Reddit pulse / page 2
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
Someone was seriously injured at Lionel Groulx metro station early Saturday. The orange and green lines are affected — avoid them this morning.
Someone tied balloons to L'Anneau downtown and Reddit's trying to figure out who did it and why. Local mystery of the morning.
Fire alarm went off at Le Sherbrooke tonight and cops showed up — people on Reddit asking what actually happened. Thread's still going.
Someone ordered a cream cheese bagel at Fairmount and the staff member served it uncut with cream cheese smeared on top instead of spread inside. Customer asking if that's how they do it.
hit-and-run near Jacques-Cartier Bridge today around 4 PM. witness got photos of the driver (woman, 35, red hair) and both plates on a Hyundai Ioniq, filed a police report. if that's you: police have everything.
municipal professionals' union is striking evenings and weekends starting October 19 — that's libraries, IT, water management going dark nights and weekends. essential services stay open but expect some disruption.
Someone did the math on ditching their car in Montreal and is saving four grand annually. Subway, bike, the occasional taxi. People in the thread doing the same math.
Someone unknowingly booked an illegal Airbnb in Old Montreal and got confronted by security. Airbnb initially denied the refund. Reddit thread's blowing up.
Someone recorded a racist attack on the Metro during National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The clip's circulating on Reddit.
A Reddit poster claims someone told them that recyclable materials placed in blue transparent plastic bags won't actually get recycled—that it's like throwing recycling in with garbage. They're asking if this is true and how long it's been the case. No official confirmation yet from the city.
Reddit poster /u/MincedM3 is calling out fellow Montrealers for coughing and sneezing without masks or covering their faces. "Everyone is sick right now, and everyone is coughing and sneezing—no mask, no covering their face, nothing; just hacking with their mouths fully open," they posted. Sounds miserable out there.
The STM formally refuses to equip its 165 constables with firearms, citing their tendency to use force too quickly. The transit authority hired Martin Prud'homme, ex-head of the Sûreté du Québec, to address metro security instead. Prud'homme starts later this month in a newly created high-level management post.
If a company charged you without asking after a free trial, you can cite Quebec law: just tell them it's illegal and threaten to report them to consumer protection. people say it works 100% of the time.
Reddit thread pushing the STM to finally install platform screen doors—at least on the orange line first, since all its trains have matching door spacing. could save lives from accidents and falls.
A crew smashed through Bijouterie Futuriste's storefront on boulevard Saint-Charles around lunch hour and made off with jewelry. They used a vehicle to force the entry and fled before police arrived.
engineering report says the Canada Malting plant building could collapse at any moment. street's closed near the site because of falling debris threat.
Peak foliage is hitting the Laurentians hard. Mont-Tremblant's Pic Johannsen is pulling out the full autumn palette right now — worth the drive if you've got a spare afternoon.
Massive grocery discounts hit this week — 27 recipes built around sales at Maxi and Super C, with savings up to 53% per meal. One planner got $124 off for five dinners feeding a family of four. Time to stock the freezer.
First day of the new two-week garbage collection schedule and the sidewalks are already piled with trash and torn bags. One in five addresses on the block didn't follow the new timing. Gonna be rough when people realize what they signed up for.
A federal Liberal candidate in Marguerite-Bourgeoys is entangled in a scheme involving hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from Haiti under the Duvalier dictatorship. The money was hidden in Switzerland for decades before ending up in Quebec. Enquête traced the money trail.
