Montréal

Hey folks!

I'm going to Quebec City in June (3rd week) & I'm appalled by how much the bus costs, so I'm looking into a rideshare. I've never done this before and just heard that there ate services beyond just kijiji & craigslist out there. Someone told me a name or two but it was in passing & I don't remember what they were, and my google fu is failing me! Have any of you had any experience with rideshare companies? Could you recommend one? I have nothing against kijiji or CL but there aren't many Mtl-QC rides there (it's all Ottawa or TO). Thanks in advance! :)

I'm selling some extra tomato and other seedlings that I don't need. The sale is across the street from the park, north of Clark and des Pins. See you there!
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Hello!
I was wondering if any of you where I could find awesomely cute japanese/inspired fashions, and preferably not "try somewhere on Mount-Royal) unless that's really all you know, but any particular shops and what's great about them!

Thanks so much!

This year was my first time filing taxes in Quebec. I filed my return back in the first week of April. Does anyone know generally how long it takes to get the provincial tax refund cheque? I got my federal cheque about 3 weeks ago...but haven't received the Quebec portion yet.

Does it normally take this long? Or should I start calling around to find out if it got lost in the mail or something?

Hey everyone!

Does anyone know where I could get lots and lots of glass? Whether it be bottles, old vases, mason jars, etc etc?

thanks in advance!

Can anyone recommend a good GI specialist? Someone who takes the time to get to know your case, who isn't just trying to get you in and out of their office as quickly as possible.

Thanks.

Hello! I’m looking for someone who can fix a broken leg of a nice office chair without costing me an arm and a leg. I have a pick-up truck so I can bring it anywhere but would prefer to stay on the island. Any suggestions?

Hi, does anyone know where I can buy Rit dye in Montreal? I've checked Walmart, but they don't carry it anymore, I've looked in drugstores and no luck there, either. I used to see this stuff everywhere, and now I can't find any. :-(

I have an extra Kinetik ticket to sell (at a discount) for this Sunday night, Phase 4. Please let me know if anyone is interested!

http://www.festival-kinetik.net/kinetik12_main.htm

Hey guys, I'm moving in a month and am selling a bunch of items. Below is the link to my craigslist ad. Contact me through LJ or via craigslist if you're interested in any items!

http://montreal.fr.craigslist.ca/fuo/3015399798.html

I teach English as a Second Language and I am looking for places to post my AD. I have already posted in Kijiji as well as Les Pac. Any other ideas, it has to be somewhere more french than English. 

Hey Montreal! I'm looking for some liquid sculpey, does anyone know where I can buy some? I'd buy online but I need it for a project due soon >_O Thanks!

Hi,

I am looking for a salon in Montreal that uses non chemical hair color. I know that Aveda is not too bad but it is a bit expensive.
I know that there are a lot of natural hair colors at health food stores but I think it is really messy to do my own color.
Thank you for your suggestions.

Hello/Bonjour!

I'm from Ottawa and am coming to Montreal for Kinetic next weekend with a friend from Hamilton. Since her area is apparently pretty crap for the kind of stuff she likes, my friend would like to go shopping while we're in your city. Could anyone advise me on where to take her? She's looking for plus-size goth/punk/industrial stuff. (I've already picked out X20/RIO as a likely place for shoes, but other suggestions for footwear are also welcome.)

Thanks in advance! Merci!

Hello.

I received my G1 from Ontario. I was hoping to go for my G2 road test in Ontario this month , but I live in Montreal now, and was hoping to get my license. I was told it's a nightmare and I should just get it done in Ontario, but I assume since I am considered a resident here, or at least on my way to be a resident, I have to get it done here? A G2 is not a full license, but a stage 2 of a learner's even though you can drive alone.

I understand you need to go through a driving school and all that jazz... I looked through back entries and they say a driving school is 800 here? Is this really true? Even if I have gone through a driving school in Ontario? My French is also not good enough to do it in French... and the website lists mostly French ones. Argh! 


Any advice? Thanks! I decided to keep this post as most of the posts seem quite outdated. :)

Hey guys,
I am doing a major spring cleaning and selling a bunch of clothes.

