The Bulletin: Montreal seeing annual exoduses, how farms survive in the winter, the REM buckles under the ice, and heritage buildings being sold off for $10 million [Issue #8]

It’s getting a little frigid out there: People are leaving the city, police officers are leaving the force, there’s nationally popular ice fishing and internationally cool travel locations that are just off-island. Before we get into the depths of winter, however, let’s look at what there is to do this weekend.

Happy birthday to the Quebec flag this weekend and Happy Chinese New Year, by the way! 2023 marks the Year of the Rabbit.

We've been messing around with AI lately. Here's an image we made with the prompt: "A winter scene in Montreal in the 1880s, with people standing in the main downtown square looking at a newly constructed ice palace, in the style of photographer William Notman." Not bad, right?

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The Bulletin: Montreal Seeing Annual Exoduses, How Farms Survive in the Winter, the REM Buckles Under the Ice, and Heritage Buildings Being Sold Off for $10 Million [Issue #8]

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