La Presse’s Émilie Côté profiles Le Bistro à Jojo, the Quartier Latin blues bar marking its 50th anniversary.
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Kate
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Kate
Urbania talks to people who knew and loved urban muralist Frédéric Marinelli, murdered earlier this month at Bar MR250.
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Kate
La Presse takes note of The Economist taking note of our bike paths and cycling culture, as blogged here last week.
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Kate
The Rover asks whether Ensemble would fight for tenants or developers. Pivot carries the same story in French.
jeather
I don’t think there’s any actual question about which side she is on, though I appreciate the well researched article answering it.
Ian
True enough.
At the same time, is Rabouin on the side of tenants or developers? What has PM really done for tenants in the last 8 years?
I still think there should be a public record of what municipal and provincial politicians are landlords. Gentrification lends itself to rentseeking, and rentseeking lends itself to gentrification.
SMD
Is your MP or MNA a landlord? Database here: https://www.landlordmps.ca/provinces
Ian
Nice! That’s a great start.
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Kate
Variety ledes with faint praise for Montreal as North America’s overlooked music city, describing us as “in the upper-right corner of the continent” – so American! Upper right corner is Baffin Island!
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Kate
There’s only one homeless shelter in the West Island and many people don’t want it there even though most of the residents are older and quiet, and the point is valid that it holds back the creation of tent cities in the area.
jeather
“residents complained centre clients were going through their recycling bins for cans”
I don’t have enough cans or plastic bottles for it to be worth it for me, so I try to make those easier to get out of my recycling, who cares if they take your cans? That’s just looking for issues.
Joey
Also too: when you throw your recycling bag to the curb you are *literally* turning it into trash – you are actively removing it from your life. But if somebody else can get something out of it, you want it back? Such a crazy but very common occurrence.
Kate
The only issue is when pickers untie recycling bags, don’t tie them back up, then wind picks up and strews rejecta along the street. It doesn’t happen often around here, but often enough to give some people reason to complain.
I don’t often have redeemable cans or bottles but when I do, I put them in a small separate bag so they can be picked up. They always are.
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Kate
The Renaissance used clothing chain continues to grow, but so does the donation of fast fashion from Temu and Shein, items which are seldom fit for resale.
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Kate
Thursday morning there’s an earthquake simulation moment, so remember to lurch around for a few seconds around 10:16 a.m., maybe knock a few things off shelves for verisimilitude.
I don’t even think there will be a phone alert.
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Kate
The state of our roads is what concerns most voters, according to a recent Radio‑Canada poll.
Thursday at 6 p.m. is the deadline to register to vote.
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Kate
La Ronde is preparing to dismantle La Spirale, the observation tower that’s one of the last relics of the original park layout. It needs a complete upgrade, but there are no spare parts available for the elevator mechanism.
Transition Montreal speaks up about heritage sites at risk.
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