The number of tickets – infraction tickets, that is – handed out in the metro has gone way up in 2009; a spokeswoman says it’s because the city police now patrol in the metro, giving the original metro security people nothing to do but hand out tickets for trivial rule breaking.
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A reasonable piece on the plight of the homeless in winter is marred by a dumbed-down lede. Please.
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Montreal fashion designers fight the perception that their boutiques are snooty and expensive, probably because they mostly are.
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The city’s multi-party executive committee has been peaceful so far, but can it survive next month’s budget debate, asks le Devoir.
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A second fugitive has fled from the Pinel Institute which, after twenty years of no escapes, has seen two in one week. 291 dangerous people live there; now there’s talk of beefing up security.