A reader sent me a link about new proposed plans for the Van Horne warehouse – of course, they will still need waves of consultation and approval.
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Kate
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Kate
The transit strike is in effect differently on Thursday, with service available outside rush hour but at a reduced rate compared to normal.
Service returns to its regular schedule over Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Mediation is to begin Monday. If issues are not resolved, the union may resume strike actions later in the summer.
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Kate
A house fire in Pointe‑aux‑Trembles killed one man overnight.
A major residential fire in Villeray was not fatal, but was very damaging.
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Kate
Police carried out a raid Thursday morning against the Rizzuto clan and associates, arresting Leonardo Rizzuto and more than a dozen others. Information given by convicted contract killer Frederick Silva is said to be the basis for the raid.
TVA offers a potted history of the Montreal mob.
Later, it’s reported that Leonardo Rizzuto has been charged in a 2011 murder. The Gazette also fills in some details.
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Kate
Maxime Bergeron is grumpy as hell about how the city tidies up for tourists but not its own residents.
CP notices that hotels are much more expensive on GP weekend, as if it’s surprising bordering on unethical. Surge pricing, baby.
Police from all three services are greeting tourists at the airport with warnings about sex trafficking.
More GP stories to come, inevitably.
Nicholas
Surge pricing in hotels is common and expected. It’s also common at restaurants (lunch menus), and movie theatres (matinees, Tuesdays) and other places. But people hate it, think it unethical, for taxis (a service that, one could argue, is often used in an unethical way).
jeather
What people find unobjectionable is “discount for low period” which is much the same. Hotels are getting a bit scammier with surge pricing, and given how little of the cost of an Uber goes to a driver, I hardly think surge pricing is the issue.
DavidH
I would be grumpy too except we do the same with our house, so…
Kate
Surge price for the weekend, DavidH? Or tidy up for visitors?
DavidH
I wish I could charge more when I work week-ends! Our house doesn’t have open trenches and cones like the city does. But it is always at its best when we know we’re expecting guests.
jeather
Scurryfunge (verb). sku-ree-fun-j. Old English; to rush around cleaning when company is on their way over.
Ian 20:36 on 2025-06-12 Permalink
It’s a weird spot. The area has evolved a lot, to the point that the street configuration no longer makes any sense even without a hotel and restaurants. The intersection where Van Horne turns into the Rosemont overpass needs a stoplight at the very least.
I hope this doesn’t mean the end of the skate park and illegal punk concerts under the overpass.