A gas leak caused by construction for the extension of the SRB Pie‑IX forced Hydro-Quebec to shut off electricity to 50,000 users Wednesday, but it’s been restored.
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Kate
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Kate
The CAQ must be cracking out the champagne. Enrolment at Concordia is down 30% for this term, so the eventual plan – which must be to dismantle the English‑language universities – is well under way.
Joey
Enrolment is down 28% only among Canadians from outside Quebec. International enrolment is down 11%. Overall enrolment is “only” down 10%.
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Kate
CDPQ Infra wants to construct two downtown REM stations, Griffintown‑Bernard‑Landry and Bridge‑Bonaventure, and is trying to get Quebec to pay for them.
I thought the main point of CDPQ Infra was they had money to spend. They’re not the ARTM, constantly relying on Quebec for largesse.
In other REM news, emergency buses from the South Shore will no longer have to connect to Longueuil metro.
Ephraim
No, is a complete sentence.
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Kate
CBC talked to the owner of the collapsed triplex in St‑Henri and to a man who lived in the triplex next door, which has been evacuated from fear it will collapse too in a domino effect. TVA also spoke to people evacuated next door.
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Kate
The city has plans to build dozens of modular housing units for the homeless, starting with two blocks of 30 each, to be ready by next March. Expect NIMBY outcries when the locations are chosen.
Uatu
Soon to be marketed as capsule hotel by air BNB slimeballs
Kate
If left to their own devices that could happen. But there’s mention of “spaces that are supported by trained and capable staff” so I think these are meant to be overseen by social workers and so on. They won’t be rented out on the open market.
Uatu
Don’t you mean concierge service? … Just joking. Every time I hear about new housing I get very cynical
JaneyB
Rooming houses need to return. They used to be in the worst areas of our cities so no one to complain there. Usually an old-timer or similar to keep things functional. Common kitchen and bathroom. In the last 20 years, they were knocked down for condo development and the troubled people now drift around as homeless.
bob
Between this and schools, maybe all public buildings will soon be sheds. Need a fire station? Drop by Home Depot and get a shed. Favellas are actually quite sustainable. Recycling building materials, and such.
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Kate
In its series on neighbourhoods, La Presse visits Vieux‑Pointe‑aux‑Trembles.
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