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CBC has a piece on some hidden gems of public artwork. The most reliable listing for public art is probably this site.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128363

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After a fuss last year, city hall has removed an "inclusive" welcoming sign that included a drawing of a woman wearing hijab because it was deemed offensive. Previous postings and discussion of the issue here and here.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128360

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This very short piece says Fady Dagher wants more powers for the police, but the only actual power he mentions is the right to arrest people with covered faces. The rest is about the difficulty of dealing with the homeless and with controlling drug... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128357

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Welcome to the resistance, Danielle Smith.

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Governor General Mary Simon dissolved Parliament Sunday afternoon at Mark Carney's request, starting an election campaign that will culminate on April 28. Carney plans to run for an Ottawa seat. It will be interesting to see who runs in Papineau to replace... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128355

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A study presented in January claims that pedestrianizing Ste‑Catherine Street would cause traffic congestion in adjoining streets. Interestingly, in this piece, Luc Rabouin is quoted saying the city could have paid better attention to the desires of... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128350

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Cabane Panache, the first street festival of the season, photographed by La Presse, is on through Sunday. On the one hand, maple syrup; on the other, country music.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128345

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Money from Ottawa is coming to save thirteen community organizations evicted by the CSSDM from a school building in Ahuntsic. (Unless Quebec stops it.)... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128343

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The federal government is putting more millions into the blue line extension; TVA underlines the story La veille du déclenchement des élections. Quebec City's planned tramway is also getting a boost.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128336

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Monk Boulevard is not one of the city's star business streets, but even so, landlords are hiking commercial rents while the province washes its hands of any responsibility. On Facebook, Peter McQueen reports that McWhinnie's bicycle shop in NDG has to close... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128334

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More on Stephan Probst, the onetime highly placed physician convicted on sex charges and now accused of a string of other sexual assaults over years: he's now out on bail waiting for his next trial. Which makes me wonder about the circumstances. Would a judge... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128329

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A boutique owner in Hochelaga is seeking a client who paid a lot more than she should have for some purchases. It seems odd that someone could have paid $425 for a total of $42.50 with neither customer nor cashier noticing at the time, but apparently it... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128327

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Residents of Île-Bizard who listed their homes as available to rent during the Presidents Cup last fall have received hefty fines from Revenu Québec, even when they didn't ultimately succeed in finding takers.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128324

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New statistics show that a quarter of the population of Laval are anglophones, a proportion that has risen a lot since 2001. Remediation is called for.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128322

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A building on Park Avenue in the Mile End has collapsed, forcing the evacuation of a dozen tenants in an adjoining building. On Streetview, you can see that some masonry work was being done on 5990 Park Avenue in 2022.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128317

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Making deals to stay marginally alive, the Hudson's Bay company wants to keep six stores open, including three in the Montreal area.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128313

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Radio-Canada says the SPVM saw an increase in reported sexual assaults in 2024, while the Gazette spins it that violent crime was down but 120 overdose deaths indicated a sharp rise in opioid use.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128311

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Two city businesses were fined $1500 each for having Facebook pages in English, although the wording in this piece is not clear whether it's because they're only in English, or that they're in English at all. (Shouldn't the Journal be aware that the old... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128308

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Weekend notes from CultMTL, CityCrunch and La Presse.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128301

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Nathalie Provost, who survived the Polytechnique massacre and has been campaigning for gun control, is said to be planning a run for office with the federal Liberals.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128305

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While La Presse has a piece saying the mayor is promising a quick spring cleanup, TVA leans on the city's filth being worse than it's ever been.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128303

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In the "oh for fuck sake" stakes Thursday is news that Quebec plans a bill that would stop school support workers from wearing religious symbols and force students to uncover their faces. Some women providing extended care to kids before and after school... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128293

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SPVM chief Fady Dagher is accused of letting his wife and daughter ride police horses on Mount Royal over the holidays. Normally no non‑member of the force is allowed to do this. Dagher's also in the news Thursday bragging that his recruitment efforts have... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128291

