A big piece of art is planned for the Olympic stadium esplanade. Going by the small model, it looks something like a old-fashioned ship’s figurehead.
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Radio-Canada has assembled a look back in words, photos and video at this year’s Walk the region excursion.
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TSN Radio 990 is going to become a French sports station if the CRTC gives the nod. Lots of sidelights and reactions from Fagstein.
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The Guardian UK looks at Stephen Harper’s assault on science – on research and evidence-based decision-making, really – as scientists march in Ottawa against cuts to research across Canada.
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Porn star Ron Jeremy was asked last year to decoy Luka Magnotta to Los Angeles with a fake ploy offering him a gig in a porno, but in actuality to try to trap him for animal cruelty. But Jeremy got cold feet and backed out.
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The free 24h daily is looking into the inner workings of the Montreal metro this week. Unfortunately the content of the little paper is not properly online, but they put up a visual simulacrum which you can zoom into and read. There won’t be any surprises for true metro buffs, but it’s a reasonable summary of some of the technical details.
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Typical of the Gazette to post a piece about upcoming student actions under the inflammatory headline 'Prevent the return to class'. La Presse considers it more from the angle of whether resuming a term and finishing it in a month is going to work.
According to documents La Presse got via access to information, 48 cops were hurt in the period of demonstrations from February to May. At the same time, 111 complaints against the police were lodged.
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qatzelok
“The nightly student demonstrations that brought parts of downtown Montreal to a standstill…”
The only parts of downtown that were brought to a standstill, were the parts of it that were sitting in their single-occupant SUVs.
For the Gazette, these cars represent “downtown,” which goes a long way towards explaining the car obsession of the general public: our news sources are stage-managed by car companies.
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Bill Binns
Did you see the website they linked to? It says “On August 10th Prevent a Return to Class” in 72 point type. I guess that site has probably been put together by some radical splinter group that doesn’t represent the majority of the students.
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Marc
In the print version, which I receive, the headline is “Students to prevent class resumption” I don’t know why they don’t use the same for both versions.
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Josh
Marc – it might just be a layout issue thing? One headline fits better on paper?
And Kate if that’s typical of the Gazette, it’s typicaller of the students to string those words together in the first place!
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Kate
It’s a question of emphasis, as you know full well.
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Ephraim
As much as I dislike bill 78, I don’t think it’s right for people to prevent others from attaining their education goals and forcing others to lose a half year to a year of their life.
I wonder if this has increased the number of students applying out of province…. who may end up staying there, leaving their tax money there, their future, etc.
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Alan Hustak has an obit for Guilda in the Globe & Mail (in which he changes the sex of filmmaker Lois Siegel by calling her Louis).
Hamza 06:04 on 2012/07/11 Permalink
Sorry this has nothing to do with the topic at hand but starting from August 10 , one month from today, a lost Quebec Medicare card will cost $20. That means it’s free to do so until then.
Hamza 06:04 on 2012/07/11 Permalink
One month from yesterday I mean
Kate 10:30 on 2012/07/11 Permalink
Er, thanks? If you have a news link for me, you can email me or send me a tweet to mtlcity.
Hamza 10:38 on 2012/07/11 Permalink
I did. I am the news story so far… My source is a CLSC worker
Hamza 10:38 on 2012/07/11 Permalink
Http://www.facebook.com/mtlnow
Kate 10:38 on 2012/07/11 Permalink
Oh! OK. Thanks. I’ll try to lose my medicare card right away ; )