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  • Kate 17:44 on 2023-09-26 Permalink | Reply  

    The numbers show that Covid is on the rise again.

    A new round of vaccinations is coming, starting October 10.

     
    • Kate 09:07 on 2023-09-26 Permalink | Reply  

      The completion of the blue line extension was projected for 2029, but has now been pushed to 2030 after the firms being scouted for digging the tunnel told the STM that the job is more complicated than they thought.

       
      • Ephraim 11:31 on 2023-09-26 Permalink

        Who had “more complicated and more costly than they thought” on their BINGO card? Everyone? That’s what I thought

      • carswell 11:51 on 2023-09-26 Permalink

        What’s another year or two after 40 years of dilly-dallying? Have started wondering whether I’m going to live long enough to see the completion.

        If a westward extension ever happens (and it should, at least to the Montreal West train station and probably to Ville St-Pierre and Lachine), it won’t be till next century. And, yes, I have an active fantasy life.

      • DisgruntledGoat 13:58 on 2023-09-26 Permalink

        If only there was some kind of … hear me out: light rail that runs grade separated, is automated, doesn’t require tunnelling. Hmm. Maybe it could be relatively cheap to build and operate.

        If only we had some kind of…. Nah, never mind.

      • Aineko Marcx 14:32 on 2023-09-26 Permalink

        So now we are finally back from the sojourn in that parallel REM Universe where big infrastructure projects can complete almost on time to the familiar world where intergenerational constructions are the norm.

    • Kate 09:03 on 2023-09-26 Permalink | Reply  

      A man stabbed Monday night on the Westmount side of the intersection of Atwater and Ste‑Catherine has died, making him homicide #29.

       
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