Archives de Montréal compares a 1914 view of lower Saint-Denis with a Google Streetview of the same view. It seems likely that it’s some of the same basic houses on the left which have been brutally pared down to become the commercial façades we know now.
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Folks trying to save tiny Parc Oxygène in Milton Park are holding a festival to get more people interested in supporting them.
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A number of wooden hydro poles have fallen down but the CBC finds the utility is pretty blasé about others leaning off kilter in various parts of town.
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Isabel of Montreal
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Grego
The poles on my street are totally leaning. I live right near where the three fell. Hopefully, this will make Hydro-Québec at least somewhat aware. Who knows, howver, when and if they’ll take action? Thank you for posting this, by the way. I won’t be standing under any poles anytime soon!
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Police trouser a fair chunk of change from answering unfounded burglar alarms around town.
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Nice little profile of the Village’s famous bicycle repair and hairdressing business.
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P.C.
This shop may be gay-friendly but it’s unfortunately not very franco-friendly. I’d like to like this place but… having been there a few times because it’s close to where I live, I’d say it’s hipster/gay/anglo friendly. A little extension of that Mile End/lesbian/vegan vibe. Dommage.
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The contractor who rebuilt Pine Avenue’s Théâtre Quat’Sous last year has not yet been paid and is threatening to seize the theatre and auction it off.
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Details are a bit scant, but there’s sign that Bixi will be coming to more neighbourhoods outside the current core area. Lasalle is the only one mentioned, but a more detailed announcement is heralded for next week.
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Sketches of what Dr. Gilles Julien does for the kids of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and why health minister Bolduc is now promising to support his clinic.
Interestingly, the health ministry is planning to reduce the number of medical specialists in Montreal by shipping doctors out to the regions. I wonder how this tallies with chronic promises to shorten waiting times for treatment – and I’d like someone to inquire into how much members of this government have personally invested in private medical clinics in Montreal.
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A man delivering a brand new pothole-filling machine had both his machine and his truck stolen in an operation that sounds like the thieves knew a lot about his property and his plans.
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The SQ has opened a file on the dubious pastor of Ahuntsic who turns out to have had fingers in a number of dodgy pies unconnected with his religion business.
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A car hit a train hauling propane last night, but the driver and passenger walked away and no serious damage was done except the driver was charged with drunk driving.
I’ve heard that Hydro says these incidents are “rare”, but I think, so what? Does that mean it’s okay to ignore residents’ warnings? Hydro says they’ll inspect them, but that lady on Hingston in NDG said the inspector found her pole to be “fine” two months before it fell!