The small town vibes seemed so strong for a moment there: Old Montreal was declared Canada's most Instagrammed attraction, people were fawning over baby foxes at Parc Jean Drapeau, somebody accidentally ate a moldy waffle, and the STM was letting dogs and bikes aboard more often.
But this city has a way of getting you when your guard is down: Spring floods broke out, Ryan Reynolds invested in a local company, Google had to pay a guy for restoring false accusations that he was a pedophile, we're getting a Michelin-calibre sushi speakeasy, folks are hunting for some asshole who broke into a mosque, and there was a huge amphetamine network bust.
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