By Christopher DeWolf
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Photo du jour: Bagel man
I don’t know why I find the St. Viateur bagel mascot so disturbing. June 1, 2007
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Michel Dallaire will design the new bike sharing system
Later this year, Montreal will enjoy the beginnings of a new bike sharing program modeled on Paris’ hugely popular Velib. As we mentioned last fall...
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Terrasse trouble in Ville Émard
Who would have thought that patios could be so controversial? For nearly a year, since the Sud-Ouest borough approved a pilot project that installed...
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Photo du jour: Do you miss summer yet?
If it were a hot, sunny day in July, instead of yet another miserly day in January, I’d probably be craving water right now. Sometimes I’ll...
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A lesson we need to learn from Albania
The downtown west end is one of my favourite parts of Montreal. Densely-populated, teeming with life and resolutely multicultural, it feels unique because...
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Remembering the Mount Royal Funicular
Just 90 years ago (it seems like yesterday!), you would have been able to transport yourself from the corner of Park and Duluth to the top of the mountain...
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Opening up to the city: one building’s transformation
There’s nothing inherently special about a downtown building with Starbucks, Quiznos Subs and Zyng Noodlery on its ground floor. In fact...
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Planting fruit trees on city streets
Over the holidays, the Tyee, a Vancouver-based webzine, published a series of twelve “New Ideas for the New Year.” Here’s one that...
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Photo du jour: Fortune teller
On warm, snow-free days, there are at least a couple of people in Chinatown who will discuss your fortune. One of them is this man, who often sets up shop...
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Mount Royal’s igloo mystery unfolds
Last week, when I wrote about two mysterious igloos that were discovered on Mount Royal by a Journal de Montréal reporter, Stefan Ohrhallinger posted a...
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Photo du jour: Sherbrooke East
I love this photo, taken by Flickr member and east ender Caribb, because it’s such an unusual view of the city. Unlike most aerial shots...
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More transit ideas: tram-train link to the airport and beyond
New ideas keep emerging for public transit in Montreal even as the day-to-day operations of the bus, metro and commuter train systems struggle to keep up...