In other news: Help restore the iconic building housing three anarchist projects in Montreal • Canada Post has produced stamps featuring five Canadians who write in French (at a time when we can’t send any letters; Le Devoir says Canada Post is laying off striking workers) • Montreal has a vaccine factory that has never produced a thing. Here’s a plea to put it into use • A detailed account of the massacre at the Polytechnique as the anniversary looms • The BBC on how Halifax handles the homeless • Review in the Guardian of an exhibition of work by Montreal‑born artist Dorothea Rockburne in London – I had never heard of this woman, and the art sounds like a clever spoof about contemporary installation art: “A stack of thin chipboard sheets lean against the wall, just below the line. Another sheet is stuck to the wall, above it. Next to this, two identical pieces of board have been stuck together using layers of contact adhesive…” • Who is le pro des DVD?
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Kate
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Kate
TVA says that the Black Bloc has claimed responsibility for the excesses at the anti‑NATO protest on Friday.
Isabelle Hachey has a quiet chuckle at the wording being used by reactive politicians about the protests, but also brings some sanity to the discourse.
MarcG
The statement signed, presumably in jest, “The Black Bloc”, can be read here.
Hachey’s suggestion that it be made illegal to wear a mask at protests means that it will be against the law for anyone who doesn’t wish to contract an airborne virus or have their identity known to participate.
Kate
I think that’s satire, which is why she follows it with “Sur ce, vous m’excuserez, mais je dois risquer ma vie pour aller prendre le métro.”
MarcG
The general gist of the article was that media and politicians are exaggerating, but I got the impression that she was being sincere in her “if you really want to help the police…” suggestions.
Ramsay
I agree with MarcG, here closing comment was about the current state of “insecurity” in Montréal. Nothing airborne in enclosed spaces.
Kate
Police brotherhood president Yves Francœur also says it “isn’t normal” to allow people to demonstrate masked.
CBC radio reminded me Friday morning that a law forbidding masked protest had been passed during the student unrest in 2012, then struck down later. Francœur wants it back.
PatrickC
There can be reasons for wearing a mask that have nothing to do with violence. I can imagine many dissidents protesting oppression in their home countries who don’t want to be identified by the government back home using facial recognition software, etc. Who sorts out the “good” maskers from the “bad” ones? Behavior seems to me to be the only legitimate criterion for regulation.
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Kate
Globe and Mail looks at a unit for sale at Habitat – the listing is here – and interviews the current owner without asking her why she’s selling it.
dwgs
Hi Kate, the link is to a single image of the property, not the listing itself.
Kate
Fixed, thanks!
Daniel
Wow, that real estate agent is really earning their cut!
Kate
You mean by getting news stories about it?
Daniel
Right, yeah. I mean, there is arguably a little nugget of news value to it, but it’s quite a coup to say you even got it in an English-language paper in a wider market.
Kate
I’ve always been mildly fascinated by Habitat as living space. I realize it isn’t exactly news.
CE
They’re now offering guided tours of Habitat. I went on one in the summer and it was fascinating.
JP
I went on a guided tour as well (perhaps in 2018) after hearing about it on this blog if I’m not mistaken. It was really interesting and cool. I remember walking it from Jean Drapeau metro station…and it being a really long walk on a hot summer day. Overall, the guided tour was pretty neat and if they’re still offering them, I might do it again.
Orr
@JP: there is now a new port-side promenade across the street from habitat, so the walk will be a bit more interesting.
Wish though that they would so something with the renamed “Parc de Dieppe” bc all they have done so far is to rip out the interesting info panels and the very nice bronze cardinal points sculpture from its previous incarnation as parc du Cité du Havre. Oh, and let part of the post-side walkway fall into the water. We can do better than abandon this magnificently-located jewel of an in-the-middle-of-the-river park, perhaps?
Do I need to add that the wanton destruction of the interesting elements of parc du Cité du Havre and the associated complete failure to launch the parc du Dieppe was all Denis Coderre’s fault?
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Kate
Complexe Desjardins has been playing loud children’s music to chase out the homeless, a practice denounced by RAPSIM, the Réseau d’aide aux personnes seules et itinérantes de Montréal.
Joey
The ATM I use has gone from having its alarm panel beep constantly after hours to just locking up at night, with no card-slot to enter.
dhomas
The beatings will continue until morale improves!
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Kate
La Presse did some research and found that the federal government owns a lot of properties that could be converted for residential use, in Montreal and elsewhere in Quebec. But only a few are currently undergoing refits.
walkerp 21:14 on 2024-11-28 Permalink
Oh nice find about le pro des dvd’s! I always wondered about it. I love it. Old school in so many ways.