Five hundred luminous drones will take to the sky Sunday evening over the Old Port to mark the opening of the big tennis match August 4 at Jarry Park. It’s women’s tennis here this year.
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Kate
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Kate
CTV looks at what half a million will buy in real estate in various boroughs.
Mozai
I’m living in a 3½ 600 sqft apartment now; it sounds weird the unit is Sud-Ouest is 3 bedrooms but only 750 sq ft. (two extra 8×8 bedrooms?)
MarcG
Seems to be a typo in the article, if you look at the listing it says 1 bedroom.
Blork
Yeah, that’s a mistake in the CTV article. The listing says “3 rooms” and then specifies “1 bedroom.” (Probably another “lost in translation” issue regarding the weird and inconsistent way that apartments are described in Quebec.)
Also: no audio in the CTV video.
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Kate
A Le Devoir writer went to visit a small tent encampment described discreetly as being in a wooded area near a bike path in Montreal. Janie Dussault seems impressed with the order and efficiency displayed by the three men living there. She does not ask what I always wonder about, which is where they go to the bathroom and, secondarily, how they manage to wash themselves or their clothes (the photo shows a pair of jeans hanging on a line).
Update: My eye skated over that. She does ask about bathrooms and it’s set out in a comment below.
Spi
It’s not a secret, before even clicking through I knew exactly which campement it is. It is indeed kept very clean, although that have been reports earlier in year about women being harassed by homeless people near that campement it was remains unclear whether the person doing the harassment is one of the camp residents or not.
As to where they shower themselves and wash their clothes; there are water features in a nearby children’s park. I’ve just assumed they use them in the dead of night, the homeless in the village do the same but are much more brazen about it.
J
I think I know where that is too, but I’m not 100% certain. I think there have been similar articles in the past in other newspapers where they have been more specific about locations.
Like Kate, I also wonder where they go to the bathroom….would nearby businesses allow them to use their washrooms on a regular basis?
Chris
Yeah, that’s along the CP tracks near the famous Mile End water tower thingie. The longtime ‘residents’ have indeed been keeping it clean, though the newer arrival(s) closer to the Canadian Tire less so. There’s a water fountain right near their tents, which they presumably at least drink from. I was impressed/distressed last autumn when they didn’t move to somewhere warmer, they appeared to be there for at least most of the winter.
EG
From the article:
En général, le plus compliqué pour les gens vivant dans un campement, c’est d’aller aux toilettes. « Il y a beaucoup de plaintes qui viennent du fait que ces gens-là n’ont pas le choix de se soulager quelque part. Et ce quelque part, c’est souvent dehors à ciel ouvert, lance M. Bonneau. Il y a des gens qui utilisent des sacs, des chaudières, ils se débrouillent. Si vous me demandez mon avis, si ce n’est pas un choix personnel, le ciel ouvert ne devrait pas avoir lieu pour une question de dignité humaine. »
Kate
Thank you, EG.
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Kate
Rooms with multiple bunk beds are for rent here at nearly $1000 a month.
Good Ricochet piece on why renovictions are rife and little is done to prevent them.
Another Ricochet piece looks into how long‑term rentals are being emptied out and turned into ghost hotels.
Blork
If you read the article about the bunk beds you’ll see that it’s not real. Those are fake ads intended to study the market.
Kate
Still, they’re trying it out to see if they get enough bites and, if so, they’ll put them up.
I’ve seen photos like that of real offers in London and other large cities.
mare
A long time ago I saw an Airbnb listing with three bunkbeds in one shared room, and the house had three of them. Cheap, $80 per room IIRC, with lots of reviews, not even all bad. It wasn’t even close to downtown, but most days on the calendar were booked. There’s definitely a market there. I can only imagine the lineup for the bathroom though.
Kate
It would be one thing to stay in an Airbnb like that for a few days, maybe when you’re young and travelling with friends, but to live like that?
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Kate
The boil-water advisory that followed last week’s water main break in St‑Michel has been ended.
Vazken 02:38 on 2023-08-01 Permalink
this was fine but I believe better communication would have been better, other than “the old port” there wasn’t much info to go on
Also while drones are nice to look at, they still don’t hold a cancel to FIREWORKS
Kate 14:59 on 2023-08-02 Permalink
There are concerns whether fireworks are sustainable at all.