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  • Kate 12:00 on 2026-02-28 Permalink | Reply  

    Is this a hangover from the Olympics? La Presse lists the boroughs and shows how they’re doing in percentages of snow cleared.

     
    • jeather 14:57 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

      The city page shows the percentage, as it has for a long time; infoneige.ca has an even more informative page with percentage cleared/clearing this 12 h/planned/not yet planned.

  • Kate 10:09 on 2026-02-28 Permalink | Reply  

    This New York Times piece titled A 48-Hour Layover in Montreal With an Airline Pilot makes the city sound far more glam than it is.

     
    • steph 10:44 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

      That reads like an exhausting 48 hours (I’m getting old).

    • DeWolf 13:07 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

      Nice to see an itinerary that isn’t just the usual spots. I had no idea the ICAO headquarters has a museum.

    • PatrickC 13:18 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

      34,000 steps! Talk about exhausting!

  • Kate 10:07 on 2026-02-28 Permalink | Reply  

    Woke up to find that Canada is supporting the U.S. attack on Iran.

    A demonstration against the attack is planned for Saturday afternoon.

     
    • bob 13:27 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

      Yes, well, Iran is an enemy of Canada’s, so it would stand to reason.

    • Kate 13:46 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

      Why is it an enemy of Canada?

    • bob 15:23 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

      I suppose it has something to do with what they get up to in the world.

      “The Islamic Republic of Iran has a long-standing history of abhorrent conduct, both domestically and internationally. For years, the Iranian government has denied its citizens their human rights and fundamental freedoms, and it has undertaken actions that seriously threaten global peace and security.” and so forth (https://www.international.gc.ca/country-pays/iran/relations.aspx?lang=eng).

    • Chris 15:24 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

      Because they are an Islamist theocratic dictatorship.

      Let’s see how close today’s protest gets to the 350k in Toronto protesting *against* the Islamic regime.

    • Kate 15:31 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

      Does this mean we have to support killing people there? We may not like the regime but now as Canadians we’re forced to countenance attacking it and killing people inside it.

  • Kate 10:04 on 2026-02-28 Permalink | Reply  

    A rink has opened at Place Ville-Marie near the ring, but its operations necessarily depend on the weather.

     
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