I don't know who hung a "rue barrée" (road closed) sign between the incinerator smokestacks on Carriere, but I salute you, whoever you ate. #Montreal #norules #Art

In less than 26 hours, a part of Montréal will be plunged into the 15th century for 9 hours. It is not known how many millenials and younger will survive a Friday night without power/Internet. Humans may revert to prehistoric living, gathered around a bonfire to […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Local impact to China's Evergrande Group financial failure: When CP Hotels was spun off to the no-name brand "Fairmount", it didn't actually mean that Fairmount owned the properties. The Château Montébello was sold to China's Evergrande Group. (Though managed by Fairmount). With Evergrande […]

Very foggy in western Montréal overnight.

@EdwinG did you see the La Presse article on articulated buses not coming back till Christmas? this was more serious than I thought […]

The UN universal declaration of human rights and the Canadian Charter of rights apply to all persons. I can, at the limit, understand using "notwidthstanding" to avoid being forced to fund ramps to every building in a province. It still recognizes that mobility-challenge folks have a right to […]

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

There is media coverage of Trump telling a female reporter "Quiet Piggy". But just before that, Trump mentions Epstein "and all the people that he knew, including JP Morgan Chase". John Pierpont Morgan Sr dues March 31 1913. Epstein was born after that. Chase […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

@Milnoc the OC in OC Transpo is for Ottawa Carleton , right? Are there still parts of Carleton that are not part of city of Ottawa’s footprint ?

Hourrail! Dans cet épisode, Tolt reçoit Sylvie Buglioni, Directrice Projets, Technique et Industriel & Directrice Digital et Innovation à la RATP, pour comprendre comment l’entreprise invente concrètement le métro du futur. Elle revient sur les grands chantiers qui transforment le métro […]

the CP Holiday Train starts this week on Noveber 19th. Web: https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/HolidayTrain Schedule PDF for Canada: https://gis.cpkcr.com/arcgis/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/HolidayTrain/Canada_Holiday_Train_Route.pdf Note: this year, it isn't […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

For those wondering how you get on and off a penny-farthing. *A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅

Debate and vote on federal budget begins 12:00 EST today and schedule of 2 hours for it , followed by other business. https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/house/latest/projected-business

Le replay du #Parigo consacré au #RERB est en ligne 💪 Retards de livraison du Mi20, modernisation des outils internes, rajeunissement des infrastructures… on vous explique tout ! 👉 youtu.be/LKs0q-1ObjI?...

@Milnoc Happy Monday Morning™ ! May this day be dark, grey and cold ! May thé LRT ride be boring without pantograph fireworks or derailments.

Parigo #286 - La lente renaissance du RER B 14 minutes https://youtu.be/LKs0q-1ObjI Nouveaux trains prromis en 2025 maintenant attendus on 2028/2029 Contrat avait été gagné par Bombardier en cosortium avec CAF. Alstom a donc hérité de la portion Bombardier et doit travailler avec son […]

The real cost of Climate Change Presentation on a portion of climate resiliency/flood proofing of eastern part of Lower Manhattan. (They learned a hard lesson after Sandy in 2012). A New Seawall Protects Manhattan: An Engineering Marvel 22 minutes: https://youtu.be/-FTsVxuwPbY Expanding the […]

Trivia: The Sound of Music ios based on the real von Trapp family who lived in Salzburg Austria. While the Von Trapp family hiked over the Alps to Switzerland in this movie, in reality, they walked to the local train station and boarded the next train to Italy […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Never agreed with Microsoft joing NBC to create MSNBC. (this was in 1996). Microsoft sold its shares in 2005. And now, to avoid displeasing the emperor, Comcast spun off MSNBC into separate company so Trump can't criticise Comcast for MSNBC content. So it is quite […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

I have finally found proof that the conspiracy the Earth is a sphere is false 😉 State broadcaster Fox News argues the Epstein thing is a hoax. We know they only support conspiracies, yet, we never hear them supporting the conspiracy that the Earth is a Sphere which […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

@jcolp Checked the Québec mines and respoiurces maps and they confirmed that your province has been virtualized. Not responsing to sudo command makes it even harder to confirm your existance.

@Milnoc Guess what is on the Youtube ad dispensing machine today ? https://youtu.be/XDKpQhnG7Pg

Iata has a document that describes airline responsibilities in case of irregular operations. https://www.iata.org/contentassets/e7a533819be440edbb1e49da96e0f2a8/guidance-document-interline-irops_25june2020.pdf It containes the defintions that differentiate marketing, operating etc airlines.

