Reddit pulse / page 29
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
A window at a Place des Arts condo just... fractured on its own last Saturday afternoon. The tenant heard a huge noise, didn't realize it was the window until later. Police and firefighters shut down the surrounding street and exterior spaces to clear the falling glass.
After 425 kilometres and 14 days of walking, someone crossed the Quebec-Ontario border today and is headed straight for the top of Mont-Royal. Arrival day is September 1st. The whole journey's documented—photos from Ontario are already posted.
The guy who voiced Optimus Prime across decades of Transformers was born in Montreal and launched his acting career here in the late 1960s. Cullen played Bibi Latuque on The Buddies, a kids' show CFCF was producing. Big voice, small screen—but it was the start of everything.
A person collapsed face-first into their pizza on Mont-Royal last night, and two nurses who happened to be passing by likely saved their life. One nurse noticed their breathing was dangerously shallow—fewer than six breaths per minute—called 911, and stayed until the fire station arrived. The second nurse walked over to the nearby fire station to get help faster. The person woke up and started breathing normally again.
A Montreal pedestrian with a leg injury posted about getting honked at and screamed at by a driver while legally crossing an intersection with 20 seconds left on the countdown. The driver, apparently from France, seemed furious — but the pedestrian made it across before time ran out. The post is a plea for drivers to let people cross when they're supposed to.
Someone on Reddit's asking if the Plateau library feels weirdly meh compared to other branches — acknowledges the heritage aspect but says it's just dark and not as inviting as, say, Marc Favreau. Mentions there was supposedly a renovation project planned ages ago that never happened. Worth visiting if you have feelings about it.
Someone's noticing a shift: you give folks your address for a Marketplace meetup, they say 20 mins, and then they just show up and text instead of ringing. Why skip the doorbell? It's a whole thing.
Someone's coming to Montreal in October for the Marathon and looking for run clubs doing shake-up or fun runs the days before. If you know good downtown running groups, Reddit's got a post looking for connections.
Bixi users in Dollard-des-Ormeaux are stuck with a 10-minute hike to the nearest REM station from dock 10. The gap between the bike system and the new transit line is leaving commuters in the lurch.
Ensemble Montreal's campaign website from their last election is still up and promising a return to weekly garbage pickup—despite the city going biweekly in multiple boroughs right now. Someone spotted the outdated promise on Reddit and it's... still there.
Someone from the UK who's been living here for a few years vented on Reddit about concert crowds in Montreal—getting elbowed, sworn at, and pushed just for trying to move through. Not a uniquely Montreal problem, but the attitude is real.
Viral video breaking down the Olympic Stadium build is getting attention for the sheer scale of it—cost $218 million back then, which adjusts to $1.5 billion today. People are calling it possibly the most corrupt construction project in Quebec history.
Person just tried cretons for the first time and genuinely can't stop thinking about them. Grabbed a Marché des Saveurs du Québec charcuterie board at Jean Talon and now it's a forever craving. If you've got a favourite cretons spot in the city, they want the recommendations.
Someone's hunting for an amazing bagel spot that was in the basement of Faubourg St-Catherine back in the 90s. It's long gone, and they want to know the name and whether it still exists anywhere else in the city.
Folks are coming up from Minnesota for the UCI road worlds and hunting for the best spots to watch around Mount Royal—Camillien-Houde belvedere, Ramp Road, maybe the finish line. Wondering if those spots get packed during the race and looking for local cycling shop merch while they're in town.
Ahuntsic, Villeray, Pierrefonds, and Île-Bizard residents are getting biweekly trash pickup instead of weekly. City says it's a forced compromise. Reddit's debating whether to blame Projet Montréal or accept it's just reality.
Reddit user spotted a massive "Marry Me" sign at the Bell Centre tonight, full tables set up all glammed out. Nobody knows what event is actually happening. If you were there, spill.
Park Ex resident posting to Reddit says they see rats on the streets every single day. Thread's full of people comparing rodent encounters across the city. Peak Montreal summer.
A vehicle accident dumped macaroni and cheese all over the road in Quebec earlier today. Not the commute anyone signed up for.
The SPVM has rolled out fresh Flock cameras around the city. More surveillance downtown and beyond.
