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Best spot to get your car vandalized and robbed
These depressing images were taken today, several years after we first noted - and complained to police - about the obvious rash of car break-ins on the bridge on Notre Dame just east of Berri....
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Judge okays potentially massive suit against Quebec for prison strip search...
If you have been detained and strip searched in Quebec anytime since 2006 there could be compensation cash on the horizon for you, as a Superior Court judge has greenlighted a class action suit...
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How to massively reduce rent evictions
Governments, not all that long ago, suddenly realized that it would be far easier to collect onerous taxes when that cash never flowed into their dirty mitts of workers. Thus began our golden era...
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Boyhood friends: behind the scenes of the Hilton-Tyson reunion
Local boxing champ Matthew Hilton not only left his mark on the scientific art of self defence, he also left his mark on legendary boxing champ Mike Tyson, as the two spent some of their most...
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Montreal Canadiens' greatest TV commercials
There is no more blissful moment in local TV commercial history than when that rinkrat watching Mo Richard penalizes the Rocket "two minutes for looking so good." Denis Savard was past his prime when...
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Awful guy doing horrible things in NDG
Weird old guy crouched down with his pants down at his knees today on the east side of NDG Park today. I came a few seconds late to see the most unfortunate moments of the pathetic display so you...
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Longtime heavy metal bar manager killed in Lachine
Sad news about Louis Adams, a well-respected former nightclub manager who was killed outside a home in Lachine Friday night at 9 p.m. at 2757 Thessereault (he can be seen outside the home on that...
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Atwater Market's violent cake theft ring
This photo reconstitutes a real gang of four thieves who would sneak up on trucks at the Atwater Market and steal racks of food and run off with them to Point St. Charles just after World War II. The...
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The rise and fall of Montreal as a world centre for Chinese study
McGilll University was well on the way to making Montreal a world centre for Chinese Studies in the 1930s until a series of misunderstandings and money issues led to the end of a Chinese studies...
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The grisly story behind Point St. Charles' Ireland Park
Ireland Park, nestled deep near the tracks in the Point at the corner of Liverpool and Coleraine, might seem like a pleasant green space with a bench and a small playground but those who know the...
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Don't put the lunatic in charge: The Verdun hold-up that rocked a town
Hawley, Thompson and Moran When setting up a robbery, a gang is tempted to give the most difficult task to the most fearless and brazen member. But that person is also be the likeliest to be the...
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Scenes from Montreal in 1970
Great looking street scenes from Montreal shot in 1970, in The Apprentice/Fleur Bleufeaturing Susan Sarandon. The film, by Larry Kent, tells the story of Jean Pierre who needs to earn a living. An...
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Montreal's Oliver Kloseoff - literary genius or local degenerate?
Ever since printers, editors and publishers became unnecessary vehicles for literary expression, a new breed of voices emerged that are difficult to classify - are they writers or just gossips?...
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When Lachine demolished the wrong house
If you ever want a good gig teaching at a university, try to persuade them to let you preach on Montreal's architecture built between 1929 and 1944. You'll have plenty of time to toss paper...
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Murder in Verdun
An eastern enclave of Verdun was the site of a murder Friday, as a man named Peter was killed with a knife on a balcony at 3862 Allen. Peter was an English-speaking drug dealer familiar to the...
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Save the Turcot Interchange - 6 reasons why we need to cancel the rebuild
I still believe there's time to back off the blunder that is the remake of the Turcot Expressway, an ill-conceived project that will not only cost Quebec taxpayers a bundle of cash but will also make...
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Why Canadians cannot be paid to donate sperm and why that ban should be repealed
Ten years ago Canada wiped out the market for a young studly man's greatest resource, as new legislation banned fertility clinics from paying sperm donors. This was a big problem for our local...
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Montreal's connection to the Philly fugitive
One of Montreal's wealthiest clans found itself in the middle of an outrageous case that was to become a magnet for conspiracy theorists of all stripes and was even turned into a movie in 1997....
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Quebec man crucifies himself to get you to share his love for fat women
Loveable oddball characters from the Kweebecks are always welcome on Coolopolis and so we make mention of Jose Breton, a Quebec City guy who has vigorously attempted to popularize his fetish for...
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French football star convicted after bad night out in Montreal
Misfortune for football star receiver Jeremy Rabot, 27, as the Frenchman has been found guilty of three assault-related charges stemming from a bad night out on the Main on October 11, 2011. Rabot...
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