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Word going around that blue-collar transit workers could strike during the Cycling World Championships — timing that would hit the city hard during the event.
Pierre Gaboriau designed the stained glass at Berri-UQAM, the network's busiest station. His ex-wife Linda Gaboriau is a Boston-born translator of Quebec books. She later married Nick Auf Der Maur, Montreal journalist and politician — and their daughter? Melissa Auf Der Maur, bassist for Smashing Pumpkins and Hole. A ruelle near Crescent is named after Nick.
Montreal transit riders can now skip the OPUS card: the Chrono app lets you tap your phone to pay on the metro, bus, and REM. Reaction delay isn't instantaneous though, so if you're impatient, stick with plastic for now. Virtual fares don't transfer to your physical OPUS card yet in beta.
Someone found both a 315g and 280g bag of the same product sitting on the same Dollarama shelf at the same price. The 315g is still there — you'd think they'd pull it and avoid the comparison.
Tenant on second floor of 4-unit building confused: sim.montreal.ca says all units need smoke detectors by floor, but only corridor has one. Does that count or do individual apartments need their own?
Residents reporting issues via Montreal's 311 app are finding tickets marked "completed" despite no visible work — one person reported an abandoned recycling bin three times, still there after closure. Is this the norm or a glitch?
Someone got caught red-handed stealing a package from a mailbox near parc Louisbourg when residents were home and yelled. Police recommend filing a report, though locals question whether it actually helps.
the 39-year-old Samsic worker crushed by an Airbus wheel on Aug 24 was forced to perform a pushback without proper equipment — former ramp supervisors are now exposing systemic safety lapses at Montréal-Trudeau.
two days before the Sept 3 reopening deadline, Collège LaSalle's status is now up in the air. the government is reportedly studying all possible scenarios, including potential closure.
someone spotted officers at every traffic light on Atwater this morning manually controlling the signals. raises the question: is this a technical glitch or just inefficient use of police resources?
US eggs are showing up at PA disguised with Nutri Oeuf branding — same label, different origin. Canadian eggs cost about a dollar more but worth checking your carton before checkout.
Edouard-Montpetit REM station was slammed this morning as classes restarted — riders backed up to the platform on both directions because elevators couldn't keep up with the exit flow. No word yet on whether it's a capacity issue or an outage.
Reddit user floated Godspeed You! Black Emperor's post-hiatus opener "Mladic" as the heaviest piece a Montreal band has ever laid down — described it as the ultimate "fuck you we're back" moment. Big Brave's album Nature morte got an honorable mention.
The Hugo Houle tribute mural above Beauty's at Saint Urbain and Mont-Royal is getting reworked. They've erased the name and original pose and are redrawing him with both arms raised. No word yet on why.
Reddit user spotted a duck chilling in a metro car and discovered a whole wall covered in ducks near the metro. Questioning whether they're white swans and if it's some kind of art installation. Pretty nice to see either way.
Someone's been walking from Toronto for 17 days and just rolled into Montreal. They've got 14km left to the Mount Royal Cross. Grabbed caffeine at Traffic on the way in.
New Léger poll is wild: 74% want rent control, 72% support free transit for students and seniors, 53% want state-run grocery stores. Turns out we're all socialists and didn't know it.
A duck just casually hanging out on someone's metro seat. The theory is a cruise passenger ditched it on their way off the ship. Wild.
Someone spotted erratic driving on the street — license plate deliberately covered to be unreadable, driver holding a phone — and the car drove right past police without any consequence. The whole thing happened in plain sight.
A Mike's pizza box surfaced during construction work, sealed inside a wall. Vintage Montreal food packaging — the kind of thing that makes you wonder what else is buried in the city's walls.