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Le Devoir has a good piece Thursday on the city's plans for a new sewage treatment plant, not cheap, but absolutely necessary.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128287

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Media are buzzing with the theory that Mark Carney will ask the GG to dissolve Parliament on Sunday and call an election for the end of April or beginning of May, Carney having decided to strike while the iron is hot.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128282

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Le lien entre la saleté et les Airbnb (illégaux ou pas) est direct. Poubelles sorties il y a 5 jours alors que c'est demain... Un vrai fléau. #polmtl

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The STM is suing the architect firm Provencher Roy over lengthy delays in the rebuilding of its Crémazie complex, which took five years longer than projected. Item mentions that other STM projects – the Pie‑IX bus lane, the Côte‑Vertu metro garage,... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128280

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A young man was sentenced to 13½ years Wednesday over a crash in 2022 when he drove suicidally at 180 km/h in a 50 km/h zone and killed another driver. Kevin Turpin has ten years left to serve. La Presse's account, posted a bit later, shows the scale of... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128277

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Quebec is changing its Consumer Protection Act to allow restaurants to charge no‑shows but it's pretty minimal: it's a $10 charge that applies only to groups of five or more people, and if a single member of the party shows up, it doesn't count as a... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128273

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A Tesla dealership in Snowdon was paint‑bombed in magenta on Wednesday morning. There have been two arrests.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128271

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The city finds that potholes are patched year after year in the same spots.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128269

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The city is planning to allow dogs on STM buses but not before the end of next year.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128266

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A man has been convicted in a fatal shooting in the Rockland Centre parking lot in summer 2022. Twenty‑five years before asking for parole.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128264

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Five alarms called 150 firefighters to a residential fire in a Verdun triplex on Monday evening.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128261

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There are fewer homeless in the metro following last week's loitering ban.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128255

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The REM was in trouble again Tuesday morning, buses being put in service instead. TVA explains that things were fine for people going to Brossard, but that inbound trains were "ralenti". Some passengers say they have lost all confidence in the REM.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128252

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The Parti québécois took back a traditional stronghold Monday when they won the Terrebonne byelection, the riding vacated by the CAQ's Pierre Fitzgibbon. Le Devoir's headline emphasizes that this win gives the PQ a fifth seat in the National Assembly.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128249

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An 89-year-old cyclist was hit and killed by a bus Monday in Maisonneuve.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128247

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Airbnb is pushing back against the city's restriction of short‑term rentals to the summer only. Ensemble is on the side of Airbnb. Tuesday, the city's new bylaw was passed to bar short-term rentals nine months of the year.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128245

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The PQ's Paul St-Pierre Plamondon suddenly bursts out on safety in the metro. Did he miss last week's news about the STM's decision to bar the homeless from its stations?... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128243

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Luc Rabouin promises a different style of leadership, with verbiage about uniting the environmental, social and business worlds.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128240

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The Polytechnique has received a record $50 million donation to create a “disruptive innovation hub” since disruption has already brought us so many benefits. Allison Hanes thinks so.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128230

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It's two years since seven people died in the fire on Place Youville, and no charges have yet been laid.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128228

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CTV notes the road closures caused by the St Patrick's parade, which begins at noon and goes along de Maisonneuve from Fort Street eastward toward St‑Urbain. Our new prime minister will be attending the parade although this piece doesn't specify whether... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128225

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La Presse's dossier Sunday has a headline that mentions homelessness, but the actual topic is the failure of public consultation to actually engage members of the public and hear from them, and somehow link up the need to help the homeless with the resistance... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128220

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Luc Rabouin has been voted the new leader of Projet Montréal.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128217

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Saturday saw tear gas deployed and six arrests in the annual anti-police brutality demonstration. This year it took place in St‑Henri.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128214

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A fellow Montreal blogger goes in search of Montreal South, and also finds the lost garden of the Montreals of France.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128212

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