Glad to hear the north-eastern smoke is better today (for us here in #Montreal too).
It occurred to me that if Mike Judge had written this story, there’d have been a major player pushing hard on “outdoor air fresheners” that didn’t actually clear up smoke but instead made it smell like flowers, #Idiocracy style.
Missed opportunity for scumbags, right there. Watch for it next time.
The editor of the newspaper he founded 31 years ago that serves Montreal's English-speaking Black and #Caribbean populations was a hands-on newspaperman who delivered the twice-a-month paper along with his son.
He was an active promoter of #CommunityJournalism and dedicated to those he served. #RIP
Les Canadiens are in a strong and capable position to provide fans an exciting new season and have realistic expectations for a 2023-2024 playoff run.
Les Canadiens sont en position de force et de capacité pour offrir aux partisans une nouvelle saison excitante et ont des attentes réalistes pour une série éliminatoire 2023-2024.
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BREAKING & BIG: Montreal announced today another $30 million in NEW FUNDING for 53 bike infrastructure projects to expand & improve bike-lanes in 14 less-serviced areas!
“Merchants are now ASKING for good bike infrastructure.” (watch the videos too)
Avenue Mont-Royal is like a fairy tale, and this isn't even its summer peak! There's more seating, greenery, and beauty to come as spring goes on. #Montreal#OpenStreets
It's hard to describe the startling QUIET of these open streets. Hundreds of people out, and all you hear are birds singing, the click of a bike mechanism, and the murmur of conversation. Cities aren't loud, cars are loud. #Montreal#OpenStreets
At the intersection of two roads closed to vehicles in #Montreal, the streets are full of people, even at 11:45 pm on a Sunday night. Closed to vehicles means open to people!
Oh no! Look at all these Old Montréal businesses not generating any profit because of the streets being closed for cars. Utterly devastating move by the city to prevent people from accessing these businesses by having nowhere to park. How dare they doom the economy like this?
> In less than two years, Quebec has hemorrhaged almost 21,000 health-care workers, including a net loss in the number of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest government figures show.
> The departure of so many workers in so short a period of time is placing Quebec’s health-care system under tremendous pressure, forcing hospitals to close 2,000 beds across the province and leading to record emergency-room overcrowding, as well as a growing backlog in year-long elective surgeries at the McGill University Health Centre.
We are teaming up with kolektiva members to give a workshop at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair this Saturday May 27th!!!
"Mastodon and Federated Social Media for Anarchists "
>We all love to hate corporate social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube, but many of us see them as a necessary evil for organizing events, spreading ideas, and socializing. But well-functioning, open-source alternatives already exist and are part of a flourishing online infrastructure that is much more in line with many anarchists’ ideas and interests, including privacy, decentralization, and autonomy. If you’re curious or confused about the fediverse (or not yet convinced) join us.
(CÉDA, room 125, Fr. and Eng.) 1 - 2:45pm
Naturally there will be copies of fedizine as well as a new french translation!
The #Montreal borough of Rosemont is making headlines (in transport circles) around the world b/c it's going to base its street parking fees on the size and weight of vehicles.
Standard fee is $115 a year; now vehicles heavier than 1600 kg will have to pay $205 (and it's $385 for a second car).