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Salut tout le monde,
Je fais mon ménage printanier et je vends des vêtements.

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Do you guys know of any jobs or gigs in montreal that pay you in cash at the end of the day ? I heard that coffee shops sometimes pay employees in cash, is this true?

Hello everyone,

Summer is approaching and I'm looking to tie-dye my used t-shirt.
I've been looking for fabric dyes but unfortunely, i can't find any.
I looked at Omer deserres but the colours aren't rich enough.
Any alternatives?

Also, does anyone know where I can find spike studs?

Thanks so much!

Hi, I'm having a lot of trouble with my current landlords and I need some advice.
First, I missed the deadline to opt out of my lease by a few days and they are not budging. This is my fault, for sure. When I talked to the company about transferring the lease they told me that I would have to pay 75.00 fee to transfer the lease...is that allowed? Secondly my shower has not been draining for almost a month now. This Monday will make it three weeks since I phoned them about the problem and nothing has happened. I think for a whole week it was forgotten about. When I called in her anger a few days ago she asked me if I could have someone over right away and I said no because I had friends over. They had already two weeks to send someone over. I should have had the person come over because now she's saying she'll "make an appointment and we'll talk on Monday". So basically what can I do to speed this up if I talk to her on Monday and it takes another week? I'm tired of not being able to shower every day and it means I can't show the apartment to anyone because of all the disgusting accumulated water.
Thanks for the advice.

My Gentleman and I are looking for engagement rings. We're broke students, so relatively cheap would be good; we're also not totally committed to diamonds, though we'd like those as an option (moissanite & sapphires are cool, too). We're both looking for rings, both with stones.

We looked around a little bit yesterday; I was too shy to go into Birks (will get there eventually, but damn, it's a classy joint) but we did find a boutique in the Old Port and looked at some rings by a Quebec artisan whose name I forget and they were gorgeous, but we want to look at some other options, too.

So: ideas? Any jewelry boutiques you particularly like? Antique shops that have good selections of jewelry? Please nothing online (we have some online options already); we're looking for places to go try on rings and see how different styles work with our hands. 

Thanks, y'all!

A dog was stolen at the SPCA (again >_<) on saturday May 5th. It's a pug/beagle mix that needs medication.





If you know these people, call 514-735-2711, poste 0. Please share! Last time dogs were stolen, they were found thanks to people sharing.

Source: http://www.spca.com/?p=1315&lang=fr

My university graduation is coming up at the end ofnext month and at at my school ( concordia) the tuition balance has to be paid in full by the 25th of may;if I wanted to attend the graduation and all through my studies the one thing that I was looking the most forward to isgetting my degree and  attending my graduation and I probably wont be able to go because I havent been able to find a job so I haven't been able  to pay off my balance for this semester. I can;t ask my parents because they are both retired or  my brother because he has a family to support so I dont know what to do . I can't take out anymore credit cards because they are maxed out and I need to borrow 1200 dollars. so does anyone know where I can borrow this amount of money and does anyone know any companies or firms who will give a loan to someone who is not working . I dont what to do . What do you guys suggest?

Good morning!

My mum is coming to visit and I'd like to take her somewhere either for a day trip or even to spend a night or two. We don't have a car and my license doesn't work here, so driving is not an option. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestion about places (national park, village, town, beautiful countryside) a few hours from Montreal that are accessible by public transport. I've heard that Oka national park isn't too far, but can't find any information on how to get there by bus/train.

Any advice would be much appreciated as it would make my mum's visit even more fantastic! : )

Thanks lots in advance.

Hello!

I'm interested in getting my nips pierced, and I wanted to know if anyone could recommend reputable piercing shops in Montreal. Also, as an extra bonus, does anyone know of places that use numbing/freezing sprays on piercings? Do any of you have experiences with getting your nipples pierced you can share? Thanks!

I am due in court next week to contest a ticket I received last year.

This is the first ticket I've ever been given in 5 years of having a driver's license. Furthermore, the "infraction" ocured at the intersection at which I work.

The ticket is for having driven 100 meters in a reserved bus lane during the reserve time posted on the signs.

