City is short of poll workers
The city is short of people to work on election day.
https://mtlcityweblog.com/2025..../10/20/city-is-short
Le Devoir interviews Soraya MF
Le Devoir goes all out Monday interviewing Soraya Martinez Ferrada and dissecting her ideas so it was refreshing to turn to Métro and read Olivier Robichaud’s opinion that Ensemble offers few details on its promises – but he’s not too impressed with Projet’s lack of imagination either.
https://mtlcityweblog.com/2025..../10/20/le-devoir-int
Deux-Montagnes REM to open Nov 17
The Deux-Montagnes REM branch has just been announced to open on November 17.
https://mtlcityweblog.com/2025..../10/20/deux-montagne
Our museum was once robbed too
In the wake of the Louvre heist on the weekend in which so many historic jewels were taken, the Journal looks back to the 1972 robbery of the Museum of Fine Arts in which paintings and jewellery were also made off with, never to be found.
https://mtlcityweblog.com/2025..../10/20/our-museum-wa
Low turnout presaged for November 2
Last mayoral election, 38% of eligible voters cast ballots, a decline from a still not very impressive 42% four years previously. It seems unlikely we’ll see a sudden surge of interest this time, with a lacklustre campaign combined with the delay in getting voter cards out.
https://mtlcityweblog.com/2025..../10/20/low-turnout-p
