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  • Kate 18:46 on 2018-12-11 Permalink | Reply  

    The mayor has failed in her attempt to get a $33-million case thrown out of court concerning the contract for Formula E.

     
    • Kate 18:44 on 2018-12-11 Permalink | Reply  

      Excavation work on Ste-Catherine Street is expected to start mid-February.

       
      • Kate 08:02 on 2018-12-11 Permalink | Reply  

        The city’s 400,000 trees bring a lot of benefits including reducing pollution and limiting flooding. A researcher estimates they save the city $4 million a year.

         
        • Kate 07:53 on 2018-12-11 Permalink | Reply  

          Bill Brownstein writes a somewhat unfocused obituary for Johnny Vago, whom he calls the King of Crescent Street. Vago was a sort of older, less mercenary predecessor to Peter Sergakis. Born in Hungary, he was the main reason for the wave of cafés serving food from that country here in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as the creator of many of the famous night spots around that part of downtown. Vago was 94.

           
          • Kate 07:42 on 2018-12-11 Permalink | Reply  

            The city is devising a plan to counter racial profiling within the SPVM. Item mentions a similar plan from five years ago that demonstrably failed in its objectives.

             
            • Ephraim 00:43 on 2018-12-14 Permalink

              What’s the tolerance level going to be? If it’s anything other than ZERO… we are going to still have racial profiling.

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