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What is the little squiggle under the c called (Ç)?
it's a "cédille".
In English it's a cedilla.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87

The truck without a driver inside is probably the more dangerous hill.
#Aieee!

Here's a list of eastern townships beaches.
(news story was on Radio-Canada's eastern townships news page)
If you're curious the Saint-Herménégilde Municipal Beach is on Lac Wallace, a fun #gravelbike ride away from Coaticook.

Québec abolit son programme de suivi de l’eau des plages Le ministère de l’Environnement abolit le programme Environnement-Plage qui avait permis en 2025 de suivre la qualité de l’eau de plus de 150 plages au Québec.

One of the first acts of Quebec's new premier Fréchette is to abolish the monitoring of water quality at beaches.
Program has been in place since 1970: 55 years!
Spokesperson for the Ministry of the Environment explains that this decision stems "from the State's efficiency project."
#MakeItMakeSense

6:26 am and the first "world's loudest motorcycle" of the day just went by.

Only 6 months until october.

Note the bixi rider on the wrong side of the bike lane, into the oncoming bike traffic, something people with zero concept of the rules of the road tend to do frequently.👈
And they're riding one handed and the reason for that 99% of the time is they're holding or using their cell phone while riding.

Drove down chemin de la côte-sainte-catherine tonight.
😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

You know who didn't seem to notice the gaping holes in the pavement?
Communauto cars.😲

Later part of the show is post-motown but I (and everyone in the audience), really enjoyed it.

That is not a picture of a "protected bike lane".

Detroit: Music of the Motor City

Saw (and heard) the Soulpepper theatre's show "Detroit: Music of the Motor City" at Segal Centre tonight.
Very enjoyable musical history of Detroit.
www.segalcentre.org/en/shows/202...

"La meilleure piste cyclable à Québec?"
one candidate:

La première phase de la piste cyclable La Riveraine est inaugurée | Le Charlevoisien Avec le prolongement de 1,3 kilomètre en deux phases de construction, la piste cyclable La Riveraine est appelée à devenir une voie récréative de transport actif entre le noyau villageois de Petite-Ri...

There are no photos of Karianne Bourassa on a bicycle, but here's one of her beside a bicycle.
www.lecharlevoisien.com/2023/10/05/l...

Le Sentier de la Rive de Charlevoix : parlons affaires durables | Le Charlevoisien Le Sentier de la Rive de Charlevoix : parlons affaires durables Le Groupe Sentier de la Rive de Charlevoix (GSRC) faisait récemment connaître les résultats d’une consultation tenue sur les plates-form...

Le Sentier de la Rive de Charlevoix keeps pushing its project forward.
👍👍👍
www.lecharlevoisien.com/2026/04/21/l...

Kariane Bourassa devient ministre du Sport, du Loisir et du Plein air | Le Charlevoisien La députée de Charlevoix-Côte-de-Beaupré, Kariane Bourassa devient ministre responsable du Sport, du Loisir et du Plein air dans le Conseil des ministres de Christine Fréchette. Élue pour une première...

Kariane Bourassa is Québec's new minister of sport, recreation and plein air.
www.lecharlevoisien.com/2026/04/21/k...

Un projet minier inquiète à Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf Une rencontre d’information citoyenne a eu lieu à Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf concernant un projet minier. L’exploration minière inquiète certains citoyens.

"Les citoyens qui se sont déplacés étaient unanimes : ils ne souhaitent pas de mine sur leur territoire."
(The citizens were unanimous: they do not want a mine on their territory.)
It's not the 1820s or 1920s anymore.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/224...

Ménage à trois autour de la piste cyclable à Granby et Waterloo La cohabitation sera de mise sur certaines sections ciblées du réseau cyclable de la Haute-Yamaska.

Dog owners didn't obey the no-dogs sign on the bike-path between Granby & Waterloo.
So instead of enforcement or education, the bike path is going to allow dogs on certain sectors.
This is not progress in the right direction.
It's chaos.

How to postpone roadwork again in 2026… blame bike paths 🫠

So another decade or three with no safe way to travel north-south across the Autoroute 40 viaduct/overpass on Lacordaire?
Note the bike on the sidewalk doing "self-preservation riding", which is not even a wide sidewalk.

L'Assomption river is rocking!

The truck without a driver inside is probably the more dangerous hill.
#Aieee!

Too Much Stuff YouTube video by Delbert McClinton - Topic

Spring-cleaning season is here.
This a great song, as most Delbert McClinton songs are.
#TooMuchStuff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3PL...

Uh-oh.
Oil is food.

"Look, is that a storm?"
"Isn't that where we're going?"
Sometimes it's best to not ask too many questions.

Another photo of the obsolete-design front-wheel-only useless bike rack demonstrating it's utter uselessness.

Note the obsolete-design front-wheel-only useless bike rack behind the scooters.
This picture was from 2017 and that bad bike rack is still there.

Bullseye!
#GunControl

C'est le printemps

Four Nice Roads.

Montreal's half-finished bike-lane autoroute Reseau Express Vélo "REV".
It lets people, young & old, families with children, students going to school, have a safe protected non-zigzagging gap-free route to travel on bicycle in the city.
When it's safe to travel in the city by bicycle, people do.