Reddit pulse / page 30
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
Someone's asking about taking the REM with a bike to Deux-Montagnes and cycling to Oka for the day — sounds like the kind of thing locals are actually doing now that the weather's good. If you've done it, the trail's apparently solid.
Mary Gallagher's back in Griffintown this Saturday, June 27. Costume parade at 1 p.m. from the city, then Haunted Montreal's running free ghost tours and paid experiences at night — some stuff's streamed online too. French and English.
A local's mom loves their music, especially 'Quelque chose About You.' They had TV appearances and played events but barely show up on Spotify. If you remember them, Reddit's wondering where they went.
The Côte-des-Neiges shooting has people asking hard questions about why the suspect drove 40 hours to get here. Details are still sparse, but the theory it was purely about access to adult sites isn't sitting right with the community.
Tennis Canada is planning a new covered stadium, and one proposal would demolish the Jarry pool. The replacement would be smaller—25 meters instead of 50—and built in the north parking lot. The city's only 50-meter pool would be gone.
Montreal now has a group for people to scream together — and honestly, relatable.
Heavy police presence and traffic backup near Jean-Talon and Décarie from the active shooter response. Avoid the area if you're commuting.
People online are sharing false claims about the Côte-des-Neiges shooter. The shooter was a Caucasian male, not Muslim. Be careful what you read — misinformation is already spreading among people you know.
Major police operation underway in Côte-des-Neiges after an armed suspect wounded two officers. Sector Jean-Talon–Décarie, avoid the area.
someone brought up a point on the radio: our sewers can't handle heavy rain dumps anymore. maybe it's time to actually engineer canals into the city like other places — Pierrefonds-Roxboro councilor thinking about it.
active shooter situation unfolded on Trans Island & De Courtrai in CDN this morning. police response massive, Décarie closed. residents sheltered in place — situation ended by afternoon.
people in lachine are rallying to save a proposed public swimming spot in the river. question for the whole city: should mtl build more safe, supervised places to swim in the fleuve?
someone's noticing that people stop speaking french with them once they find out they're american, even when they keep answering in french. hits different when your confidence takes a knock like that.
someone on reddit is hunting for a haitian bar or a spot with a big haitian crowd to watch the world cup match on the 24th. haiti vs morocco — if you know the vibe, drop a rec.
Squirrels destroyed someone's compost bin last year, and replacing it through Rosemont borough office means weeks on a waiting list, then rushing to pick it up the day they email you. Gotta freeze your scraps in the meantime.
A renovation crew in the west just had to tear out all their basement work and start over—the space flooded again after last year's damage, even with new flood protection installed. How many times is this gonna happen?
People in NDG reporting half-second power cuts happening a few times every night. Not sure if it's the storm damage or just the electrical grid struggling with everyone running their AC in this heat.
Big storm system moved across the northeast side of the city this morning—rolling in so quick it was hard to catch the whole thing from one spot. Some people got great timelapses of it.
Montrealers asking where to watch Wednesday's Canada game on a big screen outside — Toronto has free outdoor spots with seating and drinks, but nobody's found the same setup here yet. Anyone know a place?
The city's pothole-fixing contractors are making things worse. Redditors report the filled potholes are inverted — now they're basically mini launchpads. Appreciate the effort, but we've swapped one problem for another.
