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Free lightsaber training at Parc La Fontaine tonight from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. — no experience needed, gear provided. Everyone welcome.
The Montreal police chief fired back at what he called "armchair managers" who blamed an officer for forcibly removing a passenger from an oversold bus to Toronto on Tuesday. The passenger was never unruly, according to witnesses.
The total eclipse crossed Spain on Tuesday, but Montreal caught a partial view around 1:45 p.m. Clouds actually helped photographers capture the effect without extra filters.
A search and rescue helicopter spent about 20 minutes hovering near the water in Verdun early Wednesday, appearing to lower a rope or ladder into the river before deploying. Details remain sparse.
The Parti Québécois is pitching a single $95 monthly pass for unlimited transit everywhere in the province. If it happens, commuters across Quebec would ditch their regional passes entirely.
First tests on the REM line extension to Montréal-Trudeau Airport are underway. Construction's been ramping up for months — looks like it's actually happening.
The iconic Van Horne water tower in Mile End is back in the conversation as a heritage project gets attention. Everyone's weighing in on what should happen to it.
Mid-summer check-in on what's drawing crowds around the city—tourists everywhere, locals plotting escapes to the Laurentians. Full seasonal breakdown just landed on Reddit.
Flock cameras spotted in Montreal — the license-plate reading surveillance system that's been rolling out across Canada. They're smaller than traditional traffic cameras and log every plate that passes.
Tennis Canada wants to build a massive indoor stadium with 15,000 seats at Parc Jarry to keep its international tournament and handle extreme heat — but locals are worried the project will swallow precious green space. Designs just surfaced and residents are pushing back hard.
Don't miss the Perseid meteor shower tonight into Wednesday morning — peak viewing between midnight and dawn with a new moon means basically no moonlight washing out the sky. Head away from city lights, grab a chair or blanket, let your eyes adjust for 20-30 minutes, and look up across the widest part of the sky around 45–90 degrees from the northeast. No telescope needed.
People in Montreal's Chinatown are flagging rising concerns about safety tied to homelessness and drug use in the neighbourhood. Posts are pointing to visible changes on the street.
Wellington Street in Verdun goes car-free and local businesses are thriving. A new video breaks down why the street closure is working so well for shops and foot traffic.
Montreal is buying permanent ALPR cameras (automatic license plate readers) for surveillance. No public consultation happened, and it's showing up quietly in city contracts.
Montreal's ex-anti-racism commissioner is taking legal action against a Jewish advocacy organization. Tensions around the case are playing out on Reddit as people dig into what led to the lawsuit.
A Redditor scored a ticket for the IMAX Odyssey at Scotiabank today at 2:50 p.m. but can't make it. Ticket's up for grabs if you DM them. Update: it went to someone. Hopefully they caught it.
Someone on r/montreal got slapped with a parking ticket from April in August, but the address on it doesn't exist. Questions: is an invalid address grounds to contest? Can you just plead not guilty and walk away if you lose? Folks who've fought tickets before weighing in on the thread.
Artist's been posting oil paintings on wood panels of Montreal scenes — years of work finding its way to Reddit. check the thread if you paint too.
Someone got forcibly removed from an oversold Megabus in a headlock by police after passengers refused to get off — witness is looking for the person involved to share video evidence.
Someone played NOSTALGIA Piano at Otakuthon and now wants to know where to find this arcade game in Montreal. Ever seen it anywhere in the city?
