Images from Montréal’s Santa Parade 2009
Posted in News on Nov 22nd, 2009
Here are some images from Montréal’s 2009 Santa Parade from the Gazette:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Gallery+Santa+Claus+Parade/2251835/story.html
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De-icing an aeroplane’s wings
Posted in News on Nov 19th, 2009
As winter approaches here in Montréal, one is often reminded of how the city needs to adapt to its particular environment. Planes that leave Montréal’s Trudeau airport often have ice build-up overnight and need to be de-iced before taking off.
Here is a short video of the de-icing procedure at work:
Jobs Data Better in Québec than the Rest of Canada
Posted in News on Nov 6th, 2009
Unemployment statistics released today show that Canada has lost jobs in the month of October. However, Québec is an exception to this rule and has seen unemployment fall to 8.5% from 8.8% in September.
In Montréal, unemployment has fallen from 9.5% to 9.3% in a month. Although the economy is difficult throughout the world at the [...]
Tremblay Wins The Election
Posted in News on Nov 2nd, 2009
Gerald Trembaly has won the election for Montréal mayor, although with a more diverse set of councillors than he had before. The big question is: what will he do to clean up city hall, if anything?
Montréal’s Mayoral Election
Posted in News on Oct 30th, 2009
This weekend Montréalers will be going to the polls to elect a new mayor. With three days to go before election date the three main candidates are neck to neck. Unfortunately, for most Montréalers the choice will not be an easy one to make.
The three main candidates are:
Gerald Tremblay is the incumbent candidate and is [...]
Montréal is resisting the economic crisis
Posted in News on Sep 24th, 2009
According to the Journal de Montréal, the city has outperformed many of its peers in North America during the economic crisis. Montréal International, a quango which promotes the city abroad as a place to do business, has created a list of major cities and their variation in employment between June 2008 and June 2009.
Interestingly, Montréal [...]
Mercier Bridge Getting a Deck-Lift
Posted in News on Sep 22nd, 2009
The Mercier bridge was the second crossing from the Island of Montréal to the South Shore. It links Lachine with the Indian reserve of Khanawake and the South Shore suburb of Chateauguay.
As with any structure, the time has come for the Mercier bridge to undergo major repairs. It’s also an opportunity for the Federal Bridge [...]
Montréal and Sustainable Tourism
Posted in News, hints and tips on Jun 16th, 2009
Montréal has become the first city in North America to sign and implement National Geographic’s Center for Sustainable Destination’s Geotourism Charter.
To this end, Montréal has produced a website with major attractions throughout the city including a map.
Check out the website at: http://www.montrealgeo.com/
There are lots of interesting destinations to visit. The map on the site is [...]
St Patrick’s Day Parade in Montréal with Photographs
Posted in Attractions, News on Mar 22nd, 2009
The 185th annual St Patrick’s day parade was held in Montréal today. The pavements of Ste-Catherine street were lined with flag waving children and adults in green hats.
Today everyone was Irish!
The Parade started at noon at rue Du Fort and moved down Ste-Catherine until rue St-Urban by the Complexe Desjardins and took about three hours [...]
The Marie-Victorin school board announced last week that it would be shutting several schools in the Vieux-Longueuil & St Hubert areas. Forecasters at the school board have determined that they will have 7700 fewer pupils in 2013 and this will cause a financial deficit if they don’t act.
When you’re choosing where to live in Montréal [...]