Interesting look at the housing for circus people inspired by Habitat 67. It’s located on 2nd Avenue up near the Cirque headquarters.
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The mayor says he’s disappointed that Yvan Delorme is quitting as police chief but not everyone is so sad – the union ranks resented the golden top-up to his pension as well as his attitudes. But someone should tell Delorme that claiming to have no skeletons in his closet is bound to make people wonder: what about this third-in-command with a construction business? And this strange business of the private security firm? (Go Michèle Ouimet Go, I say.)
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The Villanueva inquiry drags on. Yesterday the police lawyer presented a photo showing both Dany and the late Fredy throwing gang signs, and said it shows their supposed departure from the gang was bogus. The inquest continues.
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La Presse looks at the Turcot: this piece goes over what’s happened so far and evokes other transport ministry debacles in this town, such as the easily flooded new l’Acadie Circle and the failure to find a way to fix Notre-Dame East; Michèle Ouimet looks more at the struggle between Quebec and Montreal over the issue. There’s also a table of comparison of numbers in PDF.
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Those old-style parking meters converted to charity donation devices have been spiffed up and individualized with fancy paint jobs to grab the eye. So far they’ve managed to provide $23K in donations.