Illegal deposits, but required by certain owners
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The Press counted 59 housing offers where the owners clearly made illegal demands on tenants.
As we approach 1er July, owners do not hesitate to request an illegal deposit on classified ad platforms, we learned this week. Some tenants feel obliged to pay such a sum to be able to find housing, denounce Montreal housing committees. The Press counted 59 housing offers where the owners clearly made illegal demands on tenants. “It’s incredible how the owners get the short end of the stick,” lamented Benjamin Ahier. The 55-year-old man who works at the port of Montreal said he had to pay three months of rent in advance in 2023 to obtain his accommodation. An amount approaching $10,000.
Read the article by Justin Vaillancourt “Illegal deposits, but required by certain owners”
Are you ready for the “chaucidou”?
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On this road in Norwich, England, a single central lane is shared by cars and two other lanes, on the sides, are for bicycles.
Bromont’s adoption of a new type of road development has caused a lot of talk this week. This summer, part of Chemin Lotbinière will be transformed into a “chaucidou”, for “gentle traffic roadway”, reported Ariane Krol. From two lanes, this portion of the road will change to a single lane, where cars will be able to drive… in both directions. On each side of this lane, a lane will accommodate cyclists and pedestrians. One way, two ways? You read correctly ! The maximum speed will be reduced from 70 to 50 km/h, and cars will be able to move into the side lanes when they face each other. Are you doubtful? Know that the English, the French and even the Americans have already adopted “chaucidou”.
Read the article by our colleague Ariane Krol
Let them play outside
PHOTO ROBERT SKINNER, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
A SOM survey carried out for The Press reveals that more than 70% of Quebec adults are in favor of the establishment of a “digital majority” to have access to social networks.
Should we impose a “numerical majority” at 16 years old which would force young people to obtain parental consent to open an account? Seven out of ten Quebecers support this measure, according to a SOM survey carried out for The Press. But the formula has its limits, recalls Stéphanie Grammond in an editorial published Wednesday. America’s chief medical officer has also sounded the alarm about what is designed to be addictive to teen brains. As with cigarettes, he calls for a mandatory warning warning parents of “significant dangers” for the “mental health of young people”. Without a shadow of a doubt, this is a real public health crisis that we must take much more seriously, indicates the chief editorialist of The Press, which asks the question: “Can we let young people play sports and socialize instead?” »
Read Stéphanie Grammond’s editorial “Mental health and social networks: if we started by letting them play outside…”
Céline’s pain
PHOTO ANGELA WEISS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Singer Céline Dion at the film’s New York premiere I Am: Celine Dion
Stars hit the red carpet in New York and Montreal last Tuesday for the film’s premiere I Am: Celine Dion, which will be released on Prime Video on Tuesday June 25. But it was the final scene of this documentary by Irene Taylor that attracted the most attention this week. We see Celine Dion, who suffers from stiff person syndrome, in the middle of a crisis, all her muscles tense. “Without wanting to be macabre, it’s like watching a person possessed by a demon, their face contorted with pain and helplessness. It’s traumatic,” writes Hugo Dumas in his review of the film. A striking scene which “will make you understand everything about the last years of the superstar’s life”, concludes the columnist.
Read the column “If alone, Céline” by Hugo Dumas
My brother, this criminal
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The author’s brother was accused of attempted murder, news that she perceived as inevitable after a childhood marked by violence where her numerous cries for help went unanswered.
In a poignant testimony published Monday, Audrey-Ann L. recounts her childhood and that of her brother, to try to name the causes of the latter’s fall into delinquency. Neighbors who turn a blind eye to signs of domestic violence, police officers who cannot react to the requests of a minor when she wishes to file a complaint on behalf of her mother. The author exposes the dull pain of seeing a brother endowed with practical intelligence gradually become a seasoned criminal. How can we prevent such situations?, she asks. Could the school have been more present? Should reporting to the DPJ have been done better? Beyond the questions, this text from which we do not emerge unscathed concludes with a benevolent appeal.
Read the testimony “It takes a village to make a criminal”