Green Space / Espace vert
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Snowy gridlock on Montreal’s streets
Earlier today, Montreal City Weblog’s Kate McDonnell posted a story from the Toronto Star that compares the response to Sunday’s blizzard in...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Opposition keeps mounting to Notre Dame plan
If the Ministère du transport du Québec expected a smooth ride for its plan to upgrade Notre Dame Street between the east end of downtown and Highway 25...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Bali: Canada, Climate Change, Harper and You
With the release of the Spacing “Green” issue, we have faith that many solutions to the widely-acknowledged-climate-crisis will come at the...
By Shawn Micallef -
Keeping the streets alive in the winter
As quiet as the city can get in the winter, it never truly goes to sleep, at least not until the windchill dips to something abominable. Montrealers live...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Marching on climate change
Saturday is the Global Day of Action Against Climate change. A demonstration starts at 2:30 p.m. from Dorchester Square and will move through downtown to...
By Misha Warbanski -
Community groups want to reduce the number of cars in Montreal
The Montreal Gazette has a report today about the Coalition for the Reduction of Montreal Traffic, which represents some 42 community groups. They say...
By Misha Warbanski -
Montrealers, cherish your clothelines
Nobody hangs their laundry out to dry in Calgary. In fact, there are hardly any clothelines. My grandmother’s house had one, but I don’t think...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Who Killed the Electric Car? Find out tomorrow
[youtube]MSBykAngDpY[/youtube] WHAT? Screening of the 2006 documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car? WHEN? 7pm, Thursday, December 6th, 2007 WHERE? CCA...
By Christopher DeWolf -
The snowplow ballet
It’s the famous day after the storm, when the snow has stopped falling but huge piles of it remain on the ground. Normally busy streets are quiet...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Welcome, winter
This year, winter came early, with an endless week of snow and slush. The snowstorm last night was nice, though, a reminder of the calm that descends over...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Greening Milton Park
Hutchison Street in Milton Park, aka the McGill Ghetto The neighbourhood of Milton-Parc is tucked into a corner of downtown between McGill University and...
By Misha Warbanski -
Psychogeographically stroll the Falaise St. Jacques
Does this look like NDG to you? Photo by Andy Riga WHAT? Psychogeography walk along the Falaise St. Jacques WHEN? 1pm, Saturday, December 1st Noon...
By Christopher DeWolf