Monthly Archives: January 2014

Montreal’s Public School Crisis

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

This is really disturbing. A recent Radio-Canada report has shed some light on what might be the greatest case of long-term negligence in our province’s history of neglecting civic infrastructure. 82 public schools administered by the Commission Scolaire de Montréal … Continue reading →

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This is Getting Ridiculous – Israel is no Friend of Canada

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

Hat’s off to the Beaverton for nailing it with this headline: “Israeli Prime Minister Stephen Harper returns after long visit in Canada” …and to the Gazette’s Terry Mosher, for much the same reason (*Note the comments and replace the Star … Continue reading →

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Skyline to Change, Condo Ghetto Unlikely

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

I’ve been meaning to talk about this for a while, but Bill 60 got in the way… Cadillac Fairview corporation (the real estate arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, the single best performing pension plan in the entire world) … Continue reading →

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Pedestrianizing Ste-Catherine Street: How to Make it Work

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

It looks as though Mayor Coderre is at the very least interested in discussing the possibility of pedestrianizing Ste-Catherine Street in advance of the city’s 375th anniversary. This is as a consequence of needing to dig up the street and … Continue reading →

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Which Catherine is Ste-Catherine Street Named After?

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

Kate McDonnell did me a solid and linked to my recent article about the future of the Faubourg on her site, the Montreal City Weblog (which should be regular required reading if you want to know what’s going on around … Continue reading →

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