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Rad Can does the west end, not entirely to my liking
Time to address a couple of recent, sensational reports by Radio Canada on the subject of local mafia, and possible corruption in the city, specifically concerning Mayor Michael Applebaum, the Vista...
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The epic tale of Montreal's Dirty Harry and his one-man war on crack cocaine
Pablo Palacios, seen after coming in secondin the police union presidential vote of 1994 Montreal, like so many other cities in the early 1990s, was hit with an epidemic that turned once-promising...
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Paul Hubbard, media-friendly hobo artist
Paul Hubbard, the hobo artist, blasted through Montreal at least twice, the first time in 1917, on a train and the next time, in 1957, in his hand-painted automobile. At every town he hit, he tried...
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Premier's daughter now Quebec's cheerleader leader
Catherine Marois-Blanchet cheerleader boss Cheerleading has been exploding in popularity and so has its injury rate. The activity has been embroiled in considerable discussion stateside, as college...
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Montreal aerial befores-and-afters
Street map overlay by emdxSeeing 1948 Montreal from above has been a bit of a trip. Ever since the aerial image archive of Montreal was posted online, it has posed more questions than it has answered....
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Montreal's most unusually-named kid
The parents of this beautiful little Montreal girl were forced not all that long ago, as are all parents, to give a name to their little bundle of joy. Dad, being a white academic and mom being a...
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Senseless murders from the 70s
Gilles Boulanger, dead at 18Gilles Boulanger, 18, of 12211 Ranger Apt. 5 in Cartierville was found murdered Tuesday February 25, 1978 and left out in a field because other petty criminals in the area...
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How free online university classes could devastate Montreal's economy
Montreal has become a university town. Students from around the world have been attracted to the city's skyline of ivory towers and have long been stampeding here in the thousands to attend our...
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Montreal quote of the day
Tamara de Lempicka inspired drama I grew up in Montreal in a middle class Jewish home where the Jamaican maid cooked the matzo ball soup. You know, practically all of Canada hates Quebec because it's...
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More eye-catching overheads from 1947
The 1947 aerial maps have become heroin for local geo-geeks, including emdx, who has graciously created this map overlay (higher res version here) that could help you figure out a little bit of the...
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Rockstars can't resist clothing freebs
Rihanna spent so much time posing for Rootsthat she hit the stage hours late Pop diva Rihanna played Montreal Sunday, irritating the shit out of thousands assembled whose time she wasted by coming on...
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Montreal's summertime dog carts
Hell yeah. Montrealers, once upon a time, weren't scared to put our animals to work for the purposes of transportation. There are photos of peeps getting pulled by horses and little shetland ponies...
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Newspaper gives tips on how to illegally frame your creditors
There's an easy and elegant way to get out of any debt and remove the person you owe money to from your presence at the same time. And no it doesn't involve murder. The Montreal Gazette...
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Giovanni Delli Colli
Vicky Delli Colli sent me these photos of her brother Giovanni who died at the tender age of 18 on October 26, 1984 during a carjacking that spiraled out of control until five died, including two...
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Q-where was this?
This stupendous building has disappeared from the Montreal landscape but has not been eradicated from the photo archives, as photo sleuth HaroldRo found out. He'd like to know if you could spot where...
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So you wanna be a realtor?
Poor Nancy Kemp Deakin, who was pushed to the limit when hired to sell this house at 86 St. John's in Pointe Claire as court documents attest. The building was long owned by the Sheward family but...
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Montreal photo pic quizzer.. where was this?
We have some excellent replies, as usual. So go to the fridge and pour yourself a shot of your finest bubbly. It is indeed the Cote des Neiges reservoir as seen in its fledgling inception in the spring...
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How a parent-teacher conflict turned into an epic legal battle
Roslyn, my old elementary school was a sleepy place where nothing much happened when I attended in the mid-70s. Principal Bill Hay used to urge us not to toss snowballs because he didn't want to...
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A call to Quebec arms
Young people sometimes have difficulty knowing what to do with their arms when they're on stage but this young Quebecoise woman shows off a whole lot of arm moves in her audition for for Star 88,...
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