I can’t count how many times I’ve passed by Radio Hovsep, but I’ve never had any reason to go inside. CBC has a nice profile of owner Joseph Hovsepian and a glimpse inside a kind of store we rarely see any more, with photos and video.
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Kate
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Kate
I’m weighing how much time and space to give the CAQ, given that the balance of the Quebec government has shifted to the other side of the seesaw from the interests of this city, and we need to keep an eye on that. But I know readers will call me to order if I drift too much, so here goes…
I’m pretty sure the lovely young man tasked with cutting immigration to Quebec and enforcing rules against people wearing religious signifiers – including teachers – is a good place to start. Simon Jolin-Barrette is only 31 and is a lawyer; not too much seems to be known about him. We can only hope he isn’t a shit. Next.
Philosopher Charles Taylor is already condemning the CAQ plan to punish wearers of religious signifiers but François Legault is brushing his views aside.
The CAQ has also appointed a secretary for anglophone affairs, rather than a minister. He’s an MNA from Laval and does not consider himself an anglophone.
If Legault wants to impose French tests to allow people to stay in Quebec, let’s have everyone pass those tests. I’d be willing to bet that a good third of Quebec’s birth francophones would fail the official French test applied to CEGEP students, for example, let alone the exam medical people have to pass. (And if you flunk out? Exile, to New Brunswick or Manitoba? Or mandatory re‑education?)
Legault says he’s too busy to attend the UN conference on climate change in December, being that he’s got to buckle down, identify and fire anyone wearing a hijab or kippa (but not, I’m guessing, a crucifix) – which is so much more important.
China says the sinicisation of Muslims in Xinjiang must continue.
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Kate
Police are warning of roadblocks between now and Christmas to check for intoxicated drivers.
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Kate
There’s now cell phone service throughout the entire orange line.
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Kate
Sketches of the new Molson brewery in Longueuil show it will keep some bricks and the clock but, not surprisingly, it won’t otherwise resemble the massive pile of brick that grew up around the 18th-century facility first built by John Molson. There’s nothing in the piece about which historical bits will be kept on our side of the river.
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Kate
The city’s books are looking better than expected because of tax revenue from the hot real estate market. The current surplus is $65 million – which, I realize, is not a lot on that scale, but is still preferable to a deficit.
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Kate
Sunday marks 100 years since the first train went through the Mount Royal tunnel under the mountain. The work cost $5 million in 1918 dollars, an almost unimaginable figure today.
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Kate
Here are the weekend driving notes from TVA and similar from CTV.
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Kate
The city has plans to buy land in neighbourhoods likely to be redeveloped, giving it options to put up public buildings like arenas and libraries and even schools. This is a smart move, because real neighbourhoods – as opposed to bedroom suburbs – need non-residential but also non-commercial buildings as a kernel of public life, especially since we don’t do churches any more.
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