The Journal says 2018-2019 was the first time in a decade the city saw a net population loss in favour of the suburbs.
How does this square with February’s news that the island of Montreal had the fastest population growth in Quebec since 2016?
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Kate
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Kate
François Cardinal is making no secret of whose side he prefers in the affaire Bondil.
Update: There’s a letter from the museum’s curators saying they prefer Desmarais.
Incidentally, the person in question was called Mary Dailey and she married a Desmarais: why are the French-language media calling her Mary-Dailey Desmarais? Isn’t the hyphen meant to go between her two surnames?
Azrhey
The Little I can get from a NYT article before I hit the paywall says :
Mary Dailey Pattee, a daughter of Dailey Jones Pattee and Gordon B. Pattee of New York, was married on Saturday evening to Paul Guy Desmarais III, a son of Hélène Blouin Desmarais and Mr. Desmarais Jr. of Montreal. The Rev. Andrew C. Mead performed the ceremony at St. Thomas Episcopal Church Fifth Avenue in New York.
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/fashion/weddings/22pattee.html
Kate
Ah OK. So it’s not her maiden name, but her mother’s. Thanks, Azrhey.
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Kate
The STM’s Navettes Or are a lesser-known part of its bus service, placed to bring seniors from their residences to shopping areas and back. These routes have been totally suspended for all of 2020, and now some of the seniors – who were never directly informed of the suspension, which was only announced on the STM website – want their buses back.
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Kate
Embattled EMSB chair Angela Mancini has resigned.
(Isn’t it odd that the leaders clawed from their positions around town lately have all been women? Mancini, Bondil, Montgomery, Fumagalli. All accused of bad management in similar ways – mutterings from within, never made clear to the public. I don’t have a case here, but am struck by the similarity in how these four were either forced out of their positions or out of their party.)
Ian
Via @AdalaynGrace_ on Twitter –
“Someone recently told me that “difficult to work with” often really means “difficult to take advantage of” in creative industries, and I haven’t stopped thinking about that for weeks”Jack
Add this name Tamara Thermitus
https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/martin-patriquin-another-side-to-the-tamara-thermitus-story.
Full disclosure I did not think Angela Mancini was good at her job and I saw up close that she was over her head on pedagogical issues. I do however think that their is something weird how female elected officials when challenging entrenched bureaucracies are now characterized as ” creating toxic work environments”.
Is not this another form of men who are hard nosed and aggressive are celebrated whereas women with the same qualities are …Blork
I don’t think women have cornered the market on accusations of creating a toxic work environment.
Kate
I know, Blork, but this is not #metoo, it’s very different.
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Kate
Our last heat wave killed seven people in the city, as did the one previous.
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Kate
In emulation of New York, La vie des noir.e.s compte has been painted on Ste-Catherine Street, between St-Hubert and St-André, with a rainbow flourish.
Update: CultMTL has a short piece about the banner and a photo showing Mayor Plante – so presumably she’s no longer in hospital.
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Kate
The white house on Esplanade facing Jeanne-Mance park has been turned into a contemporary art gallery.
Ian
Interesting, I remember when it became a bed & breakfast, and I had wondered why it went out of business. I’d love to learn more about the history of this building.
Ephraim
Ephraim
And http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/siteofficieldumontroyal/batiment-residentiel/4351-avenue-esplanade for more information.
Alison Cummins
I was told a sculptor lived there.
Ian
They may have meant the big house a bit further south, the home and studio of Vaillancourt, husband of the famous Suzanne from the Cohen song
Michael Black
If a sculptor lived there, maybe it’s a busy street. Armand Vaillancourt, the sculptor, lives on the street, but I thought lower down. Right now I can’t remember if I saw an address number, maybe recognized that I’d seen him on the street. One year at least, his yard (I think it was outside rather than in) was used for a Fringe Festival show.
So I think a few houses down from Marie-Anne.
Mark Achbar lived briefly in the block above Marie-Anne, maybe in the duplex to the left. But that was fairly long ago, and has no relevance to the building, other than the street seems to have had its share of “famous people”.
curious
The sculptor Armand Vaillancourt does live down the street, at 4211. That building previously housed the Herzlia Hebrew High School.
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Kate
People were told to get tested for Covid, but you can wait a long time to be seen. Public health is now asking for more testing capacity.
CE
My partner tried to get an appointment yesterday as we had been to a couple bars this month but gave up after going through a a confusing labyrinth of phone menus and then being put on hold for over 20 minutes.
MarcG
CE: Can you share a glimpse inside the mind of someone who went to a bar in the last 2 weeks? Was it a big decision or did you just decide to go because they were open? Did you figure that if the rules were followed there would be no/little risk involved, or did you accept the risk because going to bars is very important to you?
Ian 18:18 on 2020-07-15 Permalink
It’s unclear but my guess is that it’s because there are on-island independent suburbs.
fliflipoune 20:42 on 2020-07-15 Permalink
Les banlieues sur l’île sont une part de l’agglomération et sont donc comprises dans ces chiffres.
Le document sur lequel le JdeM base cet article souligne aussi ce taux de croissance record, malgré le solde migratoire négatif. Le document stipule 32 000 nouvelles personnes sur l’île en 2018-2019, mais la répartition de ce bilan est nébuleuse.
Kevin 22:40 on 2020-07-15 Permalink
Talked to an economist today who expects that in a few years, as companies ditch offices and more people work from home, there will be a LOT of vacant office towers converted into condos.
He expects the price drop from oversupply will bring people back to the city (once it’s safe to go to restaurants again).
Faiz imam 23:48 on 2020-07-15 Permalink
True. And similarly there is a TON of dead retail in the inner suburbs. A lot of “greyfield” land that already has all the infrastructure built and is not useful anymore.
Some of it will find new commercial uses, but I expect a lot of it to turn into mixed use higher density residential.
I know Brossard best, here the city has already zoned all the major corridors for residential, and requires high density, lower car parking, and intensive public transit.
Assuming we can design a new successful economy without as much retail and offices, there is a bright future for our urban areas.
Cadichon 08:03 on 2020-07-16 Permalink
The population growth in the last few years was largely fueled by temporary residents, like foreign students, etc. Those are not taken into account in those numbers.