CDPQ-Infra, which I hadn’t realized was involved in the repurposing of the old Royal Vic site, has sent the plans back to the drawing board: the cost of bringing the old buildings up to modern standards are astronomical.
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La Presse delves into the caprices of the pothole‑plugging Python 5000 with a preview of the impending pothole campaign.
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A man was stabbed Saturday evening at Place‑des‑Arts metro station, although neither piece specifies where in or near the station the incident happened. The victim is not expected to die.
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Starting with potholes, cartoons this week were a mixed bag again.The choice of a new leader for the CAQ inspired Chapleau, Côté and Godin, who doesn’t hesitate to suggest which way he leans.
The CAQ cutting loose all the applicants for the PEQ program was also drawn by Godin.
The excesses of a weekend including the Super Bowl and the Olympics is a natural scene for Ygreck to draw, as is Trump getting all the medals.
The aftershocks of the Rizqy-Hinse fracas inspired both Ygreck and Côté.
bob 16:57 on 2026-02-08 Permalink
Yes, and we all trust CDPQ-Infra to make such estimates because they are not connected grifters who look on such projects like vampires eying a young maiden’s slender neck.
If student residences don’t justify that price tag, what project does, I wonder?
This has nothing to do with the Quebec government’s twin policy of eliminating international students while destroying English higher education, does it?
Blork 18:50 on 2026-02-08 Permalink
It’s a lot of money. But for perspective, it’s 50 times less than what Elon M. paid for Twitter.
So if they did that renovation, then re-did it every year for 50 years, it would still be less money than one idiot paid for a social ruination platform.
Ian 19:19 on 2026-02-08 Permalink
Unless you’r e planning on hitting up ol’ Apartheid hairplugs for the bill I don’t think I understand the connection?
Blork 20:11 on 2026-02-08 Permalink
No connection, Ian. Just perspective.
Kevin 23:12 on 2026-02-08 Permalink
As someone who lives in an old building and has a tub and sink reclaimed from 19th century McGill hospital residences: just let it go. They built stuff terribly in the old days.