Reddit pulse / page 62
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
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.
Street cleaning is still on for Wednesday, so move your car if you're parked on a collection route — rare parking out there with everyone working from home.
IGA Dupuis is known for putting bruised fruit and vegetables near expiry dates under the nice ones — whole baskets just rotting underneath. Every other IGA in the suburbs has proper stock. Something's going on with this location's produce game.
Téo Taxi installed massive bright-ass screens in all their cabs blasting ads at full brightness. Supposed to be a low-luminosity alternative to Uber, but now you're getting blinded by ads for the whole ride. Brutal for night trips.
Canada-Switzerland match is on screens at Place Alice-Girard in Outremont at 15h today. Weird timing on St-Jean, but at least the weather looks decent.
Someone on Reddit just dropped their essential list of 10 Québécois films worth watching for Saint-Jean. Good reminder of the culture worth celebrating.
A building collapsed on René Lévesque Boulevard Monday evening. Still early details — local redditors sharing what they saw.
Building evacuation at Complexe Desjardins on June 23, police and first responders on scene around St-Urbain area. Still gathering details on what triggered it.
Someone's asking about taking the REM with a bike to Deux-Montagnes and cycling to Oka for the day — sounds like the kind of thing locals are actually doing now that the weather's good. If you've done it, the trail's apparently solid.
Mary Gallagher's back in Griffintown this Saturday, June 27. Costume parade at 1 p.m. from the city, then Haunted Montreal's running free ghost tours and paid experiences at night — some stuff's streamed online too. French and English.
A local's mom loves their music, especially 'Quelque chose About You.' They had TV appearances and played events but barely show up on Spotify. If you remember them, Reddit's wondering where they went.
The Côte-des-Neiges shooting has people asking hard questions about why the suspect drove 40 hours to get here. Details are still sparse, but the theory it was purely about access to adult sites isn't sitting right with the community.
Tennis Canada is planning a new covered stadium, and one proposal would demolish the Jarry pool. The replacement would be smaller—25 meters instead of 50—and built in the north parking lot. The city's only 50-meter pool would be gone.
Montreal now has a group for people to scream together — and honestly, relatable.
Heavy police presence and traffic backup near Jean-Talon and Décarie from the active shooter response. Avoid the area if you're commuting.
People online are sharing false claims about the Côte-des-Neiges shooter. The shooter was a Caucasian male, not Muslim. Be careful what you read — misinformation is already spreading among people you know.
