Spoiler for an upcoming piece. On average, the income of men aged 65+ in Canada is higher than that of their 25-34-year-old counterparts.

But it was too late, British reinforcements would soon arrive and the strains of occupation had soured the city on the revolution. But the occupation did bring a French printer to the city who go on to found Montreal's first newspaper: The Gazette https://t.co/8KMBIaNaCA

Yesterday, was the 250th anniversary of the surrender of Montreal to the revolutionaries. They would occupy the city for seven months. Towards the end, Ben Franklin would come to Montreal to try and build support for the revolution.

Over the past year, there's been some talk about the U.S. annexing Canada as the 51st state, but what's often forgotten is that 250 years ago, American revolutionaries marched north, hoping to make Quebec the 14th colony to join the revolution

Soraya Martinez Ferrada now addressing supporters at her victory party

Soraya Martinez Ferrada’s family now on the stage at Ensemble Montréal victory party

Cheers of “Soraya, Soraya” at Ensemble Montreal HQ as Radio-Canada declares Soraya Martinez Ferrada the next mayor of Montreal

Big cheers at Ensemble Montréal HQ as supporters watch results coming in from boroughs where the party is leading against Projet Montréal incombants #polmtl

Things are still quiet at Soraya Martinez Ferrada HQ, as early results put her in the lead #polmtl

Housing start data shows that while there has been a decline in Montreal, many nearby suburbs have had similar, sometimes bigger, declines. And despite the claims of continuing decline, starts in Montreal are up this year: https://t.co/YYnxjI25OB #polmtl

Ensemble mayoral candidate Soraya Martinez Ferrada and her campaign have repeatedly claimed a 2021 bylaw that forces developers to build social and affordable housing or pay the city is pushing home building out of Montreal and into the suburbs. But is that true?

Ensemble Montréal candidate Sylvain Gariépy recently presented what seemed like damning statistics: housing starts fell in Montreal from 2021 to 2024, while certain suburbs had major increases There was one problem, all the suburbs he named had fewer starts in 2024 than 2021

This is also the beginning of the end of the dumbest chapter of performance politics in Canadian history. It involved a jackhammer & stunts that prevented Canada Post from modernizing itself. I wrote about this story in @thewalrus months ago. 2/2 https://t.co/4ePtfQraId

He quickly found a clue: lead in the trees. That lead was too old to have come from leaded gasoline and matched the lead found in leaky city pipes: https://t.co/H7yd9wtvfZ

As they looked for the cause, they turned to a geologist who specializes in determining the age of rocks. While much of his work has been related to mining, the isotope analysis techniques he uses have been applied in fields ranging from archeology to biology

The discovery was something of a surprise, earlier research in other cities found street trees fared worse during droughts because the concrete around them increased heat and didn't let what little water there was seep into the ground.

Researchers studying the health of trees in Montreal recently discovered something unusual, trees on city streets were less affected by droughts than those in city parks.

Rest In Print, legend “That summer, she walked up and down Main Street in Pierre, asking each business if they had work for her. She was turned down by every business she tried, until her luck turned around at the Pierre Capital Journal

"Quand nous l’avons interrogée à ce sujet la semaine dernière, la cheffe d’Ensemble Montréal a d’abord nié avoir encaissé un dépôt, avant de reconnaître les faits le lendemain" https://t.co/JrSFntJPov

He alleges he was convicted on the basis of testimony from a paid informant who later admitted to playing a major role in the murders, that police fabricated evidence and that prosecutors turned a blind eye to police misconduct