Montreal’s intercity bus terminal isn’t the most glamorous way of entering the city. The tired building is surrounded by prostitution, cops, panhandlers and drugs. Next Thursday, the terminal will move to its new location a block away. The Gazette’s Marian Scott takes a look at the transients and crime at the corner of Berri and Maisonneuve Boulevard and wonders, “What’s next?”

Should the federal government get out of the business of funding broadcasting? The Globe and Mail’s Kate Taylor takes a look at the broadcast debate and calls the proposed alternative, a charity-funded PBS North model, a “poor fit” for Canada.
Earlier this week, the Friends of Public Broadcasting released a series of amusing parody videos with the CBC’s future owner, American wrestling promoter Lance Fury.

“There are too many people who love computers and too few who are impatient with them.” Yale University Professor David Gelernter argued that computers were too difficult to use, but he soon found himself in court fighting Apple. A look at the battle between two men who agreed on making computers beautiful and simple. (The Economist)

The Geological Survey of Canada’s ice core collection holds 10,000 years of arctic history, now geologists are warning that the government is looking to downsize a collection built up over four decades of freezing work. While the government blames budget cuts, and not climate change politics, the cores might need to be loaned to the United States — indefinitely. (Macleans)

A week after the Tremblay administration announced that it could introduce a 1.2 percent water tax to help pay for the rebuilding of Montreal’s water system, The Atlantic looks at who should pay for replacing dilapidated pipes and the risks involved in not investing in bringing water infrastructure into the 21st century.

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