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Window Washers Almost Lose It… Literally

This was this past week during the big rainstorm.

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Posted By: froosh | Jun 12th

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City of Excuses

Earlier this month, the city said that snow removal was hampered because drivers were not always moving their cars.  It was a ridiculous joke of an excuse, but given the sheer size of the snowfall, we let it slide.
This week, the city is saying that the snow removal from the second big dump will be […]

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Posted By: froosh | Dec 22nd

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Halfway there

Montreal usually gets 200 centimeters of snow each year.  This year it’s gotten 110 centimeters already.
Yay!

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Posted By: froosh | Dec 17th

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Winter has been world’s warmest on record

I know: we’re about to get a pretty massive snowfall, on the heels of the major snowstorm we got two weeks ago, but it wasn’t a bad winter by any stretch of the imagination - the cold break here or there notwithstanding.
Apparently, we were not alone, ’twas the warmest winter on record.  Read more.

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Posted By: froosh | Mar 16th

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Open Letter to Al Gore: Come to Montreal!

Global warming, what global warming?
I am kidding, don’t send a melting glacier to my apartment, but it does feel like global warming is not really kicked in just yet.
Or is that just me?

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Posted By: froosh | Feb 6th

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bbrrrrr…..

there is an ice bar open in Montreal! if you’ve ever been curious about what it feels like to sip champagne while your extremities freeze, come on down to the terrace (well, in the summertime, currently it is a frozen wonderland) of Le Garcon at 1112 Sherbrooke (and Peel). Thursday’s opening was as cozy as […]

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Posted By: angelica | Jan 29th

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Global Warming Alive and Well in Montreal

I could be wrong, but global warming is alive and well, and apparently, residing in Montreal these days.  This is not December, it’s not November; it’s April, quite frankly.
Something odd as happened, the feel in the air is akin to that in spring, not fall.
What’s also odd is that the US has gotten Canada’s weather, […]

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Posted By: froosh | Dec 16th

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Indian Summer?

Montreal is one of the few cities in the world where you can experience four seasons in a day… today I woke up and headed out for breakfast in what was arguably mild, nice spring-like weather… by the time I checked back in to my place to prepare supper, the chill felt like fall.  I guess […]

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Posted By: froosh | Oct 7th

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