Andy Riga digs up a neat bit of local history: a transit fare riot held by students in 1955, plus a mention of an even earlier demo by students wanting cheaper transit fares in 1949. It’s an ongoing struggle (and also interesting to know there were angry student demos before the 1960s).
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As expected, the cold snap is filling up the homeless shelters as even the toughest and most antisocial folks need to come in from the cold; the temperature also led to a broken water main this morning in Point St. Charles.
Twitter and other sources have been hinting at the end of Hour after some recent layoffs: Fagstein summarizes what’s known so far.
Peggy Curran on ongoing bad feeling at Concordia.
Part of the metro’s green line will be closed on Sunday morning so workers can replace a cable in the tunnel. Bus navettes will replace the service.
Later note, Sunday morning: Metro is back, the work was done with dispatch.
Gazette has some details on the enlargement of Cap St. Jacques park with a map in the endlessly annoying Scribd format, which doesn’t even work properly in my browser (Safari on Mac). Why not just post a straight-up PDF?
A La Presse writer assesses several outdoor rinks around town on an appropriately chilly weekend. Also, there’s some possibility of a future rink in the environs of Place des Arts.
New York Times looks back on Saku Koivu’s time and troubles in Montreal and the L.A. Times and Globe & Mail also ponder his return. Maxim Lapierre will also be in town with the Ducks.