A man was stabbed to death Thursday morning at Berri and Viger – pretty much in the shadow of the new CHUM. It didn’t help him. 20th homicide of the year, one suspect in custody.
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Kate
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Kate
A cyclist was struck by a pickup truck Thursday morning on Crémazie and is in critical condition.
Update: The cyclist has died.
Can you imagine if any new technology were as consistently and reliably deadly as motor vehicles? It would be shut down and rethought immediately.
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Kate
STM maintenance workers, still without a contract, are planning a demonstration Thursday afternoon at the STM offices. Item doesn’t give the location, but it probably means Place Bonaventure.
Update: Report on the demonstration. The union has an eminently fair grievance about too much forced overtime, and about the STM sticking stupidly to an austerity-era hiring freeze.
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Kate
French-only road signs are going to vanish, to be replaced by pictograms. How do you draw “Priorité de virage au clignotement du feu vert” with emoji?
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Kate
A West Island high school is closed Thursday after unspecified online threats. This follows another closure of a school that end of town, which turned out to be in error for an American school.
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