Someone abandoned a Lamborghini after a crash in the West Island overnight. My question would be: where did the driver go on Sources Road at 1:30 in the morning?
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Kate
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Kate
Tow trucks are pouncing on cars illegally parked in private lots, hauling them away and charging the owners $117 to tell them where they are – but this too is illegal. The Journal says it’s the Far West, as only police have the right to do this.
Ephraim
It’s parking theft, a type of theft that people just dismiss in their minds as acceptable. The park in a lot, buy something at the business and then go elsewhere. Or just park there and go to another business. But really, it’s theft of parking and a business is paying for it. If I was the business, I too would be pissed. (Some people will even park in the handicapped spot and walk away. PS If you see them do this with a handicapped spot, call the cops immediately… they obviously need the $300+ ticket to remind them not to do it.)
Circeus
It’s not so much the Far West as *this specific company*, which has been engaged in this scam for years. See this from 2015: https://journalmetro.com/local/saint-laurent/867531/remorquages-en-serie-aux-galeries-norgate/
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Kate
The mayoral contest is tight in Villeray–St‑Michel–Park‑Ex. The incumbent was punted out of Projet early in her term, and is running again at the head of a borough-only party called Quartiers Montreal. Projet is fielding Laurence Lavigne Lalonde, currently a councillor in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, whom the Journal says was a supporter of Guillaume Lavoie when he was running to head Projet in 2016 and thus become candidate for city mayor. Now Lavoie, who used to be a Projet councillor in Rosemont borough but didn’t run in 2017, has crossed a notional floor and is running for borough mayor in VSMPE with Ensemble.
I live in the borough, but would not be prepared to make a sizable bet on any of these three. Lavoie is slick, LLL’s fate may depend on how the electorate feels about Projet generally, and Fumagalli has to overcome any memories or doubts in the population over what happened between her and Projet. Could go any way, I think.
Update: A Twitter follower observes that NDG-CDN has a somewhat similar situation. Sue Montgomery was punted from Projet and now heads a borough-only party called Courage. Projet is fielding for borough mayor Gracia Kasoki Katahwa, who has never held any political position. Ensemble is putting up Lionel Perez, who has spent the last four years complaining but not proposing much in the way of constructive alternatives. I kept wishing journalists would ask him “So, how would you handle this situation?” but they never did.
Jonathan
My bets are behind Quartiers Montréal. The idéal situation is Plante at the helm of the city and these borough level parties like QM and Courage can keep a check on her promises and push for Projet to lean back to their leftist origins.
Both Giuliana and Guillaume are out and about meeting people. But I think Laurence (who I once worked with) is resting on her laurels and just assuming she doesn’t have to lift a finger while projet volunteers do the dirty work.
Guillaume is just too corporate and too much of a mansplainer. I attended a debate put on by Peyo, the youth organization. The goal was to hear from local Park Ex candidates (I live in Villeray but still wanted to hear them). Mary Deros spoke just once to introduce herself. The entire time it was Guillaume just talking his head off while Mary just sat there (also she thinks she doesn’t have to lift a finger to win, but she’s in for a surprise because Leonora Indira King, the Quartiers Montréal candidate is really rising).
That’s my analysis, haha. Thank you for giving me your time.
Kate
No, it’s useful. Thank you.
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Kate
We’re getting heavy rain Saturday and then temperatures will drop to a more autumnal level. I’ve so enjoyed the long mellow autumn we’ve had so far, but it was bound to happen.
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Kate
Many CSSDM schools are so crowded that they’ve had to convert their libraries into classrooms, so that a library truck will visit those schools instead.
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Kate
Rivière-des-Prairies resident Jean Gardy Delva, owner of a restaurant in that part of town, was arrested along with his teenage stepson and held for what he describes as the longest 45 minutes of his life. Delva was all too aware what can happen to a Black man when cops get jumpy. Cops claim his car looked like a stolen vehicle. Delva is taking a racial profiling complaint to the human rights commission
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Kate
A woman was stabbed in a downtown apartment Saturday morning and is in critical condition. A man has been arrested.
Another downtown stabbing of a woman is reported by CBC radio at noon, not related to the first one. Looking for a link to that story, I found a different one about a stabbing at Place Émilie‑Gamelin Friday, when one woman itinerant attacked another.
Update: TVA posted a report on Saturday’s incidents.
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Kate
A woman alleges she was tackled and cuffed by a cop as she removed her mask while leaving a metro station. Note the wording “while leaving” – the Journal says in its version that she was dans le métro at the time – not that this would justify brutal treatment. The Journal specifies that these were SPVM cops, which presumably means they were not the metro’s “special constables”.
Max 19:59 on 2021-10-16 Permalink
There is no good reason to be in Dollard-des-Ormeaux after Pastamore closes.
Kate 20:33 on 2021-10-16 Permalink
Really? I wouldn’t trust a strip mall restaurant to do anything but microwave a frozen slab of lasagna.
dhomas 20:52 on 2021-10-16 Permalink
Maybe they were leaving the strip club nearby? I would guess they were drunk and didn’t want to get busted.
Kate 21:20 on 2021-10-16 Permalink
I meant more like: after they crashed the car, where could they go? Did they take the bus?
Someone on Twitter suggested maybe it was road racing, and the driver of the Lamborghini rode off with his opponent. Imagine though, abandoning a car like that.
Max 21:39 on 2021-10-16 Permalink
You wouldn’t think it, but I kid you not.
