A building on Park Avenue in the Mile End has collapsed, forcing the evacuation of a dozen tenants in an adjoining building.
On Streetview, you can see that some masonry work was being done on 5990 Park Avenue in 2022.
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Making deals to stay marginally alive, the Hudson’s Bay company wants to keep six stores open, including three in the Montreal area.
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Radio-Canada says the SPVM saw an increase in reported sexual assaults in 2024, while the Gazette spins it that violent crime was down but 120 overdose deaths indicated a sharp rise in opioid use.
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Two city businesses were fined $1500 each for having Facebook pages in English, although the wording in this piece is not clear whether it’s because they’re only in English, or that they’re in English at all.
(Shouldn’t the Journal be aware that the old École des beaux-arts building is no longer the HQ of the OQLF?)
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To be fair, one of the company’s, Grillado’s, has their website entirely in English:
https://grillados.ca/
For a company with 40% of their current locations in Quebec, this is not normal.I could not find any information about the other company, Commandité Panache inc..
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Nicholas
I heard a story of two Maritimers who started a floral business here where their only online presence was an Instagram account, and they were being investigated for English-only posts.
And Kate, if only the Journal read this blog they’d have known (and have other things to complain about!).
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Weekend notes from CultMTL, CityCrunch and La Presse.
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Nathalie Provost, who survived the Polytechnique massacre and has been campaigning for gun control, is said to be planning a run for office with the federal Liberals.
walkerp 22:36 on 2025-03-21 Permalink
Oh that’s so sad. I’m glad her cat is okay. Is that not across the street from where the building exploded like 10 years ago?
Kate 23:33 on 2025-03-21 Permalink
I remember that, but it’s longer ago than the current history of the blog and I can’t find a reference.
(Looking for it, though, I found this piece by DeWolf.)
Ian 23:28 on 2025-03-22 Permalink
Right the other side of the alley from my place. It’s been open to the elements for years, I was wondering when it would finally collapse.
Hey Kate, why “The MIle End” and not “The Avenue of Park” ? 😉
Kate 10:30 on 2025-03-23 Permalink
Any chance this building has the same owner as the one that collapsed on Van Horne a year ago?
Ian 13:31 on 2025-03-23 Permalink
I had heard from the neighb ourhood gossip that it was bought by an investor from France but after covid he just let it rot. VH is a different group, local condo developers.
Kate 14:33 on 2025-03-23 Permalink
Thanks, Ian.
Shoe dropping: was there really no snow on the ground in early February last year?
CE 19:35 on 2025-03-24 Permalink
Last year was shit for snow, there were only three snowstorms the whole winter and one was in April. If you look in front of the building to the left of the collapsed building and behind it next to the building under construction you’ll see some crusty remnants of snow.