Author: Alan Binder

The completion of this underground transportation project is a much-anticipated moment for Montreal residents. Since the beginning of the 20th century, Montreal has suffered from a lack of a rapid transit system. The streets are crowded and the tram network quickly reveals its flaws. It is necessary to create an efficient means of transportation to serve the major urban centers. Many metro construction projects proposed in the 1940s and 1950s were unsuccessful. But with the announcement of the 1967 Montreal World Exposition, the implementation of this ambitious project is accelerating. Edit Archive: Opening of the Montreal Metro. Director: Patrice Poliot.The…

Entrepreneurs, scientists, researchers and producers unite to create Centrale Agricole, Quebec’s largest urban agricultural cooperative. This urban space for food innovation and experimentation focuses on the circular economy…there, all businesses are interconnected. A little lesson in circular economyThe linear economy, which we know well, consists of four stages: extraction, manufacture, consumption and disposal. The linear economy has negative effects on the environment because it includes the consumption of resources and energy, but also the production of waste.Photo: Radio Canada / L’épicerieThe circular economy, for its part, is a loop. Energy and raw materials are reused throughout the cycle. In other…

Tuesday 12 October 2021 You bought a house a few years ago and secured your loan with CMHC, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation. You move and have to reinsure your mortgage with the company. Can you transfer CMHC’s mortgage loan insurance to a new property? Yes really. It all depends on the value and terms of your new loan. If you don’t increase your down payment percentage, amortization period, or loan amount, you don’t have to spend more money. Your premium will be transferred. Otherwise, you can pay an additional premium on the new amounts borrowed. However, the rates…

According to this non-profit organization, about 50 major coastal cities are expected to implement adaptation measures Unprecedented To prevent rising water levels from flooding the most densely populated areas of its lands and making its inhabitants vulnerable to bad weather. Asia, which includes nine of the 10 major cities most at risk, will be the most affected region in the world, but all continents will be affected except for Australia and Antarctica. Some islets may disappear almost completely. This most pessimistic scenario, driven by 4°C of global warming, would cause sea levels to rise by an average of 8.9 meters…

In Alex Pelzel’s skates, there were a lot of hockey players who would have given up their dream of playing in the National Hockey League. However, Bas Saint-Laurent, a native of Saint-Eloy, sees his perseverance being rewarded: He will start the 2021-2022 season in the Montreal Canadiens’ uniform.So Belzel is one of six Quebecers to wear the Hab colors at the start of the season. The others are Gaspesian Cedric Beckett, Matthew Perrault, Jonathan Drouin, David Savard and goalkeeper Samuel Montembolt. Belzel benefited from many of the striker’s injuries, including that of left winger Mike Hoffman, and made his dream…

The UCI and its partners participated in the evacuation of 125 Afghan nationals. It is very important for the UCI to deal with the members of the cycling family who are suffering as a result of the situation in Afghanistan. I am pleased that our efforts in this direction provide an opportunity for those concerned, under decent conditions.UCI President David Lappartient announced in a press release. Since the events that took place in the country during the month of August and in view of their consequences for a part of the population, especially women, the UCI has put itself at…

This orchestra has 16 musicians, but sometimes the band rehearses in smaller groups. The co-founder of the orchestra, Pierre Langevin, recalls with great enthusiasm his first meeting with the masterful teacher and musician of Tunisian origin Chaker Ben Abdelaziz. Pierre Langevin noticed the new concert hall at the Arquemuse Music School, now located in the Saint-Roch district. When I got home, I saw that there was a little flyer; Marked “Oriental Music Cycle”. While inquiring, he learned that Shakir bin Abdulaziz was giving lessons there. Their understanding is immediate. Artistic Director of Production Strada is full of praise for a…

The story begins before the summer, long before the controversy over the books destroyed by the Ontario School Board, who has traveled the world. Those in charge of the Laval Primary School library noted that they lacked space on their shelves to hold new books. When this type of situation occurs, the school service center offers its support in choosing the structures to be trimmed in order to save space. On June 14, the librarian responsible for educational and documentary services at CSS de Laval, Ingrid Lecours, sent a 92-page list with books to be collected. An objective standard has…

We still recruit a lot of young people every year, […] But we lose a lot in years of experience, summarizes Mark Lauer, Senior Regional Arbitrator at Outaouais. It is estimated that 25% of officials will leave this year and about 85% of them represent people with 5-10 years of experience behind the tie, sometimes more. Since we are losing veterans, we have no choice but to raise the youth level faster than expected. Loyer notes, referring to the newcomers who find themselves ruling higher-level matches. He explains that reorganizations are being made to ensure that these young people are…

I think it will be my last world championship. I play it like the last because I don’t know if I will still have the mental state to support more footballThe Brazilian star said in an exclusive interview with a documentary on the broadcast platform. I will do everything to get there in good shape, and do my best to win with my country, to fulfill my biggest dream since I was young. I hope I can make it happenAdds the Paris Saint-Germain striker. Neymar, the second top scorer in the history of Seleção behind legend Pele, will turn 34…