Recently, #Sherbrooke celebrated the 20th anniversary of the promenade around Lac-des-Nations. An incredible public feat that benefits the entire city. A 3.5km loop that accommodates walkers and cyclists alike. The walkways are large enough to even accommodate large vehicles during festivals and it's the ideal exercising spot with lots of shade and trees. It's our Parc Lafontaine, if you know what I mean 😉

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2001856/promenade-lac-nations-jean-perrault

First time going to #BouffeTonCentro in #Sherbrooke, and out of festivals that offer food, this is the best bang for your buck. No nonsense coupons, just straight up cash or card. All reasonably priced at $5 a dish, so we were able to sprinkle our money around and the food was amazing!

#Sherbrooke just recorded its wettest month ever for July 2023, collecting over 300mm of rain! We beat out Montreal and Quebec, where they got 260mm+ of rain. This is 3X the amount we usually get at this time of year. Farmers around Estrie are facing unprecedented rainfall that crops are ruined from over saturated soil.

It’s no wonder the slugs are out in full force, it’s never been this wet ever.

30-50mm of rain projected for #Estrie on Friday. Les Cowboys Fringants cancel their appearance at La Fête du Lac-des-Nations, which is a week long festival in #Sherbrooke, and replaced with Simple Plan as headlining show. Big plus of this fest is the nightly firework show. Though I get that it’s not the most friendly for critters in their natural environment. They also keep touting about a drone show but keep mum of time and date 🤔

The torrential rains have flooded parts of #Sherbrooke, including Bishop University’s campus, a camping island, and forced 300 ppl to evacuate. Luckily, we live on the hills. But it’s the first time I’ve seen our tiny rivers swell up to over 20ft!

#flooding #rain #weather #Quebec #estrie

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/en-direct/1010333/inondations-estrie

Hold onto yer life jackets, it's going to rain 30-60mm today alone in #Estrie. We have a warning to stay away from rivers and streams which can overflow. I know in #Sherbrooke the Magog river is only about a couple of feet below pedestrian pathways under bridges. It wouldn't take much to flood them, but they have draining valves for this purpose.

Anyway, the rainy summer continues, I call this monsoon season.

#airquality is now significantly worse. North Harley reporting AQI 224. My indoor AQI is 86. This is bad!

#AQI #Sherbrooke #Estrie

Just went grocery shopping and it is absolutely acrid outside. I’m highly surprised people are willingly biking around as a family inhaling this toxic air.

#airquality #aqi #sherbrooke

#AirQuality is bad today and we got an alert from the news that we'll be getting bad air. North Hatley is clocking in at 158. My own air purifier is indicating outdoor AQI is 70 and climbing, indoor AQI is 36 in the basement. Both my air purifiers are running at level a bit higher than normal. The sky is looking yellow and hazy in #Sherbrooke.

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Enfin! Des personnes qui font du progrès à refaire nos écoles qui ont plus de 60 ans. Prendre notes que les écoles à Copenhague ont beaucoup influencé la pensée du Lab-École.

Le Lab-École voit une opportunité pour les écoles primaire et secondaires au Québec de suivre une nouvelle approche de l'environment de l'enfants.

Perso, je crois que la mairesse de #Sherbrooke devrait concevoir le renouvellement de l’école Mitchell-Montcalm dans ce cadre éducatif.

https://www.qub.ca/radio/video/6-lab-1097963327

#Sherbrooke city hall has voted to conserve 45% of its natural habitats from being taken over my construction. Initially, they were aiming for 55% then 50% and then 45% as their compromise. Which is much better than razing beautiful wooded areas and wetlands, which are endangered.

Developers are of course upset but why not focus on derelict buildings and purchase those on sale? Although I have to say some of these buildings are shoddily done.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1985959/plan-nature-reactions-gerard-beaudet

Smog is so bad in Sherbrooke, that the air has actually left ASH on my car. I thought it was just our construction area. Nope, a whole bunch of cars that I passed by also had their cars riddled with fallen ash. So imagine what people are breathing out there 🤢I would be wearing a mask if I was out there for more than 5 minutes!!

#smog #Quebecfires #Sherbrooke

Smog warning in #Sherbrooke. Hazy yellow skies with orange sun. Reminds me when I was in South Korea, and the sky was similar due to air pollution, not smoke.

#Sherbrooke apparently broke records today as being the hottest June 1st ever at 32.2C! 🥵

#heatwave #Quebec

You think my plants will survive these temperature swings? 🥴 High of 33C feels like 36C today!

#heatwave #Quebec #Sherbrooke

Summer vibes ☀️🍻

#festibière #Sherbrooke #beer #beergarden

I'm a big fan of #Mapbox and my nerdy self traced out a potential rail map between #Sherbrooke-#Montreal.But it's incredibly difficult trying to arrange the settings to only have certain lines show up, as the map is based on existing rail lines.

Having the tracks go through Brossard is quite difficult because so many #rail lines converge at Sainte-Hyacinthe. Easier to pass through the Mercier Bridge and arrive at Lucien-L’Allier station than #Bonaventure.

#WIP

Apparently Legault is embracing the idea of a Montreal-Bromont-Sherbrooke train that he was said to be eager to know where the feasibility studies are at. The rails are a federal jurisdiction, thus the region would need to persuade the Canadian Transport Minister to consider it. Article is French only, but give so hope.

#train #montreal #sherbrooke #railtransit

https://www.latribune.ca/actualites/actualites-locales/estrie-et-regions/2023/05/18/train-sherbrooke-bromont-montreal-francois-legault-febrile-et-impatient-face-au-projet-4DC5ST2BQ5FTLDVBYYUMCHPMEU/

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C’est triste de savoir autant de monde veulent un autre stationnement car peu de gens se déplace en transport publique. Si la STS pourrait répandre leur service, il y aura plus de monde qui l’utiliserait. Mais encore, pas assez de chauffeurs, et la pénurie de main d’œuvre continue.

#Sherbrooke #StationnementWebster