The ARTM is reconsidering some previously discarded ideas for the reconceived REM de l’Est.
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Kate
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Kate
One young man stabbed another Monday afternoon near Jarry metro, after a dispute inside the station. One is in hospital and the other in custody. (I thought I heard a lot of sirens earlier…)
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Kate
Julius Grey dissects Bill 96 and tells us what’s wrong with it.
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Kate
Power outages continue in various parts of Quebec after the ferocious storm Saturday that spared Montreal. Hydro‑Quebec is working to reconnect 80% of the outages Monday.
Blork
The way we were spared is almost magical and spooky, like the parting of the Red Sea or something. Leaves me in a weird state of anticipation, like waiting for the other shoe to drop. Like “we’re next.”
maggie rose
Though, I still can’t forget the surprising number of old trees we lost to a freak high wind event in 2020, especially in NDG. Some were replaced, but the damage left a lot of empty places and I still miss them! https://mtlcityweblog.com/2020/04/14/winds-take-out-trees-power/
James
@maggie rose:
You might be thinking about this storm in 2017 that hit NDG park hard: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/cleanup-underway-after-devastating-storm-hits-montreal-1.3557887mare
@Blork Storms are known to bounce off lakes and waterways. So Montreal being and island might have been instrumental.
I was cycling on Gouin along the Back River (and swimming), and when big clouds were forming, I went back. The clouds became darker and darker and the sky went almost black-green at the other side of the river, but they stayed there, and only a few drops fell on me. Luckily no branches either, but there were quite a few on the ground, and between/around the senior residents towers there were really powerful gusts that almost blew me off my bike.maggie rose
Ta, James, the years do flow together at times! The microburst, yes.
Kate
It didn’t feel like five years ago to me, either!
Blork
Everything before 2020 feels like a blur of ancient history to me.
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Kate
A study of public health fines issued in Quebec during the first 15 months of the pandemic shows that more tickets were issued in diverse neighbourhoods, notably in Montreal. Since “racial” identity is not recorded, researchers can only cross‑reference location and demographics when considering whether profiling was a factor in handing out tickets.
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