A crowd of thousands hailed the Victoire Saturday afternoon downtown. Radio‑Canada calls it a consecration of women’s sports.
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Kate
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Kate
Mohammed Abdullah Warsame, who threatened to bomb public transit in Montreal, pleaded guilty this week, but his lawyer says he’s homeless and mentally ill.
Whether Warsame ever joined al‑Qaida or met Osama bin Laden, or has the capacity to cause the carnage he has threatened, is moot. A dangerous nutbar can still be very dangerous.
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Kate
The office of the French language commissioner says there’s too much English on Quebec’s official websites, and that people should have to prove they’re eligible (ayant droit) before they can access it. But French language minister Jean‑François Roberge says the English that’s there can stay.
As it is, I have to attest on my honour that I’m entitled before I can even buy a lottery ticket online in English, let alone pay my Hydro bill.
RE
Or use the library…
(I saw the signs at BANQ at one point but not sure how much they’re enforcing).
Uatu
Google translate automatically translates my email so the subject is kinda moot
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Kate
The Consignaction system may have simplified the return of empty cans for some – and there are grocery stores and deps which no longer have to process bags of sticky half‑empty beer cans – but it’s making things more difficult for some of the folks who scavenge for empties because they need the cash.
Nicholas
I had high hopes for this, but who did it simplify things for? The island has 25 Consignaction locations, which is like one per borough/city. Previously every grocery store was a return location. You used to be able to go to the store, return your bottles and cans, and then buy more. Now you have to make two trips in one. I went to a Cosignaction the other day and there were seven people in line, mostly scavengers, and there were two machines, the same number as a single grocery stores had, except they’re also not open evenings. If they were the fancy machines where you empty your bag into a drum and then it counts everything in seconds that would have been great, but no, those machines are only available at Consignaction+ locations, of which there are just four on the island, mostly in car-oriented locations scavengers will never go to. Maybe it’s a jobs program, as there were three clerks just standing around chatting with the scavengers like they knew them, there to take some but not all bottles and fix the machines if they break.
So now we have a new system with fewer locations, slower service, more employees and costlier rents. If this is what passes for success, what does failure look like?
Jim
The new Consignaction system is in my opinion an improvement over the old system, but it still has a long way to go.
I’m lucky to have a Consignaction+ fairly close and I can use a car. With the app, drop-off works great: barcode on the bag, direct deposit, usually same day. I’m actually surprised I hardly see anyone using the express system with the app, although it does not really help if you have glass bottles.
But many locations are still not practical without a car, and lineups can be long if you don’t use the app. So I still see it as an improvement, but not yet a real success. More reachable locations and more capacity are needed.
mare
I wasn’t aware there were so few Consignaction since the one nearby is one block away and even closer than the nearest grocery store. I don’t use many refund containers so I collect them in a large clear bag on my balcony and put them at the street on recycling day when it’s full after 6 months or so.
EmilyG
Maybe if the Consignaction places’ equipment always worked, I’d find it more useful. Today I dragged two bags of cans to the nearest place, only to find out that their machines were out of order. So I had to drag two big bags of dirty cans onto a crowded bus (the 470, which was a small bus instead of an articulated bus because a bunch of the articulated buses are out of service) to the next-nearest Consignaction place.
I don’t know if I was just having an unlucky day, or if the city or whoever is in charge needs to get its act together and have basic services such as buses and can returns work better.
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Kate
La Presse went to Australia to study how Melbourne is using technology to make that city more livable.
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Kate
Friday evening’s thunderstorm and the understandable defection of many of the volunteers who would normally be manning the route and ensuring its safety caused the last‑minute cancellation of the Tour la Nuit.
Chris
Seems Friday’s bibs will be honoured for Sunday’s ride.
Nicholas
Chris I wondered if that would be the case, but it’s always tough squeezing as many people as they do into the course. Adding thousands more will be a challenge. But the weather looks similarly dreary tomorrow, so maybe it’ll balance out.
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Kate
The Union des municipalités du Québec is asking the province to provide more funding for public transit, and stable, predictable, and sustainable funding instead of the unreliable games played in recent years.
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