Québec solidaire is pressing Premier Fréchette to apply for her share of federal money for public transit to repair and renovate the metro.
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Kate
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Kate
Restaurants along Duluth Street are being forced to close at 10 pm despite talk about sustaining nightlife in the city.
Chris
Just the terrasse, not the whole restaurant I believe.
Nightlife can proceed indoors surely.
Kate
In the summer, an outdoor terrasse makes all the difference.
DeWolf
From what I understand, there is a very vocal group of people around Duluth that have been complaining about noise since the beginning of the pandemic. They managed to cancel a number of festivals (eg the Brazilian fest) and musical performances along the streets during the summertime pedestrianization, and I can only assume they’re the reason the borough has imposed this 10pm curfew.
It’s a bit absurd because anywhere else on the Plateau, streetside terrasses are allowed to operate until 11pm on weekdays and until midnight on weekends. I can understand restricting music (which is already banned on streetside terrasses) but seriously, this isn’t a country village. Let people linger outdoors in the few warm months we have.
SMD
I can confirm that the Brazilian festival moved to Parc Lafontaine last year, in part due to repeated noise complaints and legal threats from a resident on a street close to Duluth. Just a few cranky people can spoil things for so many others.
Jim
I understand residents want some peace, but there’s also a bit of irony in expecting Duluth/Plateau summer evenings to be quiet. Terrasses and street life are part of the neighbourhood’s identity.
Jim
Wile I didn’t read the entire case or context, my guess is that a few real problem cases were allowed to define the whole situation. Instead of managing the extremes, the response became a blanket rule for everyone. That rarely leads to good policy.
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Kate
The SQ is to team up with the three major metropolitan police forces to fight extortion faced by businesses in the area. Protection rackets have been on the rise for years.
DeWolf
The article in La Presse on this topic had an interesting detail: the police say that until now, extortion was limited to businesses that had criminal connections, whereas now it’s all sorts of random businesses that are being targeted. And it’s usually teenagers recruited online who are being used as the muscle.
This reminds me of when I was in Palermo and I saw shops that had “Adiopizzo” stickers on their windows, meaning they were boycotting mafia protection. It seemed pretty significant considering the city’s airport is named after two anti-mafia prosecutors who were assassinated.
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Kate
In what feels like an advertorial (actually, I think it is – en collaboration avec la Ville de Montréal), the Journal gives us some images and stats about the city’s spring cleaning.
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Kate
Hydro-Quebec is hiding part of its logo to jinx the Lightning, in a gesture of hockey fervor after the Canadiens went 3‑2 Wednesday night on its series against that team.
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Kate
Montreal is the most expensive town in Quebec for families, according to a new IRIS study. There’s also a grille for households of other sizes, according to which I see I should move to Saguenay or Trois‑Rivières.
IRIS also has a grille showing what you need to earn to rise out of poverty in Quebec in 2026.
Nicholas
$42,000 after tax for a single person, and $89,000 after tax for a family of four? I know housing is up, but transport is still cheap if you don’t get a car, and other expenses aren’t that high.
Joey
Sort of dishonest for IRIS not to look at the median earnings by town… this is written as if lots of us are thisclose to pulling the trigger on that move to Sept-Iles.
jeather
Biggest city is the most expensive city to live in, news at 11. (Though Gatineau and Sept-Îles are pretty close.)
Jim
Montreal is expensive mainly because of housing. Sept-Îles can be as bad or worse because of transport/car dependency. Trois-Rivières is consistently the cheapest in the report. I think I stick to living in beautiful Montreal.
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Kate
Violent acts toward healthcare workers are increasingly common. La Presse also looked at the growing number of hospital patients with drug habits.
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Kate
CBC asks whether it’s city policies that keep some buildings vacant and prey to repeated fires.
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Kate
All four lines of the metro were stopped Thursday morning after a pepper gas incident at Mont‑Royal station and some kind of incident on a train. Service resumed around 8:30.
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