First of all, I never drove in the lane. The reserved section of the lane ends just before a bus stop (the stop itself isn't in the reserved lane) the reserved lane then resumes at the intersection itself, leaving a 100 meter gap that is unreserved for cars wanting to turn onto the intersecting street.

What happened was I saw the police were stopping cars for using the reserved lane. Seeing this, and knowing not to drive in the lane in the first place, I stuck to the car lane NEXT to the bus lane. The light turned red and I was waiting behind 5-6 cars for the light to turn. Having noticed that the officer was stopping cars inside the UNRESERVED portion of the lane and therefore too close to the turn (which is where I needed to go), I merged onto the UNRESERVED portion of the bus lane, behind a taxi which waited behind the car the officer was ticketing. I figured, 1) I never drove in the reserved part and 2) attempting to wait for the green light to then swerve in front of the ticketed car was FAR TOO DANGEROUS to attempt, especially with my pregnant wife in the passenger seat. I was positioned literally, NEXT to the car I was waiting behind the in the car, max 10 feet (1 car length) closer to the intersection.

Well, the light turned green and the cop let the car go, the taxi went off and the cop told me not to move. He gave me a ticket for driving in the bus lane (which I never did) and said that the maneuver I claim to have made was too dangerous in the first place and that next time, I should find a detour. He told me that where I was (I didn't move) was the END of the bus lane (the long end of the diagonal line, not the short end) and that even 1 inch was illegal.

The worst is that the officer took my license and told me to drive down the lane, take the turn I wanted to take in the first place and then pull into the shopping mall parking lot, where a second officer was running like an idiot yelling "CONTEST IT IN COURT IF YOU AREN'T HAPPY" to everyone in sight. Only at that point did I get my license back.

Last I checked it was illegal to drive without your license, even if a cop tells you to.

So, I've never been to court, never contested a ticket before and I don't know what to expect.

Any advice?

I've recently been diagnosed with gastroparesis. I asked my current GI specialist about getting botox injections to help with gastric emptying and he seemed very uneasy about the procedure and reluctant/unwilling to do it (I suspect he has little to no experience with this).

Can someone recommend a GI specialist that has experience treating patients with gastroparesis and might be willing to perform Botox injections for me?

does anyone have recs for places to work out downtown?

i'm not looking for classes or a trainer or anything. i just want to swim & do low-impact aerobics and some weights.

i know about the Y but i've heard it's crowded & overpriced.

So I am 25, and have always been far stronger at cooking than baking. When I say "far stronger", I mean "i am in love with cooking, but i can't even bake cookies from the pilsbury dough bag without burning or undercooking them". But I am ready and willing to become a double threat.

So I need a baking class that is designed for people like me. Nothing fancy, no pastry business, just a good old fashioned first step.

The best I could come up with on my own is loblaws... But I hesitate because I can't stand places like loblaws. Has anyone ever been to one of their classes?

Anyone could recommend (or not recommend) a good plastic surgeon specialised in liposuccion?

Thanks!

Hullo there,

I'm moving to Montreal-Nord in a few months and after tirelessly searching the web and LJ for anything at all on that part of town, I find myself half-terrified and half puzzled by the lack of (positive) information currently out there.

I mean, other than several articles and videos about gangs and a police shooting that led to riots 4 years ago - it's like no one is living there (and talking about it) anymore. Granted, the area I'm moving to (Boulevard Langelier and Maurice-Duplessis blvd) is probably not close to the really shady areas, but still.

Does anyone have any (recent) information to offer on Montreal-Nord? Specifically, living in Montreal-Nord?

Much appreciated!

Le Mouvement Montréal français vous invite à une visite guidée des lieux d’anglicisation à Montréal le samedi 12 mai. La marche commence devant les bureaux du premier ministre Jean Charest. Amenez vos parents et amis afin de montrer au gouvernement que les Québécois en ont plus qu’assez de la mollesse du gouvernement libéral sur la langue!
 
Date: Samedi 12 mai 2012, à 13 h 00
Point de départ: Devant les bureaux de Jean Charest
(angle Président Kennedy et McGill College,métro McGill)
 
 
 
     

Hello all <3 !!
It's been too long..I struggled to remember my login-password... =(.. =(...

