and launched with a flourish last summer. And the answer is: not much.
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Kate
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Kate
The Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue water tower, visible to anyone taking autoroute 20 off the western end of the island, is going to be spruced up rather than demolished.
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Kate
The city’s biggest street fair takes place this weekend as Ste-Catherine closes to motor traffic between Guy and Bleury.
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Kate
Big industrial installations around Montreal are wasting less water since meters were installed in 2011. A list of the ten top water consumers is included, Molson topping the list. The rest are all food processing companies of one sort or another – I expect Coca-Cola is reselling our tap water in plastic bottles – except Bombardier, which comes in at #4. Anyone know what Bombardier makes that involves a ton of potable water?
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Kate
While headlines on Le Devoir and Radio-Canada stress that Serge Losique is being given a final chance to straighten things out with Revenu Québec, CTV bluntly mentions the half-million-dollar tax debt owed by the festival.
Given that Quebec has wilfully withheld any support from Losique’s festival for some years, it’s no surprise Losique has found his outfit in debt. They’ve been killing it off on purpose and now they’ll deal the final coup de grâce. It has not been edifying to watch.
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Kate
Tony Accurso didn’t get much stone-breaking done: he’s out on bail while awaiting his appeal.
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Kate
With one hand QMI tells us where the fish are biting this summer, and with the other, where the river is contaminated with fecal coliforms.
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Kate
Last summer we saw announcements of a plan for fancy urban camping at the western end of the Old Port, involving cabins and houseboats, but the project has collapsed with the bankruptcy of the contractor.
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