The opening of the planned ozone sewage treatment plant has been pushed back again till 2028, with a price tag hovering around $1B.
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Kate
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Kate
Owners of music venues are feeling oppressed by the trend where people move in close to a club, which is then issued with noise complaints. They want changes, giving as an example Toronto’s rule that if residential buildings go up near existing venues, it’s on the residential developer to soundproof, and to warn potential residents that there’s a music venue next door.
Blork
Remember when Montreal was the cool city and Toronto was full of straight-laced people doing dumb shit?
Ian
I also remember that the main 80s club strip in Toronto, Queen Street West, got pushed out by gentrification in the 90s. The 90s club strip got pushed out by condo development. Of course in the 70s the club strip was Yorkville and we saw what happened there, too.
But hey, before we get on our high horse about how cool Montreal is, the old Jazz district was gutted for the QdeS and let’s not forget the destruction of what was left of St Kitty and the Main for a super-hyped development that never even happened.
All that aside, when yuppies move in any “cool” neighbourhood inevitably goes to shit. It doesn’t even matter how, there’s always a way, and inevitably it turns into another bland, safe shopping district.
Tim S.
If it makes any of you feel better, I came across a bonkers twitter conversation yesterday about how allowing beer to be sold in Ontario corner stores is the end of civilization as we know it:
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Kate
Nice piece by Émilie Côté in La Presse about the training of a metro driver and what it’s like to do the job.
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Kate
A car was consumed by flames Saturday evening in Anjou. No one was hurt.
Around the same time, shots were fired at a mansion in TMR, again with no victims.
jeather
Jewish community centre hit by molotov cocktail overnight. No injuries, minor damage.
Kate
Early Monday, so it wasn’t included in this post. But thanks for alerting me to it.
jeather
Yes, it was in the news almost 24 hours after this post, it wasn’t a judgement that you didn’t include it, I’d certainly use my “predict the future” abilities on something other than blog links.
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