There was a crazy police chase today at more than 200 km/h along autoroute 40; the 24-year-old perp, known to police, was finally cornered in Repentigny.
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Canadian crime numbers are generally down, but the Gazette consoles itself with statistics showing that at least impaired driving’s on the increase.
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One of Harper’s Quebec MPs managed to make a classic gaffe recently in minimizing the importance of Bombardier as an economic force. Bernard Généreux even used to be mayor of La Pocatière where Bombardier has a big installation.
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It’s worth listening to the Discovery report on this BBC page about how Quebec and Canada continue to push the sale of asbestos products in the third world despite its dangers. (If you want an mp3 version of the report, you can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.)
After posting this, I saw this piece on Michael Ignatieff promising to halt asbestos exports if elected.
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Le Devoir has a nice piece on Montreal’s history of entertaining itself (happily no longer locked) with an accompanying photo gallery.
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Spacing has the final curtain of the Seville Theatre and an image of the new building meant to rise on the spot.
I wish this were also curtains for the local practice of leaving significant buildings to rot, but I doubt it. The state of the Lafontaine house on Overdale and the Empress theatre in NDG continue to mock us.
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The Shell refinery may yet be sold as is and not be dismantled if the federal committee is successful.
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Lots of stories this morning describing impatience at the port and hope for labour negotiations. Also, some businesses are feeling the pinch of the interruption in shipping.
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Story about a citizen who has worked hard for traffic calming in NDG.
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The city is being sued for a lot of money by various people after their basements were flooded during rainstorms earlier this month.