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Leo, co-owner of Alliance Montreal, brought kids to a local high school to make basketball shots. Every shot made = one hot meal donated by Mama Khan to someone in need. Community vibes.
Montrealers comparing notes on whether warm weather faded faster than usual — Instagram comparison photos from this exact week last year show people in dresses and shorts outdoors. This year it already feels like 5 degrees and fall is here.
Parents bringing their young kids to vote today — one post shows a 6-year-old and 4-year-old stoked to hit the polling station alongside their family. If they can do it, you can do it.
Today's World Teachers' Day — a moment to recognize the educators working in far-from-optimal conditions to keep schools running. They deserve the acknowledgement.
Housing Monday megathread is live on r/montreal — the place to ask about rent, buying, pest control, landlord drama, whatever's happening in your apartment or house. Someone's always got an answer about Plateau prices or getting rid of mice in the crawl space.
Someone painted fall colours at Outremont Park in oils on panel and posted it to r/montreal. The brushwork on those trees is sharp — that kind of golden-hour light that only hits in October.
A man in crisis, possibly armed, forced police intervention Sunday afternoon above an IGA on Rue Molson near Rue Masson in Rosemont. Customers confined inside; employees heard officers yelling commands from outside. Police brought reinforcements; details on the outcome still coming.
Multiple pickpocketing and theft incidents downtown in the past month have longtime residents surprised. A friend's entire purse stolen from a bar, another's phone grabbed off Crescent Street yesterday—the port location still showing on Find My. People who've traveled widely and never had issues here are suddenly on alert.
Someone just walked the entire length of rue Sherbrooke from Montreal-Ouest all the way to Pointe-aux-Trembles. Took just over 5 and a half hours of walking, plus 25 km of Bixi rides to get there and back. They're definitely taking a rest day.
Someone's looking for a way to map which Montreal neighbourhoods actually have fiber-to-home (>1G speeds) instead of randomly testing addresses on Bell and Vidéotron sites. Asking if a resource exists — doesn't look like anyone's found one yet.
The Vimont boisé in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is locked in a dispute between Santé Québec and residents who use the woods for running, dog walking, and cycling. Santé Québec fenced off the forest and removed trees, citing homeless encampments. Local activists like Anaïs Houde from Mobilisation 6600 Parc-Nature say the fence solves nothing and question whether it'll actually work.
Ferme des Ambassadeurs is bringing Haitian vegetables grown in Quebec directly to Montreal. Fresh produce, community connection, local-to-table.
Foulab, the Montreal hackerspace, has a full October lineup. Open workshops, collaboration nights, and project builds if you're into that kind of thing.
A pilot was doing aerobatic manoeuvres over Mont-Saint-Hilaire this morning. People all over the city spotted the stunt — if you heard the engine noise, that's what it was.
Someone's boat got loose on the harbour and the whole city's posting about it.
Canada won 2-0 over Peru in an international soccer friendly Saturday in Montreal, with Shaffelburg scoring both goals.
The World Press Photo Exhibition is on display in Montreal featuring powerful work from journalists around the world. A visitor called it very moving and worth seeing. [gap: specific location, dates exhibition is open, admission cost not provided in source]
The homeless situation around Atwater has gotten worse. What used to be yelling at night is now people walking around with loud speakers blasting music through the early morning hours.
Green line had another outage this morning. This is the second or third time this week the line's been partially shut down. Feels like it's becoming a pattern.
Those old enamel address plaques are coming back. Montreal buildings are getting that retro look again with the classic street number plates.
