It’s going to be a hot weekend but you know, it’s mid-July, it’s kind of the deal.
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Kate
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Kate
François Legault says evidence shows it’s private gatherings, not bars that are pushing up the Covid case numbers again, so he doesn’t intend to shut bars for the time being.
Seems to me the problem here is that it’s a lot harder to check up on private parties, especially on the eve of the construction holiday, when people may be planning get-togethers well out of sight of any authorities.
There are 7,203 active cases in Quebec, under a new data reporting method. The good news is that more than 50,000 people here have recovered and can – in theory – no longer pass the disease along.
DeWolf
The article states that the 7,203 cases includes all the deaths. So the actual number of active cases is 1,556.
Kate
I could swear to God that piece has been edited since I linked to it.
Meantime, Aaron Derfel says Montreal’s public health department is being less than transparent about the bar numbers.
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Kate
For the third time, the Biodôme is delaying its reopening and will announce a new tentative date in August. (Does anyone miss it?)
dwgs
For preschool and early elementary aged kids the Biodome is great, it was one of our go to’s when the boys were small and the weather was inclement.
Kate
I’ve never been, largely because I felt it was mostly pitched at kids.
ProposMontreal - MArtin
I’ve been a few times, but mostly Tourists will miss it, once we get tourists back.
EmilyG
I like going there, but I don’t go places these days.
Michael Black
I went a couple of times in the first year, but it was crowded. So it felt like a tour, move along to the next stop, rather than enjoy things by yourself. So I’ve never gone back.
But I actually went to the Alcan aquarium in the eighties. I found nothing wrong with it, not even the location. The Biodome isn’t really the same thing.
JP
I’ve enjoyed when I’ve visited with out-of-town visitors and when I was a camp counsellor. Quite frankly, I’d go once every year if it was about $8-10 or so. As it stands, it’s $16.25 for an adult ticket, which I know most of my friends would find too expensive, and as a local, I’m not interested in getting a package deal to do all of the museums in one visit.
Kevin
Jp
I’m pretty sure you have weeks and weeks to hit up all the museums if you buy the package ticketDhomas
I’m missing it, but mostly because it’s an easy activity to get to by metro with the kids.
@JP un addition to Kevin’s recommendation, if you live on the island and can get a Carte Accès Montréal, they give an extra 4$ discount, bringing the price down to 12.25$ for an adult. It’s 8$ for the CAM, but it pays itself off generally after you use it twice. If you need a Bixi membership, or pays itself immediately as you get a 15% (~15$) discount on annual membership.
More info:
https://montreal.ca/articles/carte-acces-montreal-partenaires-et-avantagesDhomas
Autocorrect error: *it* pays itself
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Kate
Museums are obviously an unending source of rumour and scuttle once a story breaks out. The Musée d’Orsay denies it is breaking links with the MMFA over Nathalie Bondil, as was reported this week.
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Kate
Most media are reporting on the city’s latest huge luxury condo tower whose construction has just begun on the east side of Phillips Square. Metro buys in totally to the PR angle that this project will reinvigorate downtown. The project will include no social housing units because the project began before the city passed its bylaw requiring them.
Patrick
Will there be parking spaces underneath the building? What do city bylaws currently require/allow in that regard? Traffic can get pretty heavy in front of the site as it is, with drivers waiting to dogleg up Aylmer. Assuming there’s a garage entrance, will it be in the back of the building?
Kate
I don’t know who can answer your questions, Patrick.
Ephraim
If I remember correctly, it’s .5 parking per apartment. Which is stupid. There should be at least 1 car space per apartment and space for maybe 2 bicycles. If they don’t need the space for a car, then they should be able to close it and use it for more storage. If the city increased the number of spaces required, they could limit street parking… streets really shouldn’t be giant parking lots and/or consider a street parking permit as a request for a second space with the higher rate.
But there are other changes that we need. All new houses and buildings should have requirements for more green space, optical cables, and fire suppression systems. And heating/cooling should be geothermal and maybe a requirement on tall buildings to be LEED certified.
DeWolf
There are no minimum parking requirements in Ville-Marie borough, so it’s entirely up to the developer.
Chris
>There should be at least 1 car space per apartment
No, there shouldn’t. Minimun parking requirements have been done in many cities over many decades and there are tomes of data showing they are a bad idea. Mandating space allocated to cars results in more cars. Units that have no car spot subsitize those that do. Car space could otherwise be people space. Fortunately, most of central Montreal removed minimum requirements in the last decade or so.
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Kate
Notes on weekend driving around town and on adjustments to the Mercier Bridge for the summer. The construction holiday begins Friday so the SQ will be out, trying to keep people from killing themselves on the roads.
CharlesQ 22:18 on 2020-07-17 Permalink
is this the third or fourth this year, I lost count.
Kate 09:41 on 2020-07-18 Permalink
Depends partly on the formal definition of heat wave, I guess.