Presumably for Mother’s Day, the Journal looks at the history of the Montreal Diet Dispensary, founded 146 years ago with the intention of improving the nutrition of pregnant women and new mothers in the city. It’s now called Centre Alima.
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Kate
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Kate
A 76-year-old woman has died after being hit by a tree branch on Saturday on Queen Mary in that exclave of Côte‑St‑Luc around Macdonald Avenue.
jeather
I was trying to figure out the details. I’m fairly sure Queen Mary west of Macdonald is Hampstead and east is Montreal, and I know that the west side of Macdonald is CSL and the east Montreal, so where exactly was she? I did hear that all three cities kept saying to phone a different one when there were earlier complaints.
Nicholas
jeather, you’re partly right. From the east, Queen Mary is Montreal until Macdonald, then CSL for half a block towards Dufferin, then Hampstead. The CBC article has a photo of the roped off area, the SW corner of Queen Mary and Macdonald, which is part of CSL. CSL well knows that’s their territory, I’ve seen city vehicles there many times.
jeather
I didn’t realise CSL and Hampstead used the same street signs, which confused me. I had no idea any of Queen Mary was CSL, I thought it was just Macdonald.
Kate
Half a block of Queen Mary! Hardly room to change a street sign. What a bizarre bit of topographical tweakery.
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Kate
I noticed a couple of people jubilating online that a pope called Robert Prevost might have Quebec ancestry, but it isn’t so. This Guardian piece finds that Leo XIV has Creole ancestry from the Caribbean on his mother’s side, and his surname is obviously French, but not via Quebec.
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Kate
Media are working themselves up for the revelation of Michelin stars in Quebec this week.
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Kate
Some thoughts from urbanist Jennifer Keesmaat on making urban density livable.
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Kate
Terrebonne riding outside Montreal has finally been adjudged as won by the Liberals by a single vote. It took a count, a recount then a judicial recount to arrive at the final numbers, which leave the Liberals only two seats short of a majority in Parliament.
Later, it’s been claimed that a voter in that riding had her mail‑in vote returned because of an error by Canada Post. And she was voting Bloc! Tuesday morning, this has not yet been resolved.
Nicholas
The middle step is the validation, where they compare the official results written on the results form at the voting location with what was entered into the computer on election night, to check for transcription or communication errors. There is no recount there, so it’s just a count(, validation) and recount. Once the ballot envelopes are sealed on election night, only a judge can open them.
Kate
Thank you, Nicholas.
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Kate
Cartoonists had a couple of fertile themes this week. Côté looks twice at Trump vs Carney; Chapleau senses a threat.
Meantime, Godin eavesdrops on the papal conclave; Côté borrows some Michelangelo while Chapleau comments on the seagull. Godin ponders the American Pope’s future vs Trump.
Closer to home, Chapleau gets in a late dig at Gérald Tremblay and Godin considers our decrepit metro system.
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