@jmagder.bsky.social
News reporter for The Gazette in Montreal — specializing in civic affairs and transportation.
Still no official results at Mount Royal and campaign staff are on edge here at Housefather HQ.
29.04.2025 03:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
They’re breaking out the food at Housefather HQ in Mount Royal as the polls close and volunteers settle in to watch the results.
29.04.2025 01:46 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Just spoke to Ben, who is a first-time voter. He voted Conservative because he likes their tough in crime agenda and because he believes they will act against antisemitism.
29.04.2025 00:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Roughly one hour before polls close and it’s quiet at Hampstead School in the Mount Royal riding. Several people I spoke to said they “voted for change”. Others said the US president was their main motivation to go vote.
29.04.2025 00:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0How your pee can help speed up snow clearing in the city.
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This is a terrible picture I took from today’s announcement by Soraya Martinez Ferrada who hopes to run for mayor of Montreal. For a better pic and a complete report, click on my story. www.montrealgazette.com/news/local-p...
12.02.2025 17:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This is a terrible picture I took from today’s announcement by Soraya Martinez Ferrada who hopes to run for mayor of Montreal. For a better pic and a complete report, click on my story. www.montrealgazette.com/news/local-p...
12.02.2025 17:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Housing costs in Montreal are about to get worse after Quebec’s rental board approved the biggest single-year rent hike of the past thirty years. @ToulasTake explored how the “city of renters” got so expensive: thewalrus.ca/can-montreal...
09.02.2025 15:06 — 👍 24 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 1‘Cheap chairs, cramped spaces’: Warming centres for the unhoused decried as suboptimal https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/local-politics/article710038.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky
29.01.2025 20:15 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Walking on water: commuters welcome return of Hudson-Oka Ice Bridge. www.montrealgazette.com/news/article...
28.01.2025 17:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
There may be another player entering the race to replace Plante, and this time, not from her own party.
23.01.2025 19:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lane closures on Van Horne Ave. expected to last nearly five months
Read more at: www.montrealgazette.com/news/article...
A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street
A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire
A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background
The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
Wisdom from his many years.
09.01.2025 21:02 — 👍 40616 🔁 9885 💬 655 📌 500Have been on Bluesky quite a bit the last two days (for info & resources) & it’s not social media that’s broken. I think it’s us that’s broken now. I’ll post about places ppl can donate because LA is in bad shape & my replies are full of “ummmm sounds like somebody’s never heard of Pompeii.”
09.01.2025 21:35 — 👍 26388 🔁 1964 💬 1266 📌 170
Freeland’s resignation should have surprised no one who know her—that is, according to the picture presented by some people who know her best in the new biography.
03.01.2025 12:47 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 1
New year, new payment rules: There are some pretty significant changes to pensions, income taxes and capital gains taxes. Here's a breakdown on what to expect in 2025. www.montrealgazette.com/news/article...
03.01.2025 18:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Opinion: Quebec needs immigrants. Let’s stop scapegoating them www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/arti...
12.12.2024 14:18 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
Belle histoire de @gabrielbeland.bsky.social sur un homme de 84 ans qui doit cesser la course
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Retour au travail forcé des facteurs | Conflit à Postes Canada: «C'est un bourbier sans nom» -Marc Ranger
16.12.2024 19:52 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Gracia Kasoki Katahwa to vie for Projet Montréal leadership
15.12.2024 03:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0P.K. Subban’s back to renew his love affair with Montreal https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article580635.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky
13.12.2024 21:24 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0Improvements needed to plan for Place Versailles redevelopment, OCPM says https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article579724.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky
13.12.2024 21:43 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0At Poilievre’s Montreal rally, disenchanted Liberals join Conservative loyalists https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article579735.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky
13.12.2024 21:47 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 2
A B/W BANNER HANGING ON A HIGHWAY OVERPASS: WHICH BIKE LANE DO WE BLAME FOR THIS TRAFFIC
expressway traffic with image of banner hanging on overpass
WHICH BIKE LANE DO WE BLAME FOR THIS TRAFFIC?
Banner this morning in Toronto on the Gardiner ExpresswayThe people of Ontario have had enough Premier Ford.
📸 @martinreis.bsky.social
«Une nette majorité de Québécois souhaite que la province obtienne plus de pouvoirs d’Ottawa. On n’aura donc pas le choix d’en parler.»
13.12.2024 21:59 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Posted this at the old place, but thought folks on @bsky.app might like to know I finally met my "mother".
12.12.2024 22:56 — 👍 147942 🔁 9203 💬 2948 📌 532
An eye for an eye, and we all go blind.
13.12.2024 18:40 — 👍 14150 🔁 1844 💬 869 📌 253
