The lingering pandemic measures are muting the effect this year, but studies show that Montreal does well when the Canadiens are winning. Amazing to think that every playoff win normally sparks $3 million in business revenue.
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Kate
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Kate
Here’s a tweet showing Mamadi Farrah Camara with his recently born, very tiny twins.
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Kate
The CN Tower is to be lit up Tuesday night for the Montreal Canadiens. It doesn’t seem to be part of a bet.
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Kate
Workers in the health sector blocked access to the Port of Montreal Tuesday morning as a statement about the value of public services.
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Kate
A vigil will be held Friday starting at 6 p.m. near Parc metro to mourn the deaths of four members of one family from an alleged vehicular attack in London, Ontario on Monday. The only suspect has been charged with four counts of murder, and may face terrorism charges as well.
Update: A vigil is also planned at Place des Arts on Wednesday evening, this from CBC radio.
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Kate
There will be driving issues this weekend, especially on Saturday.
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Kate
I know this is probably not officially a heat wave yet (“three or more consecutive days when the maximum temperature is 32°C or more” – Environment Canada) but it’s hot out. La Presse talks to people doing a few different kinds of work about how they’re coping. Radio-Canada reminds us of the hazards to older people living at home, often without air conditioning.
Joey
Jarry pool is opening early – too bad other boroughs can’t react as quickly as Villeray/etc. Seems that we have heat waves every May/June nowadays (and well into September)… climate change is indeed real. Perhaps our bureaucrats should reconsider what constitutes the “summer season” for things like pools, splash pads, etc. If they opened all pools on a restricted schedule – 3pm on during weekdays and fully on weekends – and we wound up with “normal” temperatures, would it be so terrible?
Kate
It always seems to be a question of the lifeguards or other city attendants being young students who may not be available because of school obligations. Of course they could always pay adults…
Joey
So that has always seemed like a red herring to me (the fact that Jarry is opening today is some solid evidence, no?). Other seasonal businesses that rely on student-aged labour don’t wait until July to open and they don’t close in late August. CEGEP and university students especially have very flexible schedule, even at exam time; it shouldn’t be impossible to staff a pool for late afternoons and early evenings.
jeather
My understanding is that lifeguarding pays quite well from the city (and is not full of high school students), and splash pads don’t have them anyhow.
Kate
splash pads don’t have them anyhow.
No, but they must have some kind of maintenance crew that goes around and washes off any algae and repairs broken nozzles and so on?
There’s one near me. I’m tempted to go stand under it today.
Joey
Splash pads have been open for a few weeks. They can turn them on and off pretty easily and the maintenance is probably negligible.
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Kate
The city has made a deal with a developer to construct 700 social housing units near the old Maison Radio-Canada.
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Kate
There have been three arrests and weapons seizures connected with an April shootout in Little Italy.
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Kate
There was gunfire in Villeray Monday evening, but the victim as well as the perpetrators fled.
Also Monday, a man was wounded in the face by an attacker in Cabot Square, but other details are not forthcoming.
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Kate
A tenant in Verdun fought renoviction and won.
david676
Looks like the plan here (almost successful) was to buy the building, evict/pay-off the tenants under the pretext of necessary renovations, then to sell the building empty with a much higher value for being empty.
It’s a fair market transaction (tenants in 5/6 units took the payout), but I couldn’t live within myself doing something like that.
Just another negative example of the sort of scummy activities we see when we legislate a housing shortage.
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