Reddit pulse / page 4
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
A Montreal resident is asking why the city never tried another big holiday tree after the 'sad sapin' flop, and where it could go now.
The FC Supra are in the playoffs after a wild 4-3 win over the Halifax Wanderers.
Someone's asking what Malefycia was like this year. Did people have fun or was it gross? Newcomers want tips on arriving early and how much cash to bring.
Mont-Royal is full of cars again since mid October and plenty of Plateau folks want it closed to traffic for good. Someone made a form to email the mayor and Plateau borough mayor about it.
STM's new mobile site is a step back. The live bus map is harder to use and all the favourites are gone. Anyone else?
Protest on Oct 24 against police violence, after two cops got paid suspensions over one accused of urinating on someone. Police used tear gas and batons. 4 arrested.
A photo or video of something awful circulating on r/montreal and r/montreal_FR. Everyone's reacting. Check the thread if you need to know what's going on.
Someone posted a primer on how bike-traffic numbers get misrepresented in winter, and Montreal cyclists are having it out in the comments about how the city counts riders when it's cold.
A Saint-Henri resident posted to Reddit about something disturbing they witnessed in a local park Sunday afternoon. Comments exploded with concern. Thread's still up if you want the details—heads up it's rough.
Montrealers posting on Reddit about safety on the metro right now. Thread is up and people sharing their experiences.
Family's 2024 Toyota Sequoia stolen from Parking Université de Quebec lot at Ave Henri-Julien x Gilford Sunday morning. Reddit post says multiple cars go missing from this lot weekly—worth avoiding if you're parking there.
nearly 200 people rallied outside the French consulate Saturday — the second straight Saturday — in solidarity with strikes and protests happening in France right now. They're backing high school student demands, opposing the cost of living crisis, and calling out police brutality. Chants included 'Macron, démission' and 'Tout le monde déteste le RN.' Crowd started quiet then heated up.
a UK traveler taking a taxi from St-Catherine to Blvd Renée-Lévesque for what should've cost $10 got hit with two separate charges totaling $465.23 — $176.06 and $289.14 — just two minutes apart on their Wise card. they can't find the merchant online, Wise rejected the dispute citing no receipt, and the merchant vanished. they've filed a police report and served notice for small claims in the UK.
a Montréal Reddit thread is flooding with people describing a rude 911 dispatcher who shut down a caller reporting an elderly neighbor's medical emergency. The caller's wife was panicked on the line but not yelling — the dispatcher told her to stop yelling anyway, stayed condescending the whole call, and never tried to calm the situation. People want to know if this is standard 911 training.
CDN residents lost power for 5 hours yesterday and it went out again today. Hydro-Québec's website is down (PHP error) so nobody can check the outage scope. Cause still unknown.
Someone spotted massive corridors stretching from Farine Five Roses toward the road down from the building and Reddit's stumped. First thought: walkways? Actually cargo tunnels connecting to the historic flour mill. Nobody online knows for sure what they're for or when they were built.
At least 3 fire trucks, an ambulance, and police showed up at IKEA tonight for a truck that hit a wall head-on in the parking lot. No word yet on injuries or which location.
Les Roses de Montréal took the regular season championship in Super Ligue du Nord. Playoffs coming next.
A Montreal meal-planning thread is shifting to a new weekly format every Thursday — five recipes built around sale items at Maxi, Super C, and Metro. The focus: majority of ingredients on promotion so your grocery bill doesn't explode. This week covers October 22 to 28.
A Montreal-Nord merchant family received a letter with threats and extortion demands in the days before two separate arson fires hit them within 48 hours. Workers were cleaning damage at avenue Hébert this past Friday morning. A neighbour who spoke on condition of anonymity said the family was shaken: "When they got the letter at home, my neighbor had tears in his eyes. He didn't know what to do."
