A new residence has opened in St‑Michel for people with mental health issues, where case workers will support residents. A far cry from the madhouses of the past.
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Kate
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Kate
Slow news weekend, most media are carrying this CP piece about whether the demolition of the Olympic stadium would really cost $2 billion.
In Le Devoir, Stéphane Baillargeon compares how editorial cartoonists responded to the news that Quebec plans to spend $870 million to redo the roof, then turns to the question whether demolition would be preferable to renovation.
Kevin
I get the sense the people creating these insane prices are just bullshitting.
It’s like when you go shopping for an item and there are three variants available, one that is obviously shitty but costs 80-90% of the middle one, and a third that has a few extra bells and whistles but at 300% the cost of the middle one. So you buy the middle one and go home thinking you’re a smart shopper, when in reality you’ve been manipulated by marketing.
The tricky part of dealing with tensioned concrete is replacing the nuts and plates that keep the cables under tension. Once that’s loose, the whole thing can be dropped with no added risk.
To replace the technical ring of the Olympic stadium, they have to remove and replace those same nuts and plates.
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Kate
The ARTM is asking the government for more money, as it’s facing a half‑billion‑dollar shortfall. One out of five people who were regular passengers before Covid has still not returned to public transit, presaging more belt‑tightening exercises to come. A statement in La Presse from two of the people in charge of the STM.
Radio-Canada is looking sideways at the amount Toronto is spending on its public transit.
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Kate
The man found dead near St George’s church downtown, a week ago, has raised concerns about the wisdom of having a homeless shelter and a daycare side by side on church premises, especially given that the body was found in the daycare play area. The death has been ruled probably not a homicide but it’s still not entirely clear.
Blork
I’m not entirely convinced it’s the dead man who has raised those concerns… 😉
Kate
Finding a dead guy is a stark reminder of the precariousness of homeless life. I’d imagine the question of syringes and dropped pills would be much more of a concern than any direct meddling with well guarded children.
dwgs
“The man found dead near St George’s church downtown … has raised concerns” Pretty sure Blork is playing Grammar Nazi games.
Kate
The discovery of a dead man near St George’s church has raised concerns… Nnngh.
Blork
@dwgs, doesn’t count as Nazisim if you leave a winky face.
Ian
Yeah I took that as a dad joke. I admit I laughed 🙂
jeather
“I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all”
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