By Alanah Heffez
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2011 Charbonneau Commission: from scandal to indifference
Last week we learned that Judge Charbonneau would get another 18 months to shed light on the breadth and depth of corruption in Quebec’s...
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1972-84 CECO: “You have all eaten carrion”
Part 4 in our history of corruption in Montreal. Check Spacing Montreal each day this week for the latest “episode” in this century-long soap...
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1950-54 Caron Inquiry: “Montreal in the grips of the underworld”
Part 3 in our history of corruption in Montreal. Check Spacing Montreal each day this week for the latest “episode” in this century-long soap...
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1924-25 Coderre Inquiry: “Vice stalks through our city”
Part 2 in our history of corruption in Montreal. Check Spacing Montreal each day this week for the latest “episode” in this century-long soap...
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1909 Royal Commission: Montreal “Saturated with Corruption”
Montreal Corruption Retrospectives are all the rage these days, and for the spring 2013 edition of Spacing Magazine, which was released last Saturday, I...
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Vote in the Potholes vs Corruption Debate!
Calling all Montrealers: get out and vote! Scratch that: stay in and vote! Alas, the municipal elections have not come early, but for the first time in my...
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Montreal in Perpetuity
I’ve been wondering about how much influence dead people have in urban planning. I’m not talking about the instances in which we choose to pay...
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Photo du jour: DIY Bus-stop Bench
Spotted at the 55 bus stop on the corner of Saint-Laurent and Bernard.
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New Bike Counter on Laurier Avenue
I got my first bike ride of the year in today and was pleased to notice this flashy new bicycle counter in front of Laurier metro station. In 2011, I...
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Montreal Councillors Take Pedestrian Rail Crossing Debate to the CTA
Montreal’s executive committee will seek mediation from the Canadian Transportation Agency in the dispute with Canadian Pacific over creating...
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Place des Nations & Other Ruins of a Lost Civilisation
Heritage Montréal recently released their 2013 list of 10 most threatened heritage sites in Montreal, among them Place des Nations, once the heart of the...
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Photos du jour : Parc Lafontaine, l’hiver
Dimanche, le 24 février : 2 degrés, patinoire fermée.