Kid shot dead in Bois-des-Filion
A three-year-old was shot dead Monday evening in Bois‑des‑Filion in the couronne nord. A teenager is accused of having an illegal gun, which divers are trying to find in the Rivière des Mille‑Îles.
But what strikes me in this account is the coda, a comment from a neighbour: “Je pensais surtout que ça arriverait à Montréal, mais moins ici.”
Which reminded me to post this Journal piece about a Léger poll which showed that barely 6% of residents of Quebec City would consider moving to Montreal while apparently 25% of us would happily move there.
Stay weird, Montreal.
Kevin 22:32 on 2023-11-07 Permalink
Montreal is increasingly diverging from the rest of the province, which is the real reason Legault is attacking English universities.
I feel like we are living in a John Hughes movie, where all the suburban teens are afraid of “the city”.
Chris 00:25 on 2023-11-08 Permalink
>“Je pensais surtout que ça arriverait à Montréal, mais moins ici.”
A sentiment held all around the world by many small town folk towards their closest big city. i.e. not unique to Montreal (not that you said it was). (and doesn’t matter if it’s true of not, it’s a widely held view.)
steph 09:33 on 2023-11-08 Permalink
Is the per capita gun violence in Montréal actually higher than the rest of the province?
Orr 10:19 on 2023-11-08 Permalink
I’d totally move to Quebec city.
Outdoor recreation opportunities on its doorstep are incomparable.
And Gaspésie /maritime Quebec is 3 hours closer. <— We're a maritime province, which Montrealers tend to not know anything about.
MarcG 10:36 on 2023-11-08 Permalink
A gun accidentally going off when babysitting strikes me as very suburban.
Em 10:57 on 2023-11-08 Permalink
I remember when the man in Amqui deliberately ran his truck into a dozen pedestrians, and citizens quoted in news reports were saying similar things, e.g. “we’d expect to see this in Montreal, but not here.”
Do they really think Montreal is the kind of place where things like that happen every week? Most of the big tragedies in the province in recent years have happened outside the city.
anton 13:12 on 2023-11-08 Permalink
“We’re a maritime province”
who “we”? In Montreal, “we” are an urban province.
Nicholas 18:18 on 2023-11-08 Permalink
People are just bad with base rates. There are 2 million residents on the island and 2 million residents in Laurentides, Lanaudière, Mauricie, Outaouais and Abitibi-Témiscamingue combined. If the rate of murder, say, were the same, you’d have one murder on the island and one somewhere on that vast area. Chances are if you live in a North Shore suburb you are way more likely to hear about the Montreal murder than one in Joliette or Shawinigan or Val d’Or, not even counting there are way more journalists in the former. Bois-des-Filion has fewer people than Shaughnessy Village, but you hear “murder in Montreal!!!!” you think it’s rampant even if your proper comparator changes everything.