In an implausible twist, offers on city tenders are starting to come in under budget.
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An architect has created a series of podcast audioguides to modern Montreal architecture – eight bucks for the entire series of 24. It looks like they’re also available in English.
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The Mirror looks at the Saint-Michel flea market.
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The Côte St. Luc teenager held for stabbing his little sister to death has been deemed fit to stand trial despite schizophrenia and psychosis, although he can’t be held criminally responsible because of these factors. If there’s no question what he did and a prior decision says he can’t be held responsible, isn’t a trial just a formality?
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Seven of the nine stowaways caught at the port have applied for refugee status. Seems they expected to land in Europe and didn’t realize at first they were in Canada, although being at sea for seven days out of Casablanca must’ve been some kind of clue. Spending a week in a shipping container is no one’s idea of fun.
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The A380 that landed here yesterday was marking 60 years of Air France service to Canada, but as of next May there will be daily A380 service between Paris and Montreal.
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The Olympic installations board says it’s determined to avoid the kind of mistakes it’s made in the past and take its time working out what to do about the stadium roof.
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Vélo-Québec says the new bike path marked out on Remembrance Road up the side of Mount Royal is badly conceived and dangerous, so for the first time they’re asking the city to remove a bike path and think again.
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Kyle
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Paul
I totally agree Kyle; Vancouver has used this with wide success. Designating certain streets, typically those directly parallel to prime arteries, as ‘bike streets’ – gives cyclists more space while actually separating cars from bikes. The street would not be closed to vehicles, but cyclists clearly have priority; unless you live on the street, you would eventually learn to avoid the street altogether.
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Jonathan
The problem with little streets is that it can be extremely difficult to get across the intersections, since there are often no lights on the small side streets. The Clarke path is a good example – when St-Joseph and Laurier are busy, it can be a real pain to wait for a gap in the cars to cross safely…
Not that it can’t be done, of course, but it’s another thing to keep in mind.
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Kate
Kyle: acknowledged possibly, but the item did say it was the first time V-Q had gone so far as to ask the city to remove a bike path, as it’s usually trying to do the exact opposite.
I like using back alleys to get around when I can, although you’ve got to watch for speed bumps.
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I can’t believe this is the first ‘dangerous’ path to get acknowledged by Velo Quebec. Even the path right in front of their HQ, Maison des Cyclistes, can get crowded and dangerous. I really don’t understand why smaller streets like Brebeuf aren’t traffic calmed to allow bikes and pedestrians to continue on long journeys north/south, forcing auto traffic to use more arterial routes. These side streets are not very busy with car traffic, and it’d make much more sense for cyclists to use the entire road, than just a pair of 4 foot wide ‘slot’ lanes against the sidewalk.