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Why you've got to stop eating at restaurants
Montreal has become a glorified foodie town and there are many excellent restaurants here which help the tourist industry and give prestige to the city. But unless you own or work in such an...
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Mysterious death on Cote des Neige and Ridgewood
Sisavath Pangasit, aged around 37, was alone with his wife at their seventh-floor apartment on Cote des Neiges just after Christmas when a series of events led to his death. The two had wed about six...
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Unusual crimes from the year 2000
Thumbs down for thumb up: In June, Vital “Le Pouce magique” Lemire, now 66, a self-proclaimed “healer” and “supermillionaire” from Lac St. Jean was hit with 10 counts of sexual assault after customers,...
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The demise of Mimi Tardif
Michelle Tardif, aka Mimi Tardif or Mimi (Re)Tardi was a talented young Montrealer who was raked over the coals in American media after her death, which was part of a larger-than-life tragedy involving...
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Prof Neil Cameron on famous SGWU race riot
We've written a bit about the SGWU riots a few times here and now Concordia has recently put new material up on one of their archives1,2,3,4. 5.) Here's a viewpoint from Neil Cameron.=== From the...
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Crafty downtown Anglicans and how they re-jigged real estate thinking
It's seems up in the air whether this generic skyscraper behind the Christ Church Cathedral at St. Cat and Union is a structure that should make our Montreal hearts swell with pride or not. But it...
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The Montreal 70s photo that will haunt you for a long time
This photo of a Dominion grocery store mascot handing out some sort of flyer or coupon has haunted me since I saw it a couple of weeks ago. So I thought I'd pass it on. How terrifying is that guy? Is...
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Richard Lord RIP
Montreal lost one of its most colourful characters Sunday as raconteur, businessman, bureaucrat, pioneer Richard Lord of Greene Ave. succumbed to cancer. Lord was a great friend to many and the...
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Body sushi comes to Montreal
Seeing as I have a sort of obligation to report possible upcoming trends, I will note that the yakuzatastic nyotaimori, or body sushi, has come to Montreal, as some unspecified group is offering the...
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Unsolved murders in Montreal - my TV appearance
Wanted to thank the legendary Mutsumi Takahashi for having me on the local TV news to discuss unsolved murders in Montreal a few days back. Click here to watch. I rank the brutal murders of Matt...
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Montreal's legendary pinball princess
A delightfully contrived and fluffy faux celeb-cover story about my cousin made the cover of the Weekend Magazine of March 29, 1969. (below) It's mos'def' an article about nothing other than one...
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When you're on hold.. are they listening in?
A tipster wrote to describe a disturbing experience recently with a customer service attendant at one of the big companies. The customer had a complicated situation and wasn't finding the attendant...
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Swizzle stick mania!
Coolopolis would like to congratulate J, a friend of Coolopolis, for sharing this photo of his deeply envied collection of locally-created swizzle sticks, including one from the late lamented Casaloma...
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Longtime former Westmount sports director accused of molesting boys
Johnny Garland was so closely identified with Westmount hockey, that the program he led for 34 years was informally known as "Johnny's League" from 1953 to 1987. But sadly, Garland - who died in...
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Quebec's worst artist jailed for being really bad at art
David Dulac has been kept in a Quebec City jail since last July because his proposal for a performance art school assignment was really, really, really bad. How bad was the proposal he submitted?...
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PKP's firm grip on reality
So media mogul Pierre Karl Peladeau has really got to be regretting entering politics right now. Firstly his side didn't win, so he's a powerless backbencher and he's been fingered with the blame...
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Drug queenpin Elizabeth Barrer's life in Montreal
Fugitive American drug queenpin Elizabeth Barrer, who was killed a few weeks ago in a gangland slaying in Ville St. Pierre, was - according to a source - connected to a local crew. Someone who...
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Lost sounds of Montreal - the once-ubiquitious steamwhistle
Friend of Coolopolis MP&I supplied this photo of a now-silenced steamwhistle on a building on Westminster that once provided a soundscape to his childhood in Montreal. Steamwhistles were...
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Montreal casino's upcoming facelift
The Montreal casino is supposedly about to undergo a massive facelift and architects are busy thinking up original and not-so-original ideas on what changes could be made to better entice citizens to...
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