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• Is ‘rat running’ by drivers putting Montreal pedestrians at risk?

  If you're stuck in traffic as a driver, you might start looking for another route. Maybe you already know a short cut down a side street, or maybe your GPS even suggests one. Most drivers wouldn’t think twice about cutting through a residential area to avoid traffic. But among transportation researchers, this is sometimes known as rat running. And a recent coroner’s report into the death of a 7-year-old girl is recommending that Quebec do more to discourage drivers from doing it.

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• How can Montrealers be kinder to each other?

  Make the Season Kind is CBC’s yearly campaign focused on food insecurity. It’s also a celebration of community spirit, generosity, and kindness. But what does it mean to be truly kind? CBC’s Rebecca Ugolini explores this question with dedicated volunteers, a writer, and a psychologist to find out how we can be kinder to others and to ourselves.

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• Why is it so tough to get a family doctor in Quebec?

  The Quebec government is locked in a heated dispute with doctors over its new law that changes how doctors are paid and how they take on patients. The province says the goal is to improve access to care, but doctors say it will do the opposite. So how do we make sure people can see a doctor when they need one?

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• Montreal's long lost golf course is in a place you wouldn't expect

  You might not know it if you take a stroll through Maisonneuve Park today, but 50 years ago it was something completely different: a championship golf course that hosted the likes of pro golfers Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. CBC’s Douglas Gelevan tells the story of how the course became a park, after a pitched battle that pitted an unusual coalition of golfers and nature lovers against a larger-than-life mayor with Olympic-sized ambitions.

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• Strike or no strike, the STM may be in for a bumpy ride

  STM maintenance workers have ended their strike, but some experts say Montreal’s transit system still has a difficult road ahead. We’ll hear more about the financial situation transit is facing, and why some say we need to rethink how we are paying for it.

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