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Montreal taxi drivers are striking outside Trudeau airport during Friday evening rush hour. Expect delays if you're heading to or from the airport—ride-shares and public transit might be your better bet.
Riders in Beaconsfield are venting about bus schedules: drivers leave early or late, buses run 30 minutes apart, and there's literally nothing to do while you wait except sit in an old mall. The frustration is real.
Clouds cleared out after midnight just in time for the lunar eclipse peak at 12:12 a.m. Montreal residents were out snapping photos from the harbour, the Mountain, and everywhere else the moon was visible.
The STM cancelled a few stops on Route 51 East and yeah, they put up signs, but not everyone's caught on yet — especially at 6 a.m. Riders showing up to those stops are getting passed by, and some drivers aren't even stopping to explain what's happening.
New to Montreal and trying to make friends? Turns out everyone here's already got their circle locked in, which makes those random good conversations go nowhere. One newcomer's figuring out it's tougher than expected, even at B1 French level.
Someone cycled all the way from Ottawa to Montreal but decided halfway through to take a massive 450 km detour. Why? We're all wondering the same thing.
a 14-year-old got approached near Mile End by a woman claiming to be a photographer offering free shoots and accessories. no business card, didn't ask for parental consent, just handed over a number. reverse lookup came up empty. definitely sketch — stay alert.
someone caught the red portion of the lunar eclipse over Montreal last night on a Samsung S26 Ultra zoom. fun night time photography session in the city 🌘
someone's asking if the STM changed its remote work policy in the latest union negotiations. rumour is analysts used to be blocked from working outside Canada, but it might've shifted. anyone know if remote work abroad is allowed at the STM now?
A Montreal recipe creator is dropping 14 dishes built from this week's grocery deals at Maxi and Super C, saving between 26% and 44%. Natural expansion coming soon: recipes using other grocery chains.
The Montreal downtown core is becoming a hub for bargain condo sales, with hundreds of units changing hands at discounted prices. Locals are talking about what the shift means for the city's core.
A Montreal Airport worker is calling out systematic safety violations from their employer, Samsic Assistance, following the death of a colleague. The company blamed the incident on the victim tripping, but the worker says the actual conditions were dangerous.
Peter Cullen, the Montreal voice actor behind Optimus Prime in Transformers and Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh, has passed away. One of the most iconic voices to come out of the city.
Four more Montreal neighborhoods are switching to biweekly garbage collection. Check if yours is one of them.
Someone's doing a group buy on bulk textured vegetable protein (TVP) from an Indian supplier and looking for Montrealers to split a 20kg bag. Much cheaper than Bulk Barn, and actually from Quebec instead of the States.
Complete closure on the Champlain Bridge heading into Montreal from 11 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday. The REM should run normally if all goes well.
Police dismantled a fentanyl and carfentanil lab at a Griffintown condo. Two arrests made in the operation.
Uber Eats driver and photographer caught the sunrise's golden light along Crémazie near the Métropolitaine early Thursday morning. The rasant angle made for perfect shots looking east.
Someone found what might be Montreal's most questionable Bixi station placement: stuck in a parking lot on a slope with gravel piled next to it. Peak city planning.
Ebox and Bell fiber-to-the-home internet service is degraded across the Montreal region. Check the Ebox status page if you're experiencing outages rn.
