Reddit pulse / page 18
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
A Reddit user tracked cheap meal deals across Montreal groceries this week—20 recipes pulling 27 to 48% off through Maxi and Super C. One family of four saved $70 on five meals by stacking sales.
The intersection of Rosemont and Marquette is rough for pedestrians — traffic's heavy and there's no clear crosswalk. A petition's circulating asking the city and arrondissement to fix it. If you know the area, people are over it.
The 16-million-dollar sponge park isn't fully working yet and Montreal's health authority just flagged serious health risks. It's supposed to handle mixed rainwater and sewage, but the city underestimated what that means. Flooded homes around it in late August didn't help.
Someone reported an illegal Airbnb to the City of Montreal and Revenu Quebec a month ago and got a reference number from the city — but nothing since. The apartment's still listed, still hosting guests. Wondering how long it takes for these complaints to actually get investigated.
World cycling championship shut down whole blocks this week. Montrealers posted about being trapped in their own neighborhoods, unable to move around the barriers and crowds.
Car spending's bleeding the local economy dry, according to a new study making the rounds. Montreal's transit folks probably nodding along.
A Mercier-Hochelaga resident posted bewildered footage of what looked like a full-scale scene you'd expect in the U.S., not Canada — locals scrambling to figure out what went down.
Someone hit the deal on a large pepperoni pizza at Pizza Salvatore near their workplace — $14.99 for one topping — and got home to find the toppings were bits scattered everywhere, not the usual round slices. Plus it tasted like fish. A Reddit post asking if others had the same experience got plenty of concerned replies.
McGill researchers discovered Montreal's eastern gray squirrels aren't always gray — their fur color shifts by neighborhood. The study found urbanization, forest cover, and the Saint Lawrence River all shape whether a squirrel's coat is gray or black.
A 45-year-old woman died during a Zoom call in Ville-Marie while her colleague watched. Police investigating; details sparse but people on Reddit shaken by how sudden it was.
STM bus crashed on Monkland. Details still coming in but the street's seeing serious disruption.
Political parties are racking up illegal election sign violations across Montreal. Signs on stop signs and other structures in Rosemont, Gouin, Mercier, Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, and Laurier-Dorion. Elections Quebec says each infraction carries a fine of up to $500.
FNC 2026 lineup just dropped and tickets are on sale, but some festival circuit hits didn't make the cut. Fjord, Our Mother, and Matthew Rankin's newest are all out. Wild Horse Nine, Club Kid, and La Bola Negra made it in though.
Sûreté du Québec has issued an arrest warrant for Ayoub Mohamed, 19, a Dollard-des-Ormeaux resident, in connection with the killing of a young barber in early September. Mohamed is wanted for premeditated murder—the most serious charge under Canada's Criminal Code.
Someone in Montreal's been revving muffler-less Acuras at 1:45 a.m. on weeknights and people are losing it. One commenter said it's happened multiple times this month—enough that they're counting down to winter just to get uninterrupted sleep.
Someone asking r/montreal how hard it is to behave properly on the métro and buses. Says the concept shouldn't be that exotic no matter where you're from.
English speaker in another province looking for professional accent elimination coaches who specialize in Québecois French. They're fluent (C2) and near-native sounding already, just trying to nail those last few quirks — but can't find anyone offering this specifically. Mostly finding coaches for English accents instead.
A photographer covering an anti-AI protest in Montreal got struck by police and ended up in hospital. Details still coming in, but it's raising questions about press access and safety at demonstrations.
Someone ordered something on Amazon, delivery showed up in their building entrance hall in less than a minute, and when they went down the box was already open with the item gone. Intelcom was the courier. Amazon's replacing it, but the poster's now thinking twice about ordering anything.
Someone on Montreal Reddit is hunting for information about mysterious "Blue Keys" sculptures that stood at St-Urbain and Sherbrooke from the mid-1970s until the early 2000s—looking for photos or anyone who remembers what they were.
