We had a discussion in October about work being done to create wooden footpaths to preserve the marshy section of Mount Royal park. I’ve just seen a post about how the work is complete.
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Kate
New Year morning is one of those times when, on stepping outside, you can see snow falling, but also hear rain.
EmilyG
There are a lot of puddles and slush out there. Be careful if you’re walking outside, because it’s easy to get splashed by passing vehicles.
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Kate
CTV lists its choices for the ten top local news stories of 2024.
The SPVM brags about its homicide solution rate last year.
Global has a video encapsulating the top stories of the year.
And cheerily, QMI lists the twelve restaurants most heavily fined by MAPAQ for sanitary infractions over the year.
GC
Well, nowhere I’ve eaten for once. (I’ve definitely eaten at Beijing, but not at all in 2024…) Of course, that’s just the $10K+ list.
Orr
I recently ate at Marven’s for the first time, 35 years after my work buddy told me about it.
Kate
What did you think of it, Orr?
I once had calamari there at a stressful time, and they positively brought me back to life. But I’ve also brought friends there who completely failed to be impressed.
MarcG 19:36 on 2025-01-01 Permalink
Need a million-dollar-stump trigger warning on that first photo.
Janet 20:34 on 2025-01-01 Permalink
We were cross-country skiing on Mount Royal a couple of days ago and stumbled across a lovely new section of trail #2, where we spied a long wooden walkway through the woods and a poster explaining it was part of the revelopment of a marsh that I had never known existed.
EmilyG 11:57 on 2025-01-02 Permalink
Though I’ve been to Mount Royal many times, I don’t think I’ve been to the wetland part of it. Maybe I’ll check it out sometime.
Kate 13:31 on 2025-01-02 Permalink
It can depend what season you’re there, I think, and the particular conditions. In springtime there’s sometimes a cascade of water pouring out of the park, down to the corner of Côte Ste‑Catherine and Park Avenue, but – depending on the snowfall and so on – most of the mountain is fairly dry by midsummer. But it’s always a struggle to keep people from trampling down the more fragile plants in the wetter parts of the park.
DeWolf 12:49 on 2025-01-03 Permalink
It’s right behind the belvedere but as Kate mentioned, it’s not particularly obvious during dry parts of the year. The first time I noticed it, it was pretty full and there were ducks swimming around and I was like, wait what?
The stream that flows down towards Peel Street seems to go all year, regardless of the weather. There are a little waterfalls you can sit by with a view towards Pine and Peel, it’s very nice.