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20 years of no smoking in bars and restaurants. Plus: The city of Montreal can’t spell.

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Elias Makos kicks the week off with Jimmy Zoubris, Montreal businessman, longtime activist and former special advisor to Valerie Plante, and Gabriel Retta, special advisor to the mayor.

  • Religious event organizers say the city’s application of Quebec secularism law is confusing. 
  • A racist rally in Shawinigan over the weekend is drawing widespread condemnation across political class.
  • Despite tougher rules, illegal Airbnb networks have taken over new housing towers in downtown Montreal.
  • It’s been 20 years since smoking was banned from bars and restaurants.
  • Seems like the city has forgotten how to spell its own proper street names. Riders on the STM’s 747 bus now have maps that indicate the Bishop street stop, but it’s spelled BEESHOP. And over in NDG, construction signs indicate the detour for Prince of Wales Avenue, but it’s spelled WHALES. What’s going on here?
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