Lesley Chesterman proceeds with part two of her farewell trilogy to being a restaurant reviewer.
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Kate
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Kate
Some notes on road closures for the weekend. Likewise from the Journal.
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Kate
The Place des Festivals is barely ten years old and this is not the first time the blog has seen a report about repairs being needed to the granite paving slabs.
mare
I’m sure Spectra, evenko, JFL and other festival companies won’t pay a cent for the damage their heavy stages have caused. At least the repair contract now includes a nice maintenance contract. So maybe that gives some incentive to do it right this time. A warranty would be even better, but that’s unheard of here.
ProposMontréal
Unlike other infrastructures before, at least they are doing some maintenance before it become to a point of no return
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Kate
Lots of real estate pieces about how the local market is booming. I always wonder from whose perspective this is good news. Real estate agents, yes – lots of tasty commissions, and note this report comes from Royal LePage. I don’t know how it feels to investors. But for anyone wanting to simply buy a place to live, it can’t be ideal.
Steve Q
If prices were dropping, people would be very hesitant before buying, therefor it is good for owners of houses/condos, investors, real estate agents, the city that will receive more taxes and the economy in general.
But I agree that all of this ”growth’, should be very reasonable and not crazy the way it happened in Vancouver or Toronto. We don’t want that here. One of the reason for the quality of life we have in Montreal is affordability.
Douglas
I will be selling my condo this year and buying one.
As a buyer its not looking good. Anything I want is very expensive.
As a seller its great.
EmilyG
Ha ha ha.
I’m a renter, not gonna buy anytime soon, if ever. I live in a place with a nice affordable rent. But next door, the people who own that place are never there, and the renovators are always there. Damn gentrification.
It’s driving me out, in a way. I want to move soon, just so I don’t have to put up with the constant renovation noise that’s been going on since last May.SMD
Be sure to transfer your affordable lease, EmilyG!
carswell 15:22 on 2019-01-11 Permalink
I guess I understand why you link to these
vanity piecesarticles but snore. La Chesterman’s high profile far exceeds what’s merited by her understanding of cuisines other than French and possibly Italian, her appreciation of casual dining (as compared to, say, Sarah Musgrave’s) and her klunky prose. She’s been the dominant anglo voice on the local food scene for far too long.Kate 19:41 on 2019-01-11 Permalink
Things are a bit slow on the local news front. Trump, Brexit, the environment, unresolved wars, pipeline skirmishes elsewhere in Canada, are all of more importance to most people… Denise Bombardier thinks white culture is in danger of disappearing (!) – not linking that, but it’s her Friday column (“Le déclin des Blancs”), but I’m not up to satirizing it because I’ve been sick with some bronchitic lurgi since the new year, and a little restaurant nonsense is about all I can face posting.
It’ll improve soon.
Jack 20:27 on 2019-01-11 Permalink
Hope you are feeling better Kate. Bombardier and Quebecor have now at least stated clearly what they are afraid of ……..2050 and of course all brown people…..except Norman Braithwaite.
“Dans nombre de grandes villes américaines, les Blancs sont désormais en minorité. Selon des projections démographiques, les Blancs seront en 2050 une « majorité minorité » aux États-Unis, en Nouvelle-Zélande et au Canada. C’est le constat brutal que fait Eric Kaufmann dans son essai Whiteshift paru fin 2018 à Londres, et dont il s’explique dans un entretien passionnant publié cette semaine à Paris dans le magazine Le Point.” Constant brutal indeed!