Unhoused persons are going to ER waiting rooms to warm up or sleep, some making false claims of illness or injury as a pretext.
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Kate
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Kate
The fireworks at the Old Port, part of Igloo Nouvel An, a fork from Igloofest, were – as noted here earlier – a disappointment. The producer says there was a technical issue but not what kind. There are also complaints here about crowd control.
EmilyG
Oh, so the better display at 1 AM that I heard about on Reddit, seems to have been the continuation of the one that failed at 12 AM. Or so I gather from the article.
Kate
It sounds to me like a few fireworks went off at midnight, then stopped, and people assumed it was over. Then a lot more were let off an hour later.
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Kate
Vogue has a fanciful little bit about thrift shopping on the Main in what it, naturally, calls Montréal.
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Kate
Since January 2 is a nameless holiday, La Presse lists what’s open or closed as we ease ourselves from the holiday haze back to normal life.
Nicholas
One of my collective agreements called it “le jour après le jour de l’an”.
Kate
“Second hangover recovery day” for some.
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Kate
La Presse’s Louis-Samuel Perron lists the upcoming trials of interest, including – finally – Frank Zampino’s trial for corruption during the Tremblay years.
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Kate
Toula Drimonis, as always, faces the zeitgeist with aplomb in her year‑end wrapup and thoughts about 2025.
su
What? No mention of all the local and global manifestations of runaway climate change.
Kate
Toula’s been more focused on xenophobia and the immigrant experience, and how it plays out in politics, about which she has already written two books. But those are going to be huge themes as we enter the era of Trump II and Governor Poilievre.
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Kate
Interesting notes on trials expected in 2025 of those accused in high‑profile cases in recent years.
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Kate
CTV has an interesting piece about the 200th anniversary of the Lachine Canal.
Later, also from Radio‑Canada.
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