Reddit pulse / page 13
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Someone's trying to find you online: they bought laminated portrait frames of you at Renaissance thrift store near De Castelneau about 4 years ago and now you're redecorating their place. If that's you and you don't know grandma donated them, hit up u/lazyriver12 on Reddit.
Visitor bringing family Sept. 13–22 wants to know if Tam tam happens during that window — the big bike race starts Sept. 13 and they're wondering if street closures will affect the gathering.
Someone heading to the World Championships peloton on Sept. 27 near Park Avenue and Camillien-Houde is asking if there's an organized fan zone, party or music setup in that area before the riders come through from the South Shore.
Two visitors from Boston came back to Montreal last week with their new Canon R6 Mk III and took photos they wanted to share with the city. They're already planning to return.
Major cycling races starting September 13 are shutting down streets across the city for two weeks, forcing commuters and anyone with reduced mobility to find detours. Plan alternate routes now.
Students heading to Concordia from areas like Marché Jean-Talon are trying to figure out which bike paths stay open during the Grand Prix cycliste starting September 13. No official word yet on whether Maisonneuve, Berri, and Saint-Denis paths will close, so people are considering the métro until things clear.
Plage de l'Est is solid for kayaking right now — water's mostly calm with enough waves to keep it interesting. GUEPE rents kayaks on-site and they're a non-profit so rentals are subsidized. Only catch: no fast transit beyond Honoré-Beaugrand from downtown, so plan your trip.
Production crew was working near Saint Catherine downtown today with streets blocked, but by the time someone posted about it, they were already packing up. No word on what was actually being filmed or which streets got closed.
Someone on Prince Arthur tried to steal from a woman's purse by dropping something at her feet as a distraction — but witnesses called 911 and the woman got her card back after following him to another restaurant. That same night, he hit five more businesses down Saint Laurent and grabbed another purse. He slipped out a fire exit at a local bar before police arrived, but videos of all the incidents exist.
Smokers and vapers in Montreal are blowing clouds directly into crowds at bus stops, metro entrances, and parks with zero consideration—way different from other Canadian cities. Quebec law says smoking within 9 metres of a bus shelter is illegal, but people use them like private smoking booths. Non-smokers are just forced to breathe second-hand smoke or leave.
Canada's Department of Finance opened a pre-budget consultation for 2026. The questionnaire is live until tomorrow—you can fill it out if you want a say in what makes it into the fall budget. The questions cover economic growth, affordability, and support for the next generation of workers.
A 50-year-old Montreal resident who's lived here since his teens got a parking ticket on a holiday for the first time ever Monday. Turns out holidays aren't treated like Sundays for parking—at least a dozen others on his street got dinged by the same agent that day. Apparently a lot of people have been operating under the same assumption.
Day 10 of the Quebec election campaign is underway. Reddit's tracking the key moments and developments as voting day gets closer.
Someone's ruelle party has been going since 7:30 p.m. with music and shouting. They're wondering if there's a holiday exemption and why no one's shut it down yet.
Montreal's got thousands of luxury condos just sitting empty while rent keeps climbing. People on Reddit are asking what's the deal.
Fuel's at $2/L and people are losing it. Reddit's full of posts asking why the government isn't doing anything about it.
someone visited the cyclovia on Camillien-Houde and found way fewer cyclists than expected — less festive energy than you'd hope for, more like a road closure than an actual event.
a husky was seen wandering around downtown on McGill street near the Old Port today — if you spot it, check for a collar and help get the dog home safely.
The REM/Exo fare system has a gap: you can't buy a single Opus card ticket from Panama terminus to Saint-Jean. Try anyway, it's $8 cash one way. A bus driver let someone on out of principle — even he thought it was broken.
Someone on r/Montreal is bracing for years of excavation noise starting at 7 a.m. — soil digging for underground parking, then an 8-10 storey condo build until at least 2028. Already dealing with sleep issues. Considering just moving now to escape it.
