The Bridge Fell on Five People. But the Mural on the A-40 Looks Great.

Montreal has a cultural program. Buildings along the A-40 corridor are painted with massive murals. Visible from the highway. Colorful. Expressive. The kind of urban art that gets photographed by tourists and shared on Instagram with captio

March 26, 2026 · 4 min · SIIIOCULI

The Bridge Was Crumbling. Drivers Called 911. Quebec Sent Someone to Pick Up the Concrete. Then It Collapsed.

On September 30, 2006, at approximately 12:30pm on a sunny Saturday, a 20 metre section of the de la Concorde overpass in Laval collapsed onto Autoroute 19. Two vehicles were crushed underneath. Three cars and a motorcycle fell from the top

March 26, 2026 · 5 min · SIIIOCULI

Québec: A Hole in the Bridge, a Hole in the Budget, and the Same Old Circus

Châteauguay, March 4, 2026 - There’s a gaping hole right in the middle of the Pont de la Sauvagine. Not a crack, not a puddle - a real, honest-to-god hole, like a truck decided to take a swan dive into the river. The MTQ closed a lane, slap

March 8, 2026 · 2 min · SIIIOCULI

Where Mistakes Are Your Problem – They Screw Up, You Pay More Taxes. Traffic Hell, Unskilled Drivers, and Montréal as the World's Most Overrated Bridge

March 2026 - Québec: the province where “oops” means “open your wallet.” Make a mistake in the system? No worries - they’ll just hike taxes or slap on new fees to make you, the citizen, pay for their stupidity. It’s like the government trea

March 8, 2026 · 2 min · SIIIOCULI
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