Montreal — Page 35

To continue with

November 23, 2000 by Michael Boyle

the Montreal theme of today’s entries, it turns out that The Old Brewery Mission has a website.

For more than 110 years, the Old Brewery Mission has cared for those suffering the greatest need in the City of Montreal. In times of economic decline and in times of relative prosperity, the Old Brewery Mission has provided safe shelter, nourishing meals and personal contact for those who, for whatever reason, are unable to care for themselves and have nowhere else to go.

If you live in Montreal and are looking for a worthy cause to support, take a look at the Old Brewery.

that McDonald’s is a rabidly anti-union company – but one of their Montreal locations has been given the green light to organize. This is the third time in Montreal a McDonalds has gotten this close – both other times the franchisee closed the business rather than accept a union among its employees.

This week marks

November 23, 2000 by Michael Boyle

the opening of Nasdaq Canada, based right here in Montreal. I’ve heard and read a lot about it on the news, but I still can’t quite figure out what it’s going to be. I’m not sure that Nasdaq knows – will it just be a branch plant, a satellite trading floor? Or will it become a spin-off that companies can join like any other stock market?

Gotta love Montreal

November 17, 2000 by Michael Boyle

! In other cities people complain about Christmas starting too early. In Montreal people do something about it – they organize, plan, scheme… no idle chatter here. Uh, OK, it’s completely ridiculous, doing things like smearing shop windows with baby oil in protest. But we’re an activist city – we won’t take serious matters like decorating for Christmas too early lying down! The outrage of it all! [embarrassingly, this was found via Swallowing Tacks]

Thanks to two people

November 13, 2000 by Michael Boyle

, Peter Merholz and Meg Hourihan, for pointing out this map of the US election results by county. The additional level of granularity yields some really interesting information – particularly concerning the urban/rural split in US politics.

The same thing exists in Canadian politics as well, with the ruling Liberals electing MPs in most major cities while the upstart Reform/Alliance has otherwise swept the West and is threatening a breakthrough in outlying parts of Ontario. Likewise, in Quebec the Bloc is predominant except in Montreal, and didn’t sweep Quebec City either. An important difference between Canada and the US is that Canada is slightly more urban than the US – though it’s only marginally so.