So the fact that the conveniently located ( well, for me ) 'Frigo Vert' health food store is always closed on Fridays is getting to be really annoying...

When I googled I came across one shop listing at the Atwater Market....

Surely there's got to be other health-food stores where I can buy organic Brown rice in bulk ( ie. not pre-packaged but like in bins where we can scoop and bag the amount we want.. ) ? I also need to restock organic quick-oats, flax seeds, cane sugar, etc

I'm wondering if anyone out there has recommendations for good Indian grocery stores in the Plateau (or downtown) of Montreal?  With good selection of curry pastes / spices / other ingredients?

Hi, my name is Liza and I am a Montreal based artist. I have already posted in the community but it is spring once again and I am offering my services.

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Salut, mon nom est Liza et je suis un artiste Montréalaise. J'ai déjà posté dans la communauté, mais c'est de nouveau le printemps  et j'offre mes services une fois de plus.

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My new-ish apartment is devoid of any plant life and I want to start putting together some nice little pots and stuff. I would love to have a few succulent mini-gardens around the place...

Does anyone know where I can find a nice selection of succulent plants? Preferably in NDG or West Island.

Does anyone know if there's an opening act for Rammstein? Who?

I wanna donate my car to charity (Toyota Echo 2000) but can't find anything online. I can go and drop it anywhere in the city just as long as I know where. Like a foundation or offices or anything.
Any ideas?

J'ai un auto a donner a une oeuvre de charite (Toyota Echo 2000) mais je trouve rien en ligne. Je peut aller le porter n'importe ou en ville, tant que je sais ou aller comme un organisme ou bureau.
Des idees?

Thanks / Merci

Can anybody tell me if there is a public pool in Montreal that has a hot tub, preferably with jets? I don't care where it is as long I can get there on the Metro. My back is killing me and some hot water would go a long way toward helping it.

Hey,

So with the awesome weather we've been having the last few days I cracked open my windows last night and ended up getting woken up by the birds at 5:50. Not fun! Except I felt totally awake and chipper all day despite the early wake up call which is a BIG change from the last few months. I'm thinking it might me because birdy noises are a lot nicer than horrible alarms, I'm frankly I'm willing to try anything to be able to wake up properly in the winter.

So what I'm wondering is whether anyone knows where I can find a MP3 alarm clock between 30-50 dollars that I could upload bird noises onto and then use in the winter months. I'd prefer not buying online, but I will if need be and I DONT want an ipod dock type thing.

Thanks!

Hello all!

You're all so very knowledgeable and wonderful, so I thought I'd put yet another question out to you! I'm looking to buy a large Claude Théberge print for a wedding gift (no specific one; I just like his style!) and would rather buy it in person rather than online (time constraint!). Does anyone know of a store that sells his prints, or likely places where I could look? Thanks in advance! :)

Let me preface this by saying I cannot order online, as I need to get my eyes checked at the same time!

I'm looking for recommendations on where to go to get an eye exam and new contact lenses - I know they're expensive in general, but I just don't want to get ripped off. A student discount would be swell, too! :)

I'm located off the island, but go to U de M - so anywhere around the metro lines (near U de M, downtown, etc,) in the West Island and hell, all the way out to Rigaud are okay with me.

Also, I know that U de M has their own optometrist's clinic, where they have the students practice and all, but how does it work? I keep seeing stuff about referrals just for a general eye exam, dunno if I'm just not reading right. Would make things simpler if I could just go there!

So I know you're supposed to hold on to your receipts whenever you charge your opus but... ya know. I didn't. My taxes lady says that people have been bringing her a printed sheet with everything they've put on the opus card, which apparently you can get from the STM. My question is, has anyone done this or would they know how? I checked the STM website but - surprise - it doesn't say anything...

Hello Montreal,

I never thought it was difficult to find a pair of decent tights. But not any kind, I'm in need of some funky tights. I've looked at the department store and all the small boutiques in malls but their selection is slim. Then I tried some google fu and it led me in this entry from five years ago.

