Montreal Gazette : Ici, on parle E-com
You know, one of the best things the city of Montreal did in recent years was to set up a grant program where small businesses could access funds to improve their store fronts. It has done more to revitalize parts of the city than Y-A Convention Center project ever could. So now the provincial government, eager to ride the coat-tails of the dot.com revolution, is going to build another convention center. Les Quebecois have already shown themselves to be pretty quick on their feet and I bet the Keeners and True Believers could put the money to better use than tubular office buildings. A sort of "the street finds it's own use for things" situation. This is all about buying votes and creating a false sense of security so that the Old Guard of the P.Q. can see a sovereign Quebec in their lifetime. This is why a referendum won't be won any time soon : the only people who stand to gain are the politicians and their over-inflated sense of pride and people know it.
Meanwhile, in Toronto...Presstube : Heaping Portion
What an elegant way to show les arts plastiques on the net! After years of bad-mouthing my alma mater, it's really nice to something like this happening. "I want the code! I want the code!", he said stomping his feet and banging his fists on the table. (flash)
Butthole Surfers : buttlegs
"By the mid 80's there were a bunch of bad sounding live bootlegs of the band in the shops. In '87 we felt we could bootleg the band as well as everybody else, so we joined the crowd and released our own crappy bootleg too. ... Since it's doubtful we'll ever reissue this again, here all the songs in the MP3 format, for those who want it but are reluctant to cough up the 100 bucks or so for an original copy on Ebay."
Best of Montreal : Best Local Website(s)
All I can say is : this is fucking depressing. It's not quite as bad as a past
Best of Toronto survey where (apparently) the best place to pick up straight single men was the local
Canadian Tire, but it's pretty close. Visit at your own risk.