Reddit pulse / page 7
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
If you spot used needles on the metro, text 1 888-786-1119 with a picture and the exact location. Real humans read these reports—response time is under a minute and they send maintenance crews.
Someone's wallet with $550 went missing at Atwater station. Security watched their bag, Dollarama staff dug through garbage, STM gave a free pass, and a stranger offered cab fare. The wallet never surfaced, but kindness did.
Seven women attacked on Nuns Island forest paths, one sent to hospital with cranial trauma after being punched. The suspect, armed with a purple umbrella, was arrested then released. She's reportedly wearing a long white coat and brown hair now; residents are warned to stay vigilant.
r/montreal's Lundi Logement (Housing Monday) megathread is live — the weekly place to talk renting, buying, landlord drama, pest problems, and neighbourhood rent costs. Questions about the Plateau, mice in crawl spaces, or how to deal with sketchy landlords all live there.
Someone on the metro was seriously telling their buddies: "Nobody on this EARTH has EVER REGRETTED the purchase of a rice cooker." Peak Montreal transit philosophy.
Montreal artist just posted a painting done entirely on-site on St. Viateur street — two days of work, capturing the neighbourhood's light and vibe in real time. That's commitment to the craft.
Someone's spreading false info about Montreal's bike count right now. Before you share it, check your source — lots of wrong numbers floating around.
BAPE (Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement) just backed what Ahuntsic-Cartierville residents have been asking for years: a riverbank promenade along the rivière des Prairies. Now we wait to see who actually builds it.
Two 16-year-old girls say a man followed them from Yum Yum Dumpling on St Denis toward Sherbrooke station around 6 p.m. Saturday evening. He stayed about 2 metres behind the whole way, then followed them into the station. They locked eyes with him and he backed off, but they're posting to warn others.
A woman was groped at Gare Centrale Friday morning on her way to work. She turned around and confronted the guy — light brown hair, Québécois accent, about 5'8", wearing a backpack — who just smiled. Security did nothing when she reported it.
someone's only heating their bed and sofa with an electric mattress pad to save cash, but their partner says walking through a 17-degree apartment is torture. reddit's divided on whether they're too cheap or actually genius.
someone lost their wallet on a morning walk, a little girl found it on the pavement and gave it to her dad. he tracked down the owner using the address on their driver's license and got it back to them. the whole city's kindness hits different.
someone's selling Streetlight Manifesto ska tickets on StubHub for basically nothing — they can't go and will refund your money if you need it. don't waste this.
Someone's giving away three tickets to tonight's 7:30pm show of The Secret Chord at the Segal Centre—their son got sick and they can't make it. DM /u/orin000 on Reddit if you're interested.
Someone just moved to Montreal from Alberta for university and posted asking where to buy living marigolds for Día de Los Muertos. Thread's blowing up with recs.
A Reddit user reported escalating harassment and a clear threat from a man accused of peeping. They called SPVM, who confirmed it's harassment. Police are working to identify the suspect.
SPVM suspended two officers following a report that one of them urinated on an unhoused person. Investigation underway.
fall colours are peak on the Mountain. locals are posting from trails and overlooks — if you haven't been up there yet this week, go.
the city's raked in $185 million from parking fines and infractions through August — that's a 20% jump from last year. parking enforcement tickets alone went up by the number of tickets issued by parking enforcement officers.
an old dep at Metro Snowdon's been sitting empty for years but it's finally becoming an onigiri shop. locals are genuinely hyped about this one.