Does anyone happen to know the name of this store? I've never been to the Main so the store name would be helpful.

hello,

a few years ago, someone posted here looking for VHS tapes for an art project. in case someone would be looking for VHS tapes now, i'd like to share with you that my workplace will soon have many VHS tapes to donate. if you or someone you know would be interested, please get in touch with me:

katrina_holloway27 (at) hotmail (dot) com

alternatively, if you know a place that would take them & recycle them, please let me know in the comments.

many thanx!

Hi y'all,

So, I wrote a post earlier saying my roommate and I are looking for an apartment. Since my landlord hadn't sent me a lease renewal form, and our lease is for July, and my previous landlords have sent me the form by April 1, I emailed him today letting him know that we can't live there anymore. He responded,

"Hello , the limit to send me your renewal for the lease is over. The lease has automatically been renewed. The only way for you is to find someone to lease the appart starting July 1st"

Is this legal? We did not sign a new lease, and he never contacted us about it. I've been looking through the Regie du Logement website, and I can't really figure it out. 

ED: Okay, it is legally our responsibility to let our landlord know we're not staying, but most landlords are nice and send you a reminder three weeks before you have to give notice.

Hello!

It's my birthday! And it's come to my attention that I haven't been dancing in 5 years, which obviously must be rectified this very evening. Of course, not having been out dancing in eons, I have no idea where dancing happens in Montreal on Wednesdays anymore. I'm not a huge pop fan. I prefer a little rock 'n roll.

Please advise.

My roommate and I are losing three of our roommates to various causes, so we are looking for a new place! We're looking for a two or three bedroom apartment, preferably under $900 unless it's all included, and within a decent commute of McGill (though we're quite averse to the Ghetto). Sunny & with a decent kitchen are non-negotiable factors; all other factors are fairly flexible. Bonus if it's an easy walk to Atwater or Jean-Talon markets. Our lease runs out in July, but I'll be away, so something starting in June would be cool. 

We're doing the Craigslist & Kijiji things, of course, but I thought I'd check if anyone's moving out of their super awesome pad. 

Hey, I have a question about rental stuff:

I have friends (a couple) who are moving here from Winnipeg and I've been helping them find an apartment and such, like going to see places for them, etc. They found a place and I went to pay the deposit and then the rest of the first month's rent. The landlord gave me receipts for both, etc., but he also gave me an application form to give them. They're concerned because the application asks for their SIN numbers. They would prefer not to have a credit check run, although that might not even be a problem. They've submitted their proofs of employment and I don't think it will be a problem, but here are my questions:

-can the landlord run a credit check on them without asking first?
-if they fail it, can they lose the apartment? Even though they've already paid a month of rent?
-if they fail it, could just just get a co-signer or something?
ETA: sorry, just to clarify, no one has said anything about running a credit check or anything; my friends are just wondering why the application form asks for their SINs. Are they obligated to provide them? Also, the deposit was just part of the first month's rent, which they've now paid in full, in cash. They haven't been given a lease to sign yet, bc they haven't filled out an application yet. But the guy has their money! Shouldn't that be some sort of guarantee? I keep looking at the Regie site but I'm not finding anything (I find it hard to navigate!). Thanks again for all your responses so far!

Basically, the bottom of the line question is, even though they've already paid a month of rent, could they still lose the apartment at this point?

Any wisdom is very welcome! :)

Does anyone know where I can get chipotle peppers in the downtown area? Any incarnation is fine I just want to try to some recipes with some.

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for a place to get pampered where they will be considerate of my crazy sensitive skin and rosacea.
I went to a beautician 3 months ago. Told her about my rosacea but ended up with redness for months because they didn't know what to do with my skin.
I'm just looking for someone experienced.

Bonjour tout le monde,
Je recherche un endroit ou me faire chouchouter et ou ils vont considéré ma peau tres sensible et ma rosacee.
Je suis aller chez une estheticienne il y a 3 mois, je lui ai parler de ma rosacee mais elle n'en as pas tenu compte et j'ai eu la peau rose pendant des mois.
Je veut recherche quelqun d'experience qui sais quoi faire.

Thank you
Merci