By Alanah Heffez
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Photo du Jour : Grid
Place Ville Marie in reflection.
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Yellow Street Stripes, also known as “Cross Walk”
If a truck is 50 meters away, traveling West at a speed of 40 km per hour, a car is 30 meters away traveling East at 45 kms per hour, and the street is 10...
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Montréal Ouvert : Taking Action for Open Data
The City of Montreal is a vault of important and fascinating information – maps, stats, schedules, and regulations that enable us to understand and...
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Event Guide: Back alley photo installation
An art exhibit featuring called Laterna Magica has been inhabiting the alleyways between Mentana, Saint-André, Roy and Bousquet, until Monday October...
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1897 Bicycle Map of Montreal
1897 map of Montreal area cycling routes from the BANQ archives: the best cycling routes are indicated by dotted red lines while “normal”...
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Seville’s Final Spectacle
Demolition of the Seville Theatre began yesterday. This afternoon, I noticed that a small crowd had gathered on the sidewalk – most were older...
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Joe Beef : The wickedest man in Montreal?
“Joe Beef is Dead. For twenty-five years, he has enjoyed in his own way the reputation of being for Montreal what was in former days known under the...
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Outremont Short-Cut
The staircase at the intersection of Côte-Sainte-Catherine and Laurier would appear to lead up to a private home, but those who follow it up past an...
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Joe Beef – The friend of the working man
“Joe Beef of Montreal, The friend of the working man.” How did a British army vet turned barman extraordinaire become the champion of...
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Consultation: how well does the City communicate with youth?
The City of Montreal, in collaboration with Montreal’s Youth Council, is holding a series of public consultations to evaluate the lines of...
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Montreal will Not Contest Postering Decision
The City of Montreal will not contest the decision made last July by the Quebec court of appeal, which deemed their anti-postering bylaw violates the...
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Good Ad, Bad Ad
Down with billboards The Plateau Mont-Royal is en route to becoming the first billboard-free zone in Montreal: in July the borough passed a bylaw banning...