The CAQ voted down a motion in the National Assembly for an inquiry into deaths in seniors’ homes during the first wave of Covid. Les Perreaux noted on Twitter that the CAQ gave themselves a big hand of applause after achieving this result.
Update: Christopher Curtis writes about Covid and the CAQ.
Covid hospitalizations are rising again as we go into a long holiday weekend.
The city’s executive committee has given the nod to the Falaise park in lower NDG.
The story is kind of confusing because the items mentionned that will go in the park seem to be more linked to developping the vast empty space between highway 20 and Notre-Dame – not actually the falaise area. The current falaise park already has almost all the things mentionned.
I wish the former autoroute zone would be a big giant equivalent to Central Park. Would be neat.
It’s top news on Radio-Canada that Arcade Fire will headline at Osheaga, replacing the Foo Fighters, whose drummer recently died. The festival is scheduled for the last three days of July.
A Montrealer brandishing a Nazi flag and shouting hateful words was arrested outside Parliament in Ottawa this week.
The Ottawa police seem to have taken their time. The incident occurred March 12th in Ottawa, and he was charged today (Apr 14th).
Kerfuffle of the day: some health ministry worker tweeted a Pornhub link instead of the usual link to Covid results of the day. So what’s that worker doing with their break time on government computers?
Quebec City mayor Bruno Marchand is calling for more autonomy for cities from Quebec, saying cities need to stick together to get what they need. He’s right.
Banding together is the only way for traditional city centers to counter the demagoguery that the CAQ and other parties practice in the burbs. The suburbs are crawling with under-socialized reactionaries that the CAQ calls “our base.”
Cool story bro.
@CE I’ve noticed that you’ve been responding “Cool story bro” everytime qatzelok posts. I understand it to be some kind of dismissal of their often times radical rhetoric.
In this case, though, they’re right IMO.
I have to say I sort of enjoy the fact that the development on the old Children’s Hospital site is called Square Children’s – where the developer is still embroiled in a fight with the city over the height of one tower and the abandonment of social housing. A school was also supposed to be included but that promise was discarded as long ago as March 2018.
Now the OCPM is to hold a consultation although it seems rather late to make any decisions on the design of the development.
I hate that name. It’s awkward and will always be confusing for people who don’t know its origin, meaning people will forever get it wrong. Watch for “Children’s Square” and “Carré Infant” and more in the future. For reference: Johns Hopkins University (hospital, etc.) often referred to as “John Hopkin’s,” and “Carl’s Junior” burger chain often called “Carl Junior’s.”
I doubt it’s a name that will be used outside of the media. Each of the new buildings has its own name, and there will also be the Sanaaq cultural centre. My guess is that people will either refer to each individual component. Collectively, some might say “where the children’s hospital used to be” but most will eventually just say “next to Cabot Square.”
A salon in Ahuntsic was asperged with accelerant Wednesday evening but the perpetrators fled before much damage was done.
Shots were heard in Anjou and RDP also Wednesday evening, but nobody turned up injured and no one’s been arrested. TVA notes that in Anjou some bullets clipped a library building.
Easter weekend starts tomorrow, which coincides with the start of Passover this year. Notes from the Gazette on what’s open and closed.
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