A number of wooden hydro poles have fallen down but the CBC finds the utility is pretty blasé about others leaning off kilter in various parts of town.
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Police trouser a fair chunk of change from answering unfounded burglar alarms around town.
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Nice little profile of the Village’s famous bicycle repair and hairdressing business.
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The contractor who rebuilt Pine Avenue’s Théâtre Quat’Sous last year has not yet been paid and is threatening to seize the theatre and auction it off.
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Details are a bit scant, but there’s sign that Bixi will be coming to more neighbourhoods outside the current core area. Lasalle is the only one mentioned, but a more detailed announcement is heralded for next week.
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Sketches of what Dr. Gilles Julien does for the kids of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and why health minister Bolduc is now promising to support his clinic.
Interestingly, the health ministry is planning to reduce the number of medical specialists in Montreal by shipping doctors out to the regions. I wonder how this tallies with chronic promises to shorten waiting times for treatment – and I’d like someone to inquire into how much members of this government have personally invested in private medical clinics in Montreal.
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A man delivering a brand new pothole-filling machine had both his machine and his truck stolen in an operation that sounds like the thieves knew a lot about his property and his plans.
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The SQ has opened a file on the dubious pastor of Ahuntsic who turns out to have had fingers in a number of dodgy pies unconnected with his religion business.
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A car hit a train hauling propane last night, but the driver and passenger walked away and no serious damage was done except the driver was charged with drunk driving.
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The Plateau is banning new ad billboards, although existing ones are grandfathered in.
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The embiggened Molson Stadium is annoying some local residents and heritage folks with its noise and its sightline obstruction, but I’m afraid it’s a fait accompli and they’re not going to succeed in having it removed now.
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Not too surprising to read that many schools in Montreal are near fast food restaurants, especially in poorer parts of town.
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Street kids fest in the Quartier Latin introduces the GIAP, a group that lets ex-street-kids aid others out of the same situation. It continues through today.
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There’s a movement afoot to reintroduce permission to keep chickens in the city. I’m not surprised it was Jean Drapeau who banned them – it’s typical of his ideas of modernity.
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JaneB
This is a great idea – chickens are also excellent garbage-eaters. Sheep would be even nicer – the perfect replacement for power lawn mowers….(If only there were an animal replacement for leaf-blowers and yes, power saws but I’m not holding my breath)….Seriously – chickens and sheep need to return to the city.
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San Francisco writer takes in the Just for Laughs twins parade but doesn’t mention its origin: Gilbert Rozon’s twin sisters Luce and Lucie.
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The new age bookstore Boule de Neige on Saint-Denis is holding a closing sale, unable to compete with online shopping and other sources.
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A new website helps people find locally grown fresh produce at new farmers’ markets around town.
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Montreal comes up #2 on the Lonely Planet list of happiest places, behind only Vanuatu.
I bet they don’t have poutine, though.
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Odd that I only find this story on a Lethbridge news site: two large hydrokinetic turbines are to be installed in the river off the Old Port next month. Hope the local media have some angles soon.
Later: Radio-Canada and CBC report on the turbines.
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The young woman who died beside her baby was afflicted with a brain tumour so no foul play is suspected in her death; West End gang leader Gerry Matticks is getting out of jail; the family of football player Tommy Kane’s murdered wife has been awarded $600K from Kane’s assets, although he’s currently jailed for his conviction for killing her in 2003; friends are mourning Mandar Verma, the Concordia student who died in a camping mishap in the Rivière Rouge on the weekend.
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Archives de Montréal looks back at the opening of Notre-Dame Hospital 130 years ago on this date, first on Notre-Dame itself, and moving just over a century ago to its present location on Sherbrooke across from Lafontaine Park.
The archivist doesn’t say exactly where the old building was, except that it was on the spot where the Hotel Donegana had been. Here’s an interesting ad for the Donegana, which is described as having a view over Viger Square and Champ de Mars toward the mountain, taken from the Albums Massicotte:
Also today, Coolopolis looks back at the history of Mill Street which is much more interesting than you’d think, if you walked along there today.
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Jason Prince gets out the scratch pad and works out how much it would cost to move a Turcot-full of people back and forth every day by bus. He wants comments.
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Andy Riga lists eight upcoming Heritage Montreal guided walks including one around “little known” Rosemont and Mile End – don’t forget your pith helmet – as well as Griffintown, Maisonneuve and other interesting spots.
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Lots of dog day stories today: the pastor of an evangelical church has been accused of defrauding his parishioners by taking their money and giving nothing back (I thought that was part of the job description); a man was shot last night in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve; a Concordia student died in mysterious circumstances up the Rivière Rouge; a young woman was found dead in equally mysterious circumstances at home with her baby.
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Fagstein ponders the circumstances of Fabrice de Pierrebourg joining La Presse. I see why de P.’s choice could be questioned, but I think it’s key that he’d been fired earlier this month and thus he was no longer truly a lock-outé. Even if the lockout were lifted and the other Journal workers went back, he’d still be on the sidewalk. You can’t blame the man for not wanting to see his career wither and die; far preferable that he’ll be doing investigative reporting for a better paper.
Isabel of Montreal 08:37 on 2010/07/29 Permalink
I’ve heard that Hydro says these incidents are “rare”, but I think, so what? Does that mean it’s okay to ignore residents’ warnings? Hydro says they’ll inspect them, but that lady on Hingston in NDG said the inspector found her pole to be “fine” two months before it fell!