Montreal MP Nicola Di Iorio, of Saint-Michel-Saint-Léonard, announced in April he was quitting politics before the end of his term. Now he says he wants to reverse that, and in fact might even want to run again in 2019. The federal Liberals don’t know anything about it and La Presse wasn’t able to get any clarification, but some pieces say Di Iorio has returned to legal practice.
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Kate
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Kate
It’s a Laval story so it won’t get a Montreal homicide number, but it seems worth noting that a man alleged to be an associate of the Hells was shot and killed in a restaurant there, Tuesday evening. Sounds like it was a very professional hit.
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Kate
The STM is offering free tours of eight green line stations this weekend, discussing them from an architectural and technical viewpoint – although this piece says the tours were close to being booked up. It’s part of the Journées de la Culture this weekend.
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Kate
The Globe and Mail has a look at the new Université de Montréal campus and the effect it’s having on surrounding neighbourhoods.
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Kate
The old awning along Plaza St-Hubert wasn’t perfect, but it did protect shoppers from rain. The new one, being installed at considerable expense, won’t be continuous in the same way and will have a fair number of gaps. This item doesn’t quite say “wtf?” but it’s implied.
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Kate
A consortium that hasn’t succeeded in convincing anyone that we need a monorail linking Montreal and Quebec City is now proposing a monorail to run between the Palais de Congrès and La Ronde, linking Old Montreal and the Jean-Drapeau islands. Massive underground parking lots are also involved in this pipe dream. The article mentions Expo 67 and says the plan evokes the Minirail that was a feature of the fair, although it would actually function more like the Expo Express.
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Kate
The saga of the city and the water meters is not over: Montreal is suing a list of the major players of that time – people like Zampino, Accurso and Paolo Catania – to try to recoup $14 million.
(Prediction: even if the city’s case succeeds, a lot of that cash will be eaten up by legal fees.)
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