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Has Viggo Mortensen dumped the Montreal Canadiens?
The Broadway Blueshirts had star power on their side at Madison Square Garden last night with Robert DeNiro, Susan Sarandon and Sting all cheering for the Rangers. Montreal's only real top-flight...
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Suzanne down by the river... but where exactly was it?
Some entrepreneur could make a few bucks by making a tourist attraction from the apartment made famous by the song Suzanne by Leonard Cohen. The song references a multitude of local scenes,...
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The life and death of Montreal concert promoter Matt "Dutch" Garner
Matt "Dutch" Garner There's only one way for Jenna Lee Solley to cope with the nightmarish sight she witnessed in mid-November 2011 and that is, with hope and patience. Solley, on that day, entered...
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Montreal retail, where it came from and where it's going
The future of local retail here is a hot subject, as commercial high streets are increasingly threatened by online shopping. I briefly explored some of these issues in a four minute interview with...
View ArticleCoolopolis asks YOU (yes you): Is that a Montreal thing?
Is that a Montreal thing? I ask this of these five itemz below.1- Worrying about a toll on the replacement for the Champlain Bridge, is that a Montreal thing? Our elected officials are claiming...
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Some great Kickstarter pitches from the Montreals
Montreal people are on Kickstarter trying to raise cash for their ventures, so let's have a look at some of the 357 of the Montreal pitches that the project fund-raising site has seen. Of the 357...
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Pete Murphy, king of the newsboys
Pete Murphy seen in a drawing from when he donated instruments to hawkers Local newspapers did their best to turn Pete Murphy into a legend but the newspaper salesman has been totally forgotten since...
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Quiz - where in Montreal was this?
This photo, taken of a group of mostly women sporting the latest hats, corsets and dresses, was taken 107 years ago in Montreal and is one of my faves. Can you tell where it was shot?
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Who killed Stephane Prevost in Lachine on May 15?
Stephane Prevost, 37, was known as a kind-hearted father of three who enjoyed helping neighbours around his home in the sometimes-troubled Duff Court sector of Lachine until he was mysteriously found...
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Downtown building, aged 150, was site of wild hooker-john-cop drama
This lovely building that has sat on the west side of Drummond north of Dorch since around 1870 is slated for demolition by the owners, the Cohen brothers' Modico Canada, who wish to build a three...
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Where is Claude Quevillon?
One time Montreal taxi driver Claude Quevillon has made his way back into the news in connection with the unsolved murders in the 80s of young boys Maurice Viens, Sebastien Metivier and Denis Roux...
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Chinese immigrants can fund the return of the Expos
Dominic Therrien says that he's working behind the scenes to encourage a totally original way to fund a baseball stadium to help get the Expos back. Therrien is a Trifluvien who went on to play some...
View ArticleLife in the East End: balcony chicken bone battle
Description: "The guy with the blue cap threw a chicken bone on the girl's balcony. She got mad cause she has dogs that could choke on the bone. The guy with the yellow hat is her boyfriend and he...
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Document exposes South Shore policing practices
Those driving in certain parts of the South Shore might sense that they're being watched by overzealous police following the emergence of a document confirming the existence of a ticket quota, which...
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