4Good news: Raw sewage flows back to right place. City workers say 48 Isle des Soeurs households' toilets were flushing right into the river. 4A greener way to park it. Montreal à Velo holds a "park-in" at a parking spot on Mount-Royal near St-Denis, but got busted after two hours. 4Tornado-like waterspouts seen in Montreal this past Wednesday. 4L'autoroute Ville-Marie encore entravée: "Après la découverte de trois piliers fracturés, des travaux imprévus qui se sont ...

Billboards are here to stay, city says. (A proposed bylaw in provincial capital would ban the signs from its territory.) Opération économie d'essence à la police | New wheels are causing a stir: article includes a Youtube link to show the cops' new T3 Motions in action. Gay Village is in full party mode - and loving it. This story doesn't mention the objections made by emergency workers earlier in the summer about access, but it does tell us that ...

Here's an odd little story from Florida. On June 1st, an 18-year-old transit fan, James Harris, walked straight past security guards at the Miami-Dade Transit bus depot and selected a bus, which he then used to pick up fares on the 123 South Beach Local route. He was wearing a uniform he'd been given by bus drivers he'd befriended, one of whom later reported him. While out on bail for burglary and grand theft, Harris took another bus from a different depot. Dispatch used the on-board GPS to locate the bus, ...

4Large pothole shuts Turcot ramp in Montreal | Hole discovered in Montreal's Turcot interchange | Travaux d'urgence | Un trou sur l'échangeur Turcot provoque une congestion. This doesn't come as much of a surprise to me, considering the conversation I had with a friend recently about how when we're on the Turcot we just close our eyes and pray we make it to the other side. 4Montreal man charged in sex assaults of 4 prostitutes | Police ask alleged sexual assault victims of ...

In an interesting case from the Pacific Northwest, the city of Portland, Oregon, is suing employment-classifieds site Jobdango for the almost $5500 it cost to remove hundreds of illegal chalk advertisements the company placed on sidewalks last fall. The suit was filed by the city after waiting ten months for the company to pay the fines they were issued. The September Jobdango ad campaign was essentially a big old middle finger to the city of Portland, ...