Some police are planning to cycle 1,000 km but whether this will “inspire young people to stay away from a life of crime” I have my doubts.
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Kate
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Kate
La Presse has a sheaf of stories Saturday on basement flooding in the city, looking at how some homeowners are blocked from making changes to deter the water, how basement dwellings are being ruled out in some spots, and advice on protecting houses, among other topics.
Ephraim
backflow preventer, french drain and a sump pump.
MtlWeb
@Ephraim – add a backup battery to ease some of the anxiety; that perils and risks map of the city available in the first story is impressive: Link.
Joey
Little good they’ll do if, like the guy in the story, you live in a flood zone and have a steep driveway leading to a basement apartment. He twice was denied a permit to fill it and wound up with $100K+ in uncovered damages as a result.
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Kate
The reliably far-right Montreal Economic Institute claims that unions are unprecedently taking Quebec hostage with strikes, and CTV gives this prominence in the headline, but at least they counter the claim with statements from a different academic in the text, who says the current unrest can be blamed on “stagnating wages, benefits and pensions going away, hours getting cut and more reliance on part-time workers.”
In fact, every generation has to struggle all over again for its rights.
Ian
I hope the people at MEI work 10 hour days 7 days a week, because 8 hour days and weekends were also hard-fought for and won by the labour movement, despite business claims that this “bolshevism” would kill the economy. At least they’re not allowed to send Pinkerton men in with baseball bats to break up strikes anymore.
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Kate
The Just For Laughs festival is back this July, with extensive programming in English and French.
Ian 19:32 on 2025-05-10 Permalink
Well to be fair it doesn’t make any less sense than half the stuff they think will make the streets safer. At least this isn’t coming out of city budget.