Saturday, February 9, 2008
- Elected officials from east-end boroughs are unanimously in favour of the trench plan for Notre-Dame East. I have two predictions about the plan: it will end up costing far more than the purported $750 million – closer to $1.25 billion by the end – and, within a year of its completion, it will be just as badly gridlocked at rush hours as the existing street is now. (I'd also like to see where these elected officials live in relation to the planned trench. Wanna bet none of them live within 5 kilometers of the thing?)
- On Spacing, Chris DeWolf has an item on blogger Steve Faguy's article on Cedric Sam's Comme les Chinois blog. I'm blogging about a blog article on a news article about a blog. I feel dizzy.
- Globe and Mail all but calls the Museum of Fine Arts fellow travellers for not making the Cuba exhibit more of a political statement; a list of our smaller museums pitched at Ottawa residents, but with a few useful remarks; a look at three artists with current exhibits at the Musée d'art contemporain.
- People have been falling on icy sidewalks this winter, and the city's seeing injury claims as a result. I did a pratfall myself this week on an unsalted corner, but luckily got nothing worse than a bruised knee.
- Chris DeWolf looks at the city's 1,127 depanneurs and focuses in on two Park Avenue deps and their owners. Fascinating reading.
- The 26th Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois opens next week with a new film about teenage suicide, more English and subtitled films than in previous years. There's a suggested highlights list and an interview with festival honcha Ségolène Roederer.
- Canada's mayors went to Ottawa asking for infrastructure money in the federal budget, expected February 26. Although Harper's finance minister has said Ottawa is "not in the pothole business" Mayor Tremblay has faith that Ottawa may even share gas tax revenue with the cities. He also says investing in cities helps stave off recession.
- Vision Montreal is under investigation after some of its bookkeeping for the 2005 election failed to add up.
- Profile of two shops on the Main that hung on through the street construction and still face financial difficulties. And a review of a novel set on and around the Main of the 1990s.
- The city administration is selling off its real estate, as many as 50 properties going on the block.
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