Fewer smog days this summer- July 16, 2008 There have been far fewer smog days this summer compared to last, but whether this dip is due to the price of gasoline or merely to the vagaries of the weather is not clear.http://w5.montreal.com/mtlweblog/2008/07/fewer-smog-days-this-year.html Public pool water said to be improved- July 16, 2008 Public swimming pool water is said to be improved this year, after a scare two years ago when a study showed water quality to be poor in many pools. But it seems to have been forgotten that doubt was cast on the qualifications of the man who carried out that 2006 study.http://w5.montreal.com/mtlweblog/2008/07/public-pool-water-said-to-be-improved.html 2009 NHL draft comes to Bell Centre- July 16, 2008 Montreal will be host of the 2009 NHL draft next June, as well as doing the NHL all-star game in January, both to mark the team's centennial.http://w5.montreal.com/mtlweblog/2008/07/2009-nhl-draft-comes-to-bell-centre.html Street parade to close comedy fest- July 16, 2008 This Sunday a street parade to Mount Royal will close the Just For Laughs fest with a bang.Full disclosure: I've been working at the comedy festival this season, but not as a publicist. I do print media graphisme. But I thought I'd better mention it to be scrupulously fair.http://w5.montreal.com/mtlweblog/2008/07/street-parade-to-close-comedy-fest.html Urban "incivility" a problem- July 16, 2008 StatsCan asked people about incivility in their cities and Montreal came second or third after Halifax and Vancouver on issues like prostitution and drug use. (All port cities, you'll notice.) The journalist then gets some quotes from people who work near the corner of Ste-Catherine and the Main, which is like shooting fish in a barrel, and Marcel Tremblay reminds us of the city's decent numbers on serious crime. Also, Quebec City is perceived to be much tidier than the metropolis –...http://w5.montreal.com/mtlweblog/2008/07/urban-incivility-problem.html City told to pay for racist cop action- July 16, 2008 The Quebec Human Rights Commission has told city police to pay damages in an incident in which police tried to arrest three people, all black, who were merely cleaning out the garage belonging to one of them. The city hasn't said yet whether it will appeal.http://w5.montreal.com/mtlweblog/2008/07/city-told-to-pay-for-racist-cop-action.html Transit geek moment- July 15, 2008 I have an Opus card!http://w5.montreal.com/mtlweblog/2008/07/transit-geek-moment.html River levels concern politicians- July 15, 2008 The CREM, a committee of local elected officials, is concerned about the river level issues that might follow from changes in water management upstream envisioned by the binational group that controls water flow from the Great Lakes into the Seaway.http://w5.montreal.com/mtlweblog/2008/07/river-levels-concern-politicians.html 2000 space scientists land in town- July 15, 2008 They may not be tourists, but 2000 scientists in space research are here for a conference. Although their sessions aren't open to the public, at least a model of the new space telescope (to replace the Hubble) is viewable at the Old Port.http://w5.montreal.com/mtlweblog/2008/07/2000-space-scientists-land-in-town.html Prankster closes golf site- July 15, 2008 A prankster who put up a website for a fictional company saying it was redeveloping Île Ste-Hélène into a golf course has had to take it down after a couple of lawyers' letters.http://w5.montreal.com/mtlweblog/2008/07/prankster-closes-golf-site.html |