One image of occupying Square Victoria. The photo was linked on Reddit and I don’t know who the credit goes to.
(Not too sure how the Patriotes flag fits in with Occupy priorities, but let it pass, let it pass.)
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Looking forward to better transit options coming to his borough, the mayor of Montreal North is opening a project office to attract developers and generally burnish the borough’s image.
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Despite threats to withdraw from Montreal unless public money was forthcoming, NASCAR will be back next summer, now with a local promoter who’s still talking about getting public money for the event.
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Jean Charest finally acted, opening the Charbonneau commission on corruption in the construction industry. The commission will inquire 15 years back, is expected to last two years and will be held partly behind closed doors. Le Devoir had a profile of France Charbonneau in 2002 when she was a Crown prosecutor and, as CTV phrases it, put away Maurice “Mom” Boucher. CBC has a quick cheat sheet about Mme Charbonneau.
Mayor Tremblay says he has nothing to say to the commission.
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There was a fire in Chinatown on Wednesday morning although little damage was done, making me curious how, of all kinds of restaurant, a sushi place could have a fire in the morning.
(I also hope the Hong Kong really escaped unscathed. It’s such a classic old-school Cantonese resto.)
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Some interesting images: Guillaume Saint-Jean looks at what was there before Foufounes; the progress of the construction site right next to Saint-Alphonse-d’Youville church; then and now at Dupuis Frères; the almost unchanged Barsalou building and Steinberg’s into Metro, both in the Village.
He’s also done some shots of streets obliterated for the construction of the Radio-Canada building: Beaudry and la Gauchetière, Beaudry and Bonaparte (the latter street completely erased from the map), de la Visitation and Bonaparte, a Craig Street corner, Papineau and la Gauchetière.
Also, Zeke’s been videoing more fountains: the Parc Saint-Henri fountain, currently missing its statue of Jacques Cartier, the Roy Street map fountain by Michel Goulet, and more if you click on the fountains link.
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Radio-Canada is saying Jean Charest will make an announcement at 17h about an inquiry into corruption in Quebec’s construction industry.
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I’ve seen a tweet about this: Bell Canada is putting up free Wi-Fi on the Main between Sherbrooke and Mont-Royal, but with a 30-minute limit per day for non-customers.
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Ridership on AMT’s commuter lines is suddenly way up, the theory being it’s in response to traffic trouble, especially the loss of bridge lanes to repair work.
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A La Presse journo spent a night with the índignés in Victoria Square; Patrick Lagacé’s thoughts on the movement, with some level-headed analysis of the real economic problems that have given rise to the movement; police have decided to tolerate the presence of the protesters… for now; photo essays from Midnight Poutine and from Voir. On Tuesday, the Charest government blocked a motion to congratulate the Occupiers.
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Bill Binns
From the Montreal Police: “Imagine if someone brings a barbecue with a propane tank or something potentially dangerous, it could change, we would have to act.”
From the protesters “things we need” post: “Propane stoves are up and running ”
I predict an empty Victoria Square by the end of November.
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ant6n
The right to peaceably assemble and protest supersedes municipal administrative issues like disallowing barbecuing in downtown.
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qatzelok
If barbecuing is a problem, hot plates can be hooked to car batteries.
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Kate
@qatzelok, how many folks do you think drove to the protest?
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dwgs
You don’t need a car to have a battery.
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Michel
There’s a (huge) difference between a propane barbeque and a stove.
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Discussions between CP and the city, and the Plateau and Rosemont boroughs, have ground to a halt over the issue of providing legal pedestrian crossings over the tracks that separate the two boroughs. The many folks who slip across at several well-known spots still risk fines.
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A drop in funding means the Château Dufresne may have to close – too bad it can’t be converted into a jail, then it would get plenty of federal money.
William 20:41 on 2011/10/20 Permalink
I actually quite like that they fly the Patriotes flag. It’s rather rare that it’s correctly flown in recognition of the fact that the Patriotes weren’t a priori leading an ethnic movement but rather a bi-cultural struggle against British economic interests. Having said that, with bilingualism apparently de rigeur down there, I would love someone to go down and find out what the Occupy policy on 101 is.
Robert J 07:17 on 2011/10/21 Permalink
@William that’s absolutely correct as far as the Patriotes flag goes.
Kate 07:28 on 2011/10/21 Permalink
Some discussion about the flag on Reddit, Friday morning.