Pastamore used to be in Marche de l’Ouest, which I worked right behind for a couple of years ~2000. I got to be very familiar with their menu. Every single thing that comes out of that kitchen is drool-inducingly delicious. Try the veal cannelloni. If they don’t make you weak in the knees I will personally give you your money back.
Apart from Pastamore, yes, the West Island is generally horrible. Gigi’s in Pointe-Claire village serves up a mean, mean pizza though. And Delibee by the Valois train station is thoroughly worth a visit if you’re into the smoked meat / Jewish deli thing.
FYI: The trains on the Vaudreuil / Dorion line are basically free these days. The inspectors do come aboard here and there but they’re only checking for mask compliance. I can’t remember the last time I was challenged to produce a valid ticket. One small upside to the whole pandemic fiasco. I’ve got half a mind to tour the entire exo network on the cheap before this shit-storm’s over.
dhomas 21:55 on 2021-10-16 Permalink
Road racing could be an explanation. Still, the cops will find out who the car belongs to from the license plate. I suppose it might have been a stolen car. If the owner was actually driving it, he could always declare it stolen the next morning, to avoid the law.
Blork 00:53 on 2021-10-17 Permalink
I assume either the car was stolen, or (more likely) the owner will now claim it was stolen. (Bearing in mind the damage is extensive; most likely a write-off.)
Blork 00:57 on 2021-10-17 Permalink
…and also bear in mind that the starting price for that model Lambo is almost $500,000 CDN. Think insurance will pony up? I’m sure the runaway owner hopes so.
Blork 01:01 on 2021-10-17 Permalink
Actually, the most likely scenario is that the offspring of the owner “borrowed” it (maybe Daddy’s out of town?) and will now claim to Daddy and the cops that it was stolen.
JaneyB 08:26 on 2021-10-17 Permalink
My guess is that the cops are already familiar with this person. Antics like that don’t happen only once and budgets like that are a small community. Yes, probably the offspring.
@Max – thanks for the tips. Not often in the WI but good to know.
Kate 09:50 on 2021-10-17 Permalink
Max, the problem with the exo train network is that the schedules are so skimpy. In slow work times in the past I’ve thought of doing some exploring using them, but they’re totally tuned to serving the 9 to 5, so you might be able to go somewhere, but then not be able to get back when you want to, even till the next morning, and I don’t fancy sleeping in a hedge.
qatzelok 11:50 on 2021-10-17 Permalink
If our suburban transit was more developed, idealistic youth wouldn’t have to tear around the city in Toxic Masculinity tanks at high speed.
I blame the system.
Harold 12:53 on 2021-10-17 Permalink
Max, Delibees is Italian and Catholic. Just like his brother’s place, Smoke Meat Pete, and his late father’s The Main.
Philip is the only one who still makes his own smoked meat.
Daniel D 14:00 on 2021-10-17 Permalink
I feel the need to big-up exo’s Saint-Jérôme line here.
Whilst its frequency is laughable compared to Europe, it does run consistently during the day – and also at the weekends, I think – with great Metro connections at Parc and de La Concorde (even though it doesn’t go all the way downtown outside of rush hour, there’s no question it’s faster to transfer to the Metro anyway).
I’ve done a couple of hiking day trips using this line. It parallels the P’tit Train du Nord (https://ptittraindunord.com) for the northern part of the route if you want to hop off and walk part of the trail. And from Saint-Jérôme you can follow the trail north in about an hour to the lovely Rivière-du-Nord park, or much further if you bring a bicycle!
I’m on a bit of a personal mission at the moment to figure out what day trips are possible from Montreal using the various rail networks, but this one is always a reliable option for some far away greenery and fresh air.
There’s also a good thread on Twitter by Marco Chitti theorising about creating a regional rail network in Southern Quebec to fill the obvious gap between commuter rail and intercity: https://twitter.com/ChittiMarco/status/1449092194393116683
I’d argue the Saint-Jérôme line could already classified as regional service, as the terminus is in a different region and the frequency while still very poor actually makes a longer distance return trip possible in a day.
Kate 15:04 on 2021-10-17 Permalink
Daniel D, I love this, and wish I had known some of it earlier in the season.
tom 15:11 on 2021-10-17 Permalink
Good now I can finally pick up some cheap parts for my lambo at the next police auction. I recommend the bus heading north from Radisson metro for a weekend trip – bring a tent.
YUL514 09:53 on 2021-10-18 Permalink
Kate, you need to re-explore the WI, cut through the chains and you will find plenty. Some of the best restaurants are in strip malls in the West Island, i.e. Bombay Choupati (IMO the best India in town,it puts the Parc-Ex spots to shame), Aryana (for amazing Afghani), Tacos Don Rigo (best tacos on the island), Abou Hana. Don’t pre-judge the West Island, their food choices have gotten much much better, lots of decent dumpling, Korean and Vietnamese spots have recently popped up too. As for Delibees, yes that is the best smoked meat in town.
In terms of the crash, that car was most likely rented.
You could have all the transit in the world, zig zagging through the island 24/7, those guys were racing, they don’t give two poops for a bus line. There’s a whole racing culture out there and it has nothing to do with the suburbs. My buddy witnessed these guys actually racing the night this happened.
Kate 11:45 on 2021-10-18 Permalink
YUL514, thank you for the info. I am not likely to get to the West Island anytime soon, since I live in Villeray and don’t drive. I have eaten at Bombay Choupati (with a friend who does drive), but not recently. It was good, you’re right about that, but not quite worth a 90‑minute transit trip each way.