In other places it might be birds, flowers or buds, but in Montreal the launch of the city’s pothole repair operation is a sure sign of spring.
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City blue-collar workers have ended the rotating strikes that progressed through the boroughs. They are calling it a success but have still to sit down and hammer out a new contract.
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A look at the kilometers of artwork viewable as part of Art souterrain, till March 14.
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Spacing’s got the first part of a series on reimagining Saint-Viateur, although the section they’re considering, between Saint-Laurent and Park Avenue, is arguably not broken and doesn’t need to be fixed.
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A harsh way to learn not to mess around with moving trains: a teenage kid was badly injured very early this morning by a train passing on the tracks through the Old Port.
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Joe Magri, elected borough mayor of Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-au-Trembles in October is quitting politics for health reasons, and a councillor will take the job temporarily till a by-election. Magri had taken over Cosmo Maciocia’s job in the borough, he was with Union Montreal and is only 40.