{"id":1097,"date":"2008-07-05T08:38:35","date_gmt":"2008-07-05T13:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/07\/05\/weekend-news\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:13:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:13:28","slug":"weekend-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/07\/05\/weekend-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/89544908@N00\/2633168390\/\" title=\"Bluer blues du 1er juillet by racineur, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3052\/2633168390_4c8486c591.jpg\" style=\"border: 3px double #333333; float: right; margin-left: 6px\" alt=\"Bluer blues du 1er juillet\" height=\"500\" width=\"333\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: webdings; font-size: 12px; color: #0000cc\">4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/montrealgazette\/news\/story.html?id=4974f03d-7664-46b1-bb05-1b390c75a07c\" title=\"Montreal Gazette\">Cyclist hit, dragged by car on St. Denis<\/a> around 3pm Thursday afternoon. First she was doored, which threw her into traffic, where she was hit and then dragged. She&#8217;s now in critical condition. A reminder that these things can happen in plain daylight too. I hope she pulls through OK.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: webdings; font-size: 12px; color: #0000cc\">4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/montrealgazette\/news\/story.html?id=0ec7d868-5af2-4399-8af0-326ae1c2c61b\" title=\"Montreal Gazette\">Night-flight plans temporarily grounded<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/montreal\/story\/2008\/07\/04\/qc-nightflights0704.html?ref=rss\" title=\"CBC\"> Trudeau airport night flight detour satisfies few<\/a>: Follow up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/07\/02\/some-mid-week-news\/\">story the other day<\/a> about night-flight routes in question over Laval, St-Laurent and Lachine.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: webdings; font-size: 12px; color: #0000cc\">4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/montreal\/story\/2008\/07\/04\/ot-sto-080704.html?ref=rss\" title=\"CBC\">STO hikes Outaouais transit fares, blames fuel prices<\/a>: as of September 1st, they&#8217;ll charge $3.15 per trip.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: webdings; font-size: 12px; color: #0000cc\">4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberpresse.ca\/article\/20080704\/CPENVIRONNEMENT\/80703333\/6737\/CPACTUALITES\" title=\"La Presse\">Autobus et m\u00e9tro appel\u00e9s \u00e0 l&#8217;aide<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radio-canada.ca\/regions\/Montreal\/2008\/07\/04\/008-transport-commun-mesures.shtml?ref=rss\">Qu\u00e9bec en veut plus<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/montreal\/story\/2008\/07\/04\/qc-publictransitplan0704.html?ref=rss\" title=\"CBC\">Quebec takes steps to beef up public transit<\/a> by asking transit agencies to come up with ideas for expanding their service come September. This in response to rising gas prices, which may create new riders.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: webdings; font-size: 12px; color: #0000cc\">4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/lcn.canoe.ca\/lcn\/infos\/regional\/archives\/2008\/07\/20080704-111951.html\">Aidez-nous \u00e0 trouver les pires endroits sur la route<\/a>: TVA is collecting info about the worst roads around Quebec. Not sure what they&#8217;ll do with it other than report on it, but it could be interesting.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: webdings; font-size: 12px; color: #0000cc\">4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/lcn.canoe.ca\/lcn\/infos\/regional\/archives\/2008\/07\/20080704-120242.html\">Triste capital des chats errants<\/a>: I have to admit I don&#8217;t really understand the assertion that &#8220;Les principaux responsables de ce ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne de surpopulation seraient tout ceux qui \u00e0 la maison ont un chat.&#8221; Maybe it&#8217;s my French \u2014 can anyone explain what this truly means?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: webdings; font-size: 12px; color: #cc0000\">4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.canoe.com\/infos\/quebeccanada\/archives\/2008\/07\/20080704-051600.html\">Des craintes pour la s\u00e9curit\u00e9<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberpresse.ca\/article\/20080704\/CPACTUALITES\/807040605\/5155\/CPACTUALITES\">Un autre incendie criminel au bar Le St\u00e9r\u00e9o<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/lcn.canoe.ca\/lcn\/infos\/faitsdivers\/archives\/2008\/07\/20080704-154052.html\">Les pompiers d\u00e9plorent la fermeture de la rue Ste-Catherine<\/a>: In light of recent fires on Ste-Catherine, it looks like the street closure has a few major opponents. Surely the closure does make firefighting more difficult, but there are streets all over the world that are closed year-round. Also in the Village: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealmirror.com\/2008\/070308\/news1.html\" title=\"Mirror\">How loud is too loud? Tripling fines for noise complaints has Village bar owners hoping for some restraint<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: webdings; font-size: 12px; color: #0000cc\">4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/montrealgazette\/news\/story.html?id=589d3896-a1f8-4d8b-b767-59fe21b7b409\">Storm claims top $56 million<\/a>: Holy crap, not bad for <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/06\/11\/yesterdays-big-storm\/\">20 minutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: webdings; font-size: 12px; color: #0000cc\">4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/lcn.canoe.ca\/lcn\/infos\/faitsdivers\/archives\/2008\/07\/20080704-052430.html\">Pi\u00e9tons happ\u00e9s mortellement<\/a> pendant qu&#8217;ils marchaient sur la route 158, dans les Laurentides.<\/p>\n<p><small><em>&#8220;Bluer blues&#8221; photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/89544908@N00\/\">Racineur<\/a> on Flickr.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4Cyclist hit, dragged by car on St. Denis around 3pm Thursday afternoon. 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