Politics / Politique
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Election signs – “Could be worse”
Defaced election sign on De Maisonneuve, near Bishop. Jack: “I would like to be honest but I’m afraid” Jack and Anne: “Could be...
By Alanah Heffez -
Election signs around town
Sighted on a walk last weekend: Seen above, the Bloc’s Marcela Valdivia’s no-nonsense visage has become a bit less no-nonsense with a slight...
By KC Bolton -
“As a second car, consider a duplex”
Despite a whole lot of urban residential development projects lately, Montreal is still losing about 20,000 young people to the surrounding suburbs each...
By Alanah Heffez -
Creatively vandalized electoral signs (Part I)
Perhaps because a by-election was planned for September 8th in Westmount—Ville-Marie before it got canceled by the general election, “vandals”...
By Cédric Sam -
Montreal and Toronto Mayors Unite for Urban Funding
Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay and Toronto mayor David Miller held a press conference at Montreal City Hall this morning to repeat their demands for...
By Olivier Plessis -
Suck It Up – Underground Trash-Vaccuuming to Replace Dump Trucks in QDS
The automated waste collection system sucks away trash, recyclables and organic waste through underground pipes with a 90 km per hour sucking power. Image...
By Alanah Heffez -
“As a second car, consider a duplex.”
Despite the condos that are popping up all over town, Montreal experiencing a suburban exodus, and loses thousands of families each year to the...
By Alanah Heffez -
Election signs: prenez la ligne orange
While SpacingMontreal doesn’t officially endorse any particular political party during elections, we do, however, often focus on election signs when...
By Chris Erb -
Election notes from Hong Kong
As longtime readers well know, I have a thing for election signs, so I was particularly happy to see La Presse dedicate an article last week to their...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Is Expo-Driven Development what Montreal Needs?
Moulin à Images by Robert Lepage, Sept 1st, 2008. Sorry for the poor image quality – I was standing on a fire hydrant… I was in Quebec City...
By Alanah Heffez -
The maybe-not by-election signs in Westmount—Ville-Marie
These signs are in the order at which each candidate’s parties finished in the January 2006 election. Interestingly, none of these candidates ran in...
By Cédric Sam -
“Hampstead still hates the environment”
Back when areas like the Plateau were considered old, decrepit and nasty, rather than trendy and desirable, a number of affluent suburbs did all they...
By Christopher DeWolf