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Déjà des effets de la nouvelle réglementation Airbnb : appartements à louer pour étudiants de septembre à mai. Et le prix n'est pas fou.

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A new census of the homeless will be done on April 15 and Quebec is bracing itself for a rise from the 10,000 counted in October 2022. The CAQ government appears to think that by saying it wants to reduce the numbers, it will magically happen. No additional... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128412

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More and more Montrealers are getting around on bicycles, but the gain is at the expense of public transit, not driving.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128409

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Some buildings on Decarie south of Queen Mary are being demolished so the STM can build an underground facility. The promise of an eventual park is a mixed blessing, given that the space is directly on the Decarie service road.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128406

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Maxime Bergeron goes to a business meeting addressed by Christine Fréchette, who's minister of the economy, innovation and energy, minister responsible for regional economic development and minister responsible for Montreal and its region. After presenting... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128404

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Christian Dubé says he spoke too soon about rebuilding Maisonneuve‑Rosemont hospital, so it's being delayed until at least 2026 i.e. see what happens after the next election.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128401

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A recent event celebrated the old Lux on St‑Laurent, which opened in 1984 and closed about ten years later. We discussed it here in 2020.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128399

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Le Devoir is doing a series on dangers to pedestrians. Wednesday it's the difficulties faced in the more traffic‑dominated neighbourhoods on the periphery of the island.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128396

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Montreal's Comiccon has landed some big names in the genre category for this July's festival: William Shatner and Elijah Woods along with others from the Star Trek and Lord of the Rings casts. It's a bit harsh for CTV to call this "nerd culture" as their... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128393

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Mayor Plante is unhappy about the lack of support for public transit in Quebec's big budget.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128390

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Having a two solitudes moment Tuesday as all the francophone media bust out in celebration and adulation of Janette Bertrand reaching 100, while in the anglo media, not a peep.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128387

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Mark Carney made a notable mistake on Tuesday in Nova Scotia, confusing two Montreal tragedies – the Polytechnique massacre (1989) and the Concordia shootings (1992). He later apologized.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128381

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Finance minister Eric Girard has presented Quebec's budget, bringing further cuts to health and education, but help for industry and businesses particularly affected by the Trump tariffs. I haven't seen any analysis of the budget's implications for Montreal... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128379

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A building façade at Université de Montréal was vandalized with red paint early Tuesday, and a woman was arrested. The act is being described as a pro‑Palestinian gesture although this is only a statement from police. Quipsters on reddit surmised she... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128377

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A pasta restaurant in the Palais des Congrès has started offering a monthly subscription: all the pasta you can eat for $200 a month.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128374

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Most media are reporting a slowdown at the airport, being blamed on computer problems.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128371

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Michel Lalonde, who was a go-between between the city and engineering firms during the Tremblay years, testified Monday at the corruption trial of Frank Zampino. Lalonde described the mechanism via which engineering firms were permitted to bid, after handing... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128369

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We've seen stories about fake taxis at the airport – now there are fake taxis cruising streets with bars at closing time, picking up people who've had a few and will pay well to be taken home.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=128367

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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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