Montréal weather: predictiosn originally for 1cm of ice are now down to 2 to 4mm only (so nothing). Snow begins at 21:00 Freezing rain between 23:00 and 05:00 but with temperature of 0. So not sure any rain would freeze upon contacting surfaces

Document PDF du gouvernement du Québec qui explique la Serie Montérgiennes. 1 page PDF (Mont Oka, Mont Royal, Mont St-Bruno, St-Hilaire etc). https://mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/GT-2015-01.pdf Les Montérégiennes se sont formées il y a 141 à 117 […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Rick Mercer won't reboot Talking to Americans | Q Live in St. John's 16 minutes https://youtu.be/bAbguqoP4N4

There's Something MUCH Bigger Than Yellowstone. And It Will Happen Again. PBS Terra. 14 minutes https://youtu.be/4GD64GTRpXM Note: Yellowstone is not just Yogi Bear's home, it is also sitting over a huge potential volcano. Equally huge is the CO2 we keep adding to atmosphere.

How much things have changed. Hydro Québec video (english) on its mission to help Georgia recover from hurricane Irma in 2017. Yet, those same people voted in a dangerous idiot intent on destroying the relationship with Canada. Amazing how things have changed. 10:12 https://youtu.be/gAsYy1be9Pc

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I wonder if the so-called urbanists will attend today’s press junket for REM opening. During the weekend, they may be able to explore all stations but won’t be able to check out metro connections at McGill and Edouard Montpetit due to strike. But unsure they would be able to today during press […]

@jcolp Happy morning. Has the virtualized New Brunswick added snow to the environment or does thé software still insists on generating water droplets in your simulated environment? Does the software ever generate any drama/controversy for your virtual government ? Or is the software too busy […]

You may have heard of a bridge collapse in China. It was brand spanking new. Why? Because it is near a massive dam that will raise water level by some 300m so all roads on sides of mountains have to be raised. 31.794787218583522, 101.92265289798168 Pic 1: dam in […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Starting 5 January 2026, the STM will be massively changing line 212. The minibuses will be gone and it will no longer connect to the MacDonald bus loop. The service to the Old Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue will be replaced by the 281 taxibus […]

This weekend, so called urbanists will flock to Montréal to sing the flawless praises of the REM that has all the gadgetbahn features they relish. And with certain folks ensuring there can be no criticism. Lets see if they actual venture out of stations or just stop, take pictures, rate the […]

@Milnoc I have some good and bad news for you. On the good news, today is the 13th. On the bad news, today isn't a Friday, nor a Monday Morning™

For those who complain about bike paths being cleared in winter. I live in a city that blocks bike paths in winter. So I have to ride on streets and because street not cleared to fiull width, I become an obstacle to cars who can't easil;y overtake me. So do car drivers prevent having bikes in […]

North or the St-Laurence river west of Dorion Québec, , highway 30, meant to allow trucks to bypass Montréal, was to plough through the Soulange Canal but the BAPE blocked it, because the Soulange Canal is historic and must be preserved. However, they couldn't have […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

"Jeffrey Epstein claims he gave Russians insight into Trump" I watched commentary some time ago and Epstein had a trip to Moscow similar to Trump (trying to get real estate deals) and apparently gave dirty details about Trump to the Russians to gain their favour and make them sour on any deal […]

The Sound of Music celebrated 60th anniversary. The (new grown up) child actor reunions (as well as some real Von Traps). https://youtu.be/YVnesxvxX20 If they were to make a remake today, it would be of an american famiy escaping to Canada 😉 (They is thankfully strong opposition to a remake).

I have been following the Thamesborg saga. It carries carbon blocks that act as anode in the aluminium smelter. Each weights about 1 tonne. Dutch guy Marc Hennes has been following it more than me and figured out the really neat ways they carry the blocks from ship to the smelter. Truck lowers […]

Usually, Ottawa a mere western suburb of Montréal gets similar weather, but massive differences in past 2 days: (November 9 was a red alert days for snow) Nov 9 rain snow MTL: 7.67 1.6 OTT: 0.0 11.7 Nov 10 MTL: 2.5 8.4 OTT: 0.0 0.3 Montréal […]

This portion of video shows perhaps one of the most respectful show of respect to living veterans. From an era when the USA did some very classy stuff. Note the standing ovation. https://youtu.be/P-JFdEJS7Gg?t=752 This is from the Kennedy Center Honors series for Billy Joel. (video has full […]

Cedar Park train station. Montreal.

Yesterday predicted sumer mega snow storm for Montréal turned out to be a rain dud. Tonight, predicted non event ends up being a snow even with streets covered already. First bike ride to pool in snow !

On this, the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior: Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio) 05:58 https://youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI The Edmund Fitzgerald Mystery Maritime Horrors 30:17 https://youtu.be/wIg90sVSwSE

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#Parigo #285 - Fin de service pour le ticket de métro en carton 15:38 https://youtu.be/5dp0nAfQ-Jk En passant, Montréal a introduit billets a bande magnétique avec l'ouverture du métro en 1966, bien avant Paris ! […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

@Milnoc is is -3 in Ottawa and +1 in Montreal. The difference is attributable to parliament not sitting today so Ottawa is in a hot air deficit 🙃

@Milnoc Happy Monday Morning™ !!!! Cold, dark, wet and dreary ! Couldn’t be any better 🙃

the SS Edmund Fitzgerald floundered in Lake Superior on November 10 1975, 50 years ago today. All 29 crewmembers perished. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald