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  • The hits just keep on comin’

    4Public transit workers okay strike mandate: ‘Bargaining tool’; Might walk if wages remain frozen in ’07 | It’s a safe bet there...

  • Weekend news

    4Cyclist hit, dragged by car on St. Denis around 3pm Thursday afternoon. First she was doored, which threw her into traffic, where she was hit and then...

  • Some mid-week news

    Night flights to end over Laval, St. Laurent The agreement, made in 2006, was to merely test night flights over those areas, and the airport has decided...

  • Close, but no cigar

    I frequently notice that parking posts with bike rings are installed as far out of the way of pedestrians as possible. I don’t disagree with this on...

  • A couple of cautionary tales

    ⋅ Man dies in hit-and-run in Montreal | Délit de fuite mortel | Le conducteur d’un scooter meurt dans un délit de fuite An SUV hit and killed man on...

  • Some weekend headlines

    Les cols bleus à la disposition des déménageurs | Moving is a dirty job – for city crews: one of the several down-sides of having a coordinated...

  • Feux d’artifice

    Montreal’s annual fireworks festival — properly (and clumsily) named l’International des Feux Loto-Quebec presented by Telus — began last...

  • Shoes in the Sky

    When I began writing for Spacing Montreal I planned to write an exposé on mysterious shoes hanging from power lines. Just a couple of days prior I’d...

  • Fringe for free: Closing day, Sunday June 22nd

    Tomorrow is the closing day of the Fringe. Before they pack up for the year, here are the final day’s free public events: June 22 juin @ 12h00...

  • Fringe for free: Saturday the 21st

    June 21 juin @ 12h00 Indyish Art Marts craft sale (free, bilingual) Indyish Art Marts vente d’artisanat (gratuit, bilingue) Parc des Amériques...

  • Popolo dans le parc / Popolo in the Park

    As part of the yearly month-long Suoni per il Popolo music festival held at Casa del Popolo and Sala Rossa, Popolo in the Park takes the famed...

  • Fringe for free: Friday the 20th

    Today’s free Fringe events include one that’s not free, but will be held in an interesting public location, the Bain St-Michel on St-Dominique...