Here’s the petition for a legal crossing over the tracks between Rosemont-Petite-Patrie and the Plateau.
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The Cinémathèque is having a 24-hour festival of free programming starting Saturday morning.
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A description of how festival activity is proceeding in the midst of ongoing construction.
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A small section of Saint-Paul Street in Old Montreal is now pedestrians only
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A man was killed this morning in Saint-Henri by an Ottawa-bound Via train. Witnesses said he had stopped to pick something up.
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Neath
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Carlos
There’s a petition for legal crossings on the train track between the Plateau and Rosemont Petite Patrie boroughs at http://www.petitiononline.com/ouvert02/petition.html
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admin
That’s somewhat irrelevant to the immediate story here, but it’s useful info anyway so I will leave your comment here.
I also signed the petition.
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Actual, non-ceremonial digging appears to have begun at the Glen Yard for the new MUHC hospital.
I’ll have to do some sums, but the new hospital is supposed to have 500 beds. Is this the same number as the institutions it’s replacing? It sounds a tad low for such a major project.
An announcement was also made today about enlargement of the emergency ward at the Jewish General.
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Marc
If my mind is working properly, it’s between 100-150 beds LESS. All the rooms will be single-patient which is great, but more are needed. Population is only getting older.
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With any luck, some of the older hospitals can be converted for old folks’ homes that stop short of full hospital care, although I’ll bet there are condo conversion companies itching to get their hands on the Royal Vic.
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The Montreal Mirror is marking its quarter century with a special edition looking back.
Radio-Canada notes some of the things that set the Mirror apart from its competition, but misses the biggest one: it was first.
The AMT wanted the airport train shuttle to go to Lucien-L’Allier station, but Aéroports de Montréal seems to be getting its way as other forces have ganged up to bring it in at Central Station. I don’t know whether this is the better of the two choices for travellers, but at last maybe there will be an end to the years of expensive comparative studies.
Fagstein tweeted sarcastically about this STM press release which manages to imply, by stating that the Central Station option gives access to the metro and various bus lines, that the Lucien-L’Allier station doesn’t, which is simply daft. One wonders what quid-pro-quo has been waved at the STM to make them suddenly so keen on Central Station.
There is a big curve there and a west bound passenger doesn’t make much noise. Still, that is really being distracted.