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  • Kate 22:12 on 2018-09-21 Permalink | Reply  

    A Montreal man found in possession of a huge cache of weapons which he was selling on the internet was given a maximum sentence of 10 years this week.

    Another fella who killed his girlfriend’s adult son with a homemade spear, as well as injuring the woman, was sentenced to 12 years on Friday, and will only have to serve 8 given time already served.

    A leading pedophile – can we even say that? – was declared guilty this week of a list of crimes. He too was using the internet to disseminate his foul wares.

     
    • Kate 07:26 on 2018-09-21 Permalink | Reply  

      The provincial election is on October 1, but that’s a Monday, so voters in any doubt about getting their statutory four clear hours to vote can go this Sunday and Monday to advance polls (the location should be indicated on your voting card), or vote at the polling offices at other times this week. If you’ve misplaced the card, all your local details are on the Elections Quebec website once you put in your postal code.

      This would have been a public service announcement if it wasn’t that I’m going on to advise Montreal residents not to vote for the CAQ even if every other party annoys you equally. The CAQ isn’t just a neutral option for change, it’s a return to the old Union Nationale mindset and is inherently hostile to the wellsprings of urban life in Montreal.

      I’m not supporting any other specific party because options and situations vary depending on your riding and your personal politics.

      Just not the CAQ.

      Here’s a map of the ridings and candidates in Montreal.

       
      • Kate 07:17 on 2018-09-21 Permalink | Reply  

        The city has revealed a list of rental buildings it considers unsanitary and Metro has put them on a map.

         
        • Kate 07:16 on 2018-09-21 Permalink | Reply  

          The city’s budget for next year is coming, so there are pieces about how the other island municipalities want more of a say and how Valérie Plante is saying nice things about other towns, doing what she can to keep them happy. This is the kind of wave of story that makes me wonder what’s really behind it.

           
          • Kate 06:28 on 2018-09-21 Permalink | Reply  

            Pedestrians may be having their deadliest year since 2013.

             
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