For the third night in a row, the helicopters are circling the night skies. This may be completely normal in a city like New York or Los Angeles, but unusual enough here in Montreal to seem really strange and completely disruptive. Like most every year, the students have been boycotting classes to oppose tuition hikes, and to keep things interesting, they’ve taken to protesting in the downtown streets—at night. There’s some live reporting streaming on the Montreal Gazette website, with lots of blurry night photos and captions that are obviously dashed off from mobile phones, which makes for some pretty amusing stuff sometimes, as evidenced with the latest stream which says: “Let’s stay peaceful says crowd. Vandals chastised, flea on foot”.
These protests are apparently fuelled by the latest offer by the Charest government, which they deem unacceptable. One of their chants is “It’s not an offer, it’s an insult”.
From the live stream:
“Police declared march illegal.”
“Chant: An illegal march, that doesn’t exist.”
“Unclear what has become of masked vandal but police are making presence known ”
But what has become of the flea?
"Riot cops moving in at bleury ste cath"
The riot cops are on the scene, and this is where I tune out. And that’s been the news tonight, from the comfort of my living room.
