Because six candidates can’t yet formally sit, Sue Montgomery is still presiding over council in CDN‑NDG, and an imposed deadline of November 25 for borough budgets looks unrealistic in at least the three boroughs that haven’t yet sworn in their new mayors.
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Kate
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Kate
There was a funeral Friday for Jannai Dopwell-Bailey, stabbed October 18 by another teenager. After the ceremony, the young man’s brother denounced the double standard: the more recent killing of white Thomas Trudel has evoked a much bigger response from politicians and commentators than the death of Dopwell-Bailey did.
On the other side of the balance is the fact Trudel was shot, making his killing part of the wider “too many guns” narrative, but that doesn’t explain away the callous indifference of public figures by comparison.
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Kate
If the Canadiens had not had enough grief, their general manager has tested positive for Covid. The team’s on a four-game losing streak at the moment.
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Kate
Friday the theme seems to be, on the one hand, that we need more police in the streets, but on the other, that we don’t.
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Kate
Quebec is allotting $30 million to rebuild a grade school in Rosemont from scratch. Metro says the building will be partly blue, presumably to indicate its loyalty to Quebec.
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Kate
Mayor Plante is said to be planning talks with Tampa Bay in an effort to bring major league baseball back to Montreal.
mare
Big surprise: they’re going to play on the baseball diamond in Jean-Mance Park!
But what the actual duck, didn’t Projet make a “no public funds for professional sports’ election promise that set them apart from Denis “Mister Baseball” Codere? I want my vote back.
Kate
Plante has promised to be a mayor for everybody. Including, presumably, Stephen Bronfman.
CE
Ha!
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Kate
Your weekend driving troubles from La Presse.
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