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Ste-Adele made a big announcement on how it plans to develop a central location in town.  It would make permanent structures to accommodate it’s summer weekend market.  Would create spaces for adolescents to hang out, new playgrounds for the wee ones, a ‘natural water park?’ and more.  Storm water management will be handled by the […]

Sunday May 8th, Parc Lafontaine, Montreal.
MEC Bikefest is a daylong community celebration of all things bicycle related. Our goal is to bring together Montreal’s bicycle community and those new to bikes, to celebrate the wonders of cycling. Come join us and make it the best bicycle bash in Montreal.
We’re going to try and head down to […]

Something just dropped into my inbox and well I can’t let it just languish there unseen.
Walking westward down Notre-Dame from Atwater just gets cooler and cooler.  A new store front, a new neighbour, a new destination for all of you in the Sud-Ouest.  Tucked between a landmark (Dilallo burgers) and much sought after first coffee […]

—Thought I’d pass this email along to anyone interested.  A truly noble cause with only a toehold in Quebec due to our many layers of corrupt construction unions.—
Nouveau projet à St-Henri !
Chers bénévoles,
Habitat pour l’humanité Montréal lance une nouvelle saison de construction et cherche des bénévoles pour travailler au chantier et sur les divers comités […]

- guest post by Véronik Sansoucy - Green Party of Canada (Jeanne-Le Ber)
In the Village des Tanneries, there lives a community under threat.  With model gardens built to withstand the abuses of an urban environment.  When threatened they stand up and fight.  Not willing to be moved or wanting to live through a poorly planned […]

Can I call you Tim?   Click and read an absolutely brilliant open letter to Tim Hortons.

While I completely understand local resident’s desire to have a better say in the redevelopment of the Turcot exchange, there can be no doubt that this mass of gorgeous concrete is at the end of it’s useful life.
With giant holes appearing, overloaded trucks banned and a permanent state of panic laden repairs taking place, we […]

I think anyone that takes matters into their own hands and specifically out of the useless hands of Alan DeSousa and City Hall is to be commended.
Stephen McLeod is one such person.  With 60 clients spread around StHenri, NDG and the Plateau, who are willing to pay 5$ per week for Stephen to pick up […]

Quick update on May’s monthly fix:
Anti Publisac stickers now present on 95% of the households on this block.  We currently have about 40 stickers in hand and will be working our way around the corners day to day.  With only two holdouts on the street with the, “I like to look through the circulars” excuse, […]