Thursday, January 17, 2008
- With things going badly between the STM and its drivers' union, we can expect a strike as ground rules are laid out for minimal essential services.
- Changes are seen at the decrepit Seville Theatre site, but the journalist seems as much in the dark as anyone about what's going on there.
- Half of the public primary and secondary schools on the island of Montreal are considered underprivileged according to a new rating. Of course, half of all students are always below average, so what can you do?
- A bit of a paean to the old Quat'Sous theatre on Pine Avenue, soon to meet the wrecker's ball.
- After an extension and a plea for a truce, the Fête des Neiges is still cancelled after the Parc Jean-Drapeau union refused to agree not to invoke pressure tactics. It seems they chiefly want parity with the main blue-collar union. I'm a tad confused by the CBC's description of the islands as a "privately owned park" - can that really have happened without my noticing?
- If you're prone to feeling creepy about bugs, don't read this piece about the increasing prevalence of bedbugs in this city.
- Rivière des Prairies is in hot water for bulldozing several trees in a park which it wants to pave over and turn into a municipal office block, against the wishes of many residents and environmentalists.
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