Defining essential services has arisen again as the STM demands weekend metro service in the event of a strike, something that wasn't included in the last transit strike in 2003.

New metro cops will be armed with tasers as the city police begin to take over patrolling the system. Typically, law enforcement presents tasers as less dangerous than guns, but numerous deaths have been ascribed to them anyway.

The Gazette takes this moment to whinge about the state of the metro system, particularly Guy station and its trickling waters and cave-like ambiance.
posted at 11:17