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American comedian did their first standup performance in French in Montreal. The set included jokes targeting local anglophones who haven't bothered learning the language. Respect the effort.
Linguisticae is hosting a street interview session tomorrow at 2pm at Place Jacques Cartier focused on language questions. Come by if you want to chat about it.
As it gets darker earlier, wear a light on multipurpose paths — pedestrians and runners, not just cyclists. Many paths are badly lit or unlit. You're invisible without one, and people are biking at all speeds and directions. Don't rely on a bike light to see you.
A teen was threatened with a gun and robbed near Vanier College in Ville-Saint-Laurent tonight after class. The group demanded the phone and hit the teen when they couldn't get the iCloud password. No serious injuries; family is contacting authorities.
That ER tracker built from Quebec open data now pings you when your local hospital calms down and wait times turn green. No sign-up needed, location stays on your phone, and there's a new filter for pediatric ERs plus walk-in clinic availability this week.
All the lights around Parc LaFontain's lake are pitch black right now — not normal. Be careful if you're heading through there. Cause and timeline unknown.
Gas leak on St-Jacques has closed westbound at Brock and Westminster southbound at Sherbrooke. Major traffic nightmare right now—avoid the area if you can.
Man on a mobility scooter with hearing and speech disabilities was struck by a delivery van on Jean-Paul-Vincent Boulevard in Longueuil Tuesday afternoon. He's in critical condition. Police closed the intersection and are investigating.
someone's asking if anyone's heard when the ARTM's rolling out virtual opus cards for iphone. android got them already, but ios users are still waiting. late 2026 was supposed to be the target — if it's even happening yet.
halloween's coming and reddit's got a whole guide to local candy brands worth handing out instead of multinationals. rockets, sweetSixteen, c'est bonbon, squish candies, dare real fruits, kandju, kerr's, candylab. skip nestlé, hershey, mars, haribo — people asking for their own local favs too.
someone on reddit watched a driver glance at their phone for half a second, then roll through a stop sign at 25km/h without looking. a kid was coming from the other side. the person shouted 'nice stop dude!' as the guy drove away, but now they're wondering if public callouts even change behaviour.
cyclists on reddit are mapping the scariest commute intersections in the city. glen and sainte-catherine in westmount keeps coming up — green turn arrow cycles in, cars cut right in front of people who just climbed the hill, and the bike lane isn't protected. people trying the pedestrian signal instead but that's sketchy too.
Quebec influencers with tens of thousands of followers are promoting online casinos that are illegal in the province. Some claim they didn't realize the partnerships posed legal problems, while specialists warn about addiction risks—especially for young people. No regulatory response or legal consequences mentioned yet.
Building 7 in southwest Montreal is now home to Quebec's first blue-green alley, managed by the Alliance Ruelles bleues-vertes. It took a decade to create. The whole point: rainwater management that returns precipitation to its natural cycle instead of funnelling it into sewers. Three years since the Alliance formed, they're working to multiply the model across the city.
A new documentary about Bernie Gurberg and Montreal's beloved Dollar Cinema is playing at Cine Starz Cavendish Sunday Oct 25 at 10 a.m. and Wednesday Oct 28 at 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. The film follows the Cinema's final month and explores Bernie's story, its impact on the west end community, and some controversial moments from his life. $5 tickets, $1 popcorn — all profits going to The Côte Saint-Luc Cats Committee. Buy at the door or online for Wednesday shows.
A Montrealer with a $500 workplace insurance limit for therapy found therapists cost $150–200 per session — meaning only around 2 visits before running out. They're asking: where do people actually afford mental health care here?
Genetic analysis of 45 remains from Notre-Dame cemetery (1683-1796) found no Indigenous ancestry among the bones, contradicting the popular belief that early colonists widely mixed with Indigenous populations. The finding, published in PNAS by researcher Diane Martin-Moya (UQTR/UdeM), reshapes what we thought we knew about Nouvelle-France.
The STM is replacing about 1 in 5 escalators in the network — 58 of 298 total — by 2031 at a cost of roughly 200 million dollars including the blue line extension. The escalators average 40 years old; replacements will cut breakdowns and speed up station movement.
someone posted a close-up of the vintage Vincent Sous-Marins neon sign on Rue Saint-Hubert — 1960s/70s glow, the kind of Montreal marker that's slowly disappearing. thread's full of people asking if it's still lit up.
The abandoned Malting Factory and Little Pink house in Saint-Henri are being dismantled today. The massive industrial landmark is finally coming down after years as a neighborhood fixture.
