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steel beam cracked, one inbound lane closed Tuesday night. Wednesday morning someone left home at 7:30 a.m. and was still in traffic at 10:30 trying to cross. bring a podcast.
Someone's giving away a ticket to The Odyssey starting at 5:10 p.m. at Cinema Banque Scotia. Text them if you want it—first come, first served.
The city's transit authority and Martinez Ferrada admin announced six new security measures for the metro heading into winter. More police, social workers, and surveillance cameras rolling out across the system.
Someone nearly hit kids at a crosswalk today—another driver went right through without looking. They were still some distance away but had clearly indicated they wanted to cross. Stay alert out there.
A Montreal creator just posted drone footage from the city all the way up to Mont-Tremblant, and the autumn colours are absolutely stunning right now. If you've been putting off a drive north or a hike to see the peak foliage, this is your sign—winter's coming fast.
Group of Montrealers planning to start running this winter and training for a marathon (yes, really). They're asking the community about crampons, shoes, and layering strategies—if you run outdoors in the cold, they want to know your setup.
City crews tore up Avenue Claremont for repairs and uncovered the old tramway rails underneath—a relic of Montreal's transit past now sitting fully exposed. A neat piece of infrastructure history poking through.
Mall traffic and sales are actually up in Quebec, defying predictions that online shopping would kill brick-and-mortar retail. Radio host Michel Rochette called it 'a real return to the pleasure of going shopping.' No word yet on what's driving the shift or whether it's PR.
The Plateau is filling up with AI-generated banners and signs plastered on beautiful old buildings, and locals are over it. Montreal has real artists and designers who could create something with actual character — even a five-year-old's handwritten sign would beat the algorithmic stuff.
Someone spotted a small wooden chapel marked with the number 6 in the roseraie at Jardin Botanique during the lights display. Nobody online knows what it is or why it's there. Mystery box with a neighborhood vibe.
Someone analyzed Bixi flow data over Thanksgiving weekend and found most Plateau stations lose bikes while downtown stations gain them — because we're all too lazy to pedal uphill. Data doesn't include the trucks that rebalance things, but the pattern tracks: humans follow gravity.
Solo traveler heading to Montreal next month for a gig at MTelus is hunting for good bars and dive bars to hang out before and after the show. Doesn't have to be close to the venue — happy to explore the whole city.
A 27-year-old Montreal business grad is asking Reddit for advice after spending his whole life unemployed — never worked a single job. He's on the spectrum, dealing with low motivation, and worried about turning 30 with AI taking entry-level positions. Peers have called him a loser.
Montreal's underground pedestrian network spans 32 kilometres of passages — you can walk downtown for hours without ever going outside, even in winter.
Porter Airlines is at 70% capacity out of Montreal's Metropolitan Airport. The airport's designed for 4 million passengers yearly, but it's on pace for less than a million.
dashcam caught a cyclist hitting a car door that was opening near a taxi. door got wrecked, taxi got dented, cyclist said they were fine with no injuries. footage went to insurance.
orange line train at berri-uqam just played a cute little jingle when it rolled in — lasting only maybe 5 or 6 seconds. nobody's heard it before and everyone's trying to figure out if it's new or what it's for.
so cyclists apparently outnumber cars in london and paris now. someone posted about it and the montreal subreddit's losing it — everyone comparing our bike lanes and asking if we're next.
Montreal's wastewater treatment project just hit $1.15 billion — up from an initial $200 million estimate. Twenty-year project spanning four mayors' mandates. Jean-R.-Marcotte station handles 426 Olympic pools' worth of sewage daily in dry weather.
Someone's Tiguan got hit and run on Bonsecours in Vieux-Montréal. Ontario plate BP3 769, McCoy autocar. Person posting has photos if you need them.
