Reddit pulse / page 31
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
Brian Cranston's got Montreal family. His great-grandfather was from the city—something that tracks given how many Canadian actors blow up in the States.
Nathan Saliba used to be a ball boy for the Montreal Impact. Now he's a pro player scoring in the World Cup. The full-circle story Montrealers needed.
Travelers hitting YUL are pissed: Uber and Lyft pickups moved to the end of the terminal and now you gotta schlep your luggage way farther. Everyone's asking why they changed something that was already working.
About 50 police cars rolled down Sherbrooke Est this morning. Reddit's losing it trying to figure out what happened — no word yet on what the call was.
r/LostAndFoundMtl didn't take off for years after launch but has picked up serious momentum recently. If you've lost or found something in the city, worth checking the sub.
Toronto and Vancouver are facing $380 million and $685–729 million price tags respectively for hosting 2026 World Cup games. Montreal's decision to withdraw from bidding is looking pretty smart right now.
heads up: intelcom scam going around. people getting texts about Amazon packages with sketchy links. the weird part — they're hitting work phone numbers that aren't on any profile. stay alert.
Montreal Jazz Fest kicks off tonight and someone made a site to build your own schedule — favourite the shows you want, see it all mapped out, share with friends. way better than scrolling the official site.
Someone's asking if it's cool to bring 7- or 8-year-olds to Piknik Elektronik during daytime. Has been ages since they went, back when kids weren't on their radar.
Ciné-Quartier is running 12 outdoor film screenings in Côte-des-Neiges all summer. Bring a chair and catch movies at dusk—totally free.
Someone booked Hotel St. Laurent through Booking.com for July but can't get the hotel to pick up the phone or answer emails. Reservation line connects, then hangs up. Front desk just rings. Reddit thread is worried it's a scam.
Sound completely cut out during Wednesday's show at Parc Maisonneuve. People in front got nothing. Anyone else experience this?
A firework boat caught fire Wednesday night in Montreal. No injuries reported.
Montreal subreddit asking if people would bail from decent pay for a lower-wage gig if it meant being actually happy at work. Someone's juggling two jobs and seriously considering dropping one. The thread's blowing up — turns out a lot of people feel the same.
Someone's donating seven vintage CUM (Communauté urbaine de Montréal) pins from their late mother-in-law, who worked for Expo. Free to anyone who'll appreciate them — DMs open if you're a Montreal nostalgia collector.
Redditors sharing Quebec French words with no English equivalent — bonhomme (a lil' guy, not just a snowman), and the realisation that anglophones have been saying "stickman" like it's 2003. What's your favourite untranslatable word?
Political parties set up recruitment tables at Parc Ahuntsic's Saint-Jean festivities—even using kids' activities like face painting as bait to talk to parents. Mixed feelings about it.
Canada plays Switzerland today and there's a watch party set up in Outremont with a giant screen. It's the game that matters right now.
A Montreal surveillance company is using George Orwell's 1984 as advertising copy—spotted in the Miami restaurant window in the east end. Peak irony.
June 24 is here — patios filling up, long evenings stretching to 9pm, and that specific Montreal energy when summer actually arrives. Fireworks, shows, and blue-and-white everywhere.
