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Toronto's new WNBA team is bringing two regular season games to Montreal on July 10 and 12—playing against the Dallas Wings and New York Liberty. A Reddit thread is already buzzing about breaking the world record for women's pro basketball attendance.
Don't panic, but weather conditions are lining up for tornado formation. Keep your phone close and watch for warnings this afternoon.
Someone flew past on a two-lane street where the bike lane cuts out, inches from my handlebars at full speed. Keep your distance—we can't dodge into your car.
A transformer explosion knocked out power for a split second today, but the grid held. Thought I was getting the day off.
Reddit thread asking why Montreal people seem colder now. Replies range from city growth to pandemic hangover to just the cost of living wearing people down. Worth a scroll if you've felt it too.
Bike lane debate heating up on r/montreal. Someone posted about traffic lights and whether bike paths need different rules. Thread got wild—locals really care about how the streets are laid out.
Someone on r/montreal's asking for strength-based sports groups where people actually show up regularly—less gym drop-ins, more community vibe. Lots of replies about climbing gyms, rowing clubs, and ultimate frisbee leagues across the city.
After heavy rain, a bright double rainbow stretched across the South Shore. Residents say the pictures don't even do it justice.
Latest waste audit confirms trash cans are still packed with stuff that should be in the blue and brown bins. Only 48% of household garbage is being diverted from landfills, even though blue-bin recycling and brown-bin compost pickup are available everywhere on the island.
Someone caught a rare supernumerary rainbow—extra bands of color inside the main arc. You can faintly see the classic double bow, but look close and you'll spot the extras on the inside. First time seeing one?
Kids are walking through piles of garbage on the way to school in Parc-Extension. Residents have complained repeatedly about overflowing bins, illegal dumping, and littered sidewalks. A YouTuber recently called it the dirtiest neighbourhood in Montreal.
Transit Royale premium got free upgrades in Toronto and Vancouver thanks to partnerships with TTC and TransLink. Montreal's still paying $25 a year for it. STM, you hearing this?
Someone noticed today that STM announced the metro transfer lines differently—now they're calling out the line number plus the colour, and the voice sounds different. Why the change? Everyone already knows the lines by colour.
evio's building a hybrid-electric turboprop aircraft quietly at montreal hq. think short regional routes like montreal-ottawa, not transatlantic. the evio 810 would carry 76-88 passengers with two-blade propellers on each wing. founded in 2018, the startup's banking on a gap in the market—no modern cost-effective solution exists for that distance range yet.
we're officially the most generous tippers in Canada. don't know if it's our culture or just guilt but montrealers are throwing down bigger tips than any other city in the country rn.
New REM stations could be built in Griffintown and Pointe-Saint-Charles by 2030, expanding the metro system into underserved neighborhoods.
Even Montreal police are worried about bike theft. The SPVM apparently has to secure their bicycles the same way residents do.
A new comedy for Crave called "Cats in the Plateau" is filming on Avenue Mont-Royal near Le Rouge Gorge.
Someone reported a road collapse around a drainage sewer to 311 on a Friday afternoon. Blue collar crew already filled and patched it by Tuesday. Good to see 311 and LaSalle works actually delivering.
A bed sheet is serving as a curtain and fencing holds the brick facade together at Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital. The building's crumbling condition says everything about Quebec's healthcare system right now.
