Monday, February 11, 2008
- Another in a series of studies is to consider a train linking the downtown core to the airport, a project which isn't expected to materialize in any case before 2012.
- Quebec has big plans to spend money on Montreal-area road and bridge repairs, plus the extension of Highway 25 to Laval (which – at one time anyway – Montreal did not want) and the extension of Highway 440, likely to wipe out some scarce green space on Île Bizard.
- Social sciences students at UQÀM are on strike all week to protest increases in tuition. I have to admit, I've never quite seen the point of students going on strike.
- Two members of the Canadiens, Ryan O'Byrne and Tom Kostopoulos, were arrested outside a Tampa bar last night, and O'Byrne was charged with theft.
- The Gazette, in reporting on yesterday's protest against Scientology, dismisses protesters' claims as being based on "websites and books" and lends a certain credibility to the Scientologist spokesman. Perhaps once the "church" moves into its more high-profile digs on Ste-Catherine, local media will pay more attention. Here's a set of photos of the event from an independent source, showing RDI and TQS media looking on.
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