Before I forget, next weekend will be Puces Pop at Saint-Enfant-Jésus along with some interesting-sounding nosh; also the Fête Éco-Bio in the environs of the Tohu (in previous years, it used to take place in August).
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Story about a new tourism paradigm championed by Gilbert Rozon and buds comes up with the startling ideas that we should present Montreal as a party town, Quebec City as historic and romantic, and Charlevoix and the Gaspésie as sites of quaint villages. Also, the Mighty St. Lawrence will have to do its bit. Did somebody fob M. Rozon off with some 1950s travel brochures?
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Here’s an odd thing that was pointed out on Livejournal. On Emploi-Québec’s website you can do a job search and narrow it down to various parts of Quebec including the island of Montreal, which then breaks out into neighbourhoods. So far so good. But here’s the thing: downtown Montreal is not listed. I remember using this site a couple of years ago and they had the downtown core listed, for some reason, under “Saint-Alexandre” (and it always had the highest number of job offers) but it’s gone now.
I dropped them a line and got in return a confused phone message in which this circular reasoning was given: they don’t list downtown Montreal (or Ville-Marie, or what have you) because that is not how things are listed on the site. That’s all.
Am I missing something here?
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Stephanie
I think they’re sticking all the downtown jobs under “Plateau-Mont-Royal”
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Rich
I force myself to use that site regularly and it’s one painfully amateurish piece of work. The federal government should be kicked in the shins for handing the employment portfolio to the province. One could see that move working out badly from a billion miles away.
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Singlestar
These are not “neighbourhoods” in which the jobs are located. they are the names of the Emploi-Quebec offices. Most downtown jobs would be under Sainte-Marie-Centre-Sud or Plateau.
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Kate
OK, so there used to be one on Saint-Alexandre but there isn’t any more?
Yes, it would be nice if the site had a map, or let you search by postal code proximity, or used the city’s boroughs or some other rational system.
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Tux
Quebec’s websites are a big fail in general. Ever tried to locate the nearest CLSC? Google will serve you a lot better than the province will.
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In Pointe Claire Monday morning a young male cyclist was badly hurt in an accident with a city bus, which had to be lifted off him.
Tuesday morning update: the victim is out of danger although pretty seriously banged up.
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MétéoMédia has made its long-term forecast for the summer months and sees a somewhat rainier season than the average but nothing outrageous in terms of temperature. Sun, clouds and occasional thunderstorms – that’s pretty much summer in Montreal.
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The city plans to name delinquent landlords on its website, along the same lines as naming restaurants with serious food infractions. This is excellent: the public needs to know.
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Just missing Canada Day, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are coming here July 2. The feds have even put up a website for the visit with William’s head close-cropped WAY too tight.
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McGill is holding a poll to nominate the greatest person associated with the school and you don’t have to be a student or graduate to cast a vote.
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Ian
My money’s on Shatner since few people remember the likes of Sir Ernest Rutherford.
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Kate
Shatner’s doing OK but Leonard Cohen’s way ahead of him.
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A chunk of concrete weighing 20 kg flopped off the Met this morning and by chance did not brain a passer-by or smash a windshield.
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Alain Dubuc ponders what kind of bad management or lack of insight means Montrealers get worse health services, especially in terms of ER waits, than the rest of Quebec.
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The head of the police major crimes unit is stepping down for reasons of health.
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A brief look at what’s on at the modern art museum this summer; Sunday’s museums day was, as always, a success. I wasn’t museuming but I saw the crowded buses plying some of the routes.
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Zeke
Howdy!
Ummm, not to nitpick, but a “modern art museum” and a “contemporary art museum” are two very different institutions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art
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