An elevator at Berri-UQAM sits just above a recently reopened escalator.
The STM has asked the media to assemble at the Lionel-Groulx metro station on Monday morning to mark the inauguration of elevators there and at Berri-UQAM.
The elevators, whose construction began more than a year ago, are the first to be put in service on the island, and will join the three stations in Laval as the only ones so equipped. Elevators at Bonaventure, Côte Vertu and Henri-Bourassa are also under construction.
There's a perception among us working stiffs sometimes that upper management play by different rules than the rest of us. We're expected to be loyal to our employer, and when we get fired or are forced to resign over something serious, we can kiss that company (or even that line of work) goodbye. Big-time management folk, however, can jump around between competitors as much as they want, even after they've been fired.
Maybe it's because managers are fired more often, so it's not as serious to them as it may be to someone who has spent 20 years in the same job.
Still, you can't help but laugh at the news that Brunswick News (the corporation, controlled by the Irving family, that controls almost all media in New Brunswick) has re-hired Jamie Irving to be its vice-president. Irving had been removed as publisher of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal in June after it published a false report that Prime Minister Stephen Harper had pocketed a communion wafer. Although a ridiculous issue on its face, the report got national attention.
Irving quickly appointed Globe business columnist Neil Reynolds to be Brunswick's "editor at-large".
So I guess the moral of the story is: publish fake news, lay low for a bit and get promoted!
I'm not a music critic (I'm also incredibly white). Make up your own opinions.
The music is from Hometown Glory by London-based singer Adele.
A tour of the St. Laurent garage, following a bus driver on his daily between-routes.
I'm sure you've heard about it by now, but a reminder that the STM is holding a rare open house at its Legendre garage next to Henri-Julien Park near Crémazie metro on Sunday, Sept. 13, from 8am to 5pm.
The FAQ is here. The open house includes a 75-minute guided tour, for which they require registration at a specific hour.
The Legendre garage got a $102 million makeover, particularly to handle the new articulated buses that the STM is putting into service this fall. Those will be on display, along with a bunch of other stuff that's a mix of cool behind-the-scenes information and PR BS.
t.o.night, the new free Toronto evening newspaper, launched on Tuesday.
Reaction has been mixed:
CBC and the Doon Valley Journal have previews of the new paper.
The Bluffer's Guide this week in The Gazette looks at t.o.night and evening newspapers in general. It also debunks one of the arguments used by t.o.night's backers that this concept worked in London (England) by pointing out that the free evening daily there probably won't last another month.
CFCF's new "cozy corner"
Those of you who watch CFCF's noon newscast might have noticed something looking a bit different. The "cozy corner" (as Todd van der Heyden calls it) looks dramatically different.
The set before (Sept. 6)
Gone are the vertical columns of dull blue, purple and grey. Instead, a solid blue wall and shelves which feature red highlights and a CTV logo. The chair are the same style, replacing black with bright red to match the set. The table and floor are unchanged.
This set is used rarely during the evening newscasts, but is where sit-down interviews with guests and columnists are shot. As we learned from our visit in May, the set sits in a corner of the set just next to the anchor desk.
Dumont 360 set
TQS haters were eagerly anticipating the premiere of Mario Dumont's new daytime talk show Dumont 360, one of the star attractions to V's fall lineup.
Though the rebranded station launched on Aug. 31, Dumont's show made its premiere a week later (ironically, on Labour Day, when most people with weekday jobs would take the day off) with Dumont introducing himself.
The critics' analysis: It could have been a lot worse (updated Sept. 9 with more links).
After: 24 Heures Montréal Sept. 8
The lesser of the two free dailies in Montreal launched with a new look today. In addition to a new logo, it includes a new colour scheme (orange and white instead of black and yellow) and new fonts (ones that seem to make it look more like Metro).
Where is this?
UPDATE: A few of you got this right, but Amanda was the first. It's a park, it's a founfain fountain, it's Lafontaine Park. The Théâtre de verdure is on the left.
The fountain rotates through various colours and shapes, giving a nice show at night.
Nick Murdocco and Gary Whittaker of The Franchise
It's not every day someone moves straight from hosting a campus radio show to hosting one on the commercial airwaves, but Nick Murdocco and Gary Whittaker have done exactly that. The hosts of The Franchise, a sports talk show on Concordia's CJLO 1690AM, will be moving up the ranks and down the dial to The Team 990 (CKGM) to host a weekend morning show starting Sept. 12.
You can take a listen to what kind of show they offer by listening to their podcasts.
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