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Coolopolis' first-ever hometown loyalty awards
Chimples came up with another great idea today* - the first annual Montrealer International Loyalty Awards. So yeah, Coolopolis is launching theMILAs. The purpose of these awards? To evaluate the...
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Montreal lawyer's defamation suit tossed out
So what are you allowed to write online when you want to share a critique of a commercial service? An instructive local verdict has been handed down after immigration lawyer Colin Singer sued...
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Circle Road still got no swag
Think of Circle Road as Summit Circle lite. Crazily-wealthy Sam Bronfman was one of the original residents of Westmount's mountain-crowning Summit Circle while not-so-crazily wealthy Sam Steinberg...
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Peter MacAllister on his life in the Irish Mafia
Here's a Q&A I conducted with Peter MacAllister, 57, in April 2003. He grew up in Ville St-Laurent and found himself smack dab in the middle of Montreal’s fabled West End Gang, known for their...
View ArticleGreat documentary on the demise of a Little Burgundy landmark
Check out this timely little video report by McGill architecture students Veronica Lalli and Theodore Oyama dealing with the demise of the Negro Community Centre, a Litte Burgundy landmark that was...
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Mistaken identity: Montreal police manhandle well-known actor on crowded bus
Shocking story here from Tristan D. Lalla, one of Montreal's most accomplished young actors, who recounts how he was recently dragged off a crowded bus and handcuffed on the sidewalk by cops who...
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Winter tires in Quebec - a nearly billion dollar business
Time to do some logistical breakdown to spotlight how incredibly big the mandatory tire change, complete with deadline, is to Quebec's economy. In recent days m any motorists have been going every...
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Montreal rapper gets judge to strike down mandatory minimum gun possession rule
A local hip hop artist has struck a major legal victory by getting a Montreal judge to rule that a mandatory minimum for his gun possession conviction violates his rights under the Canadian Charter...
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The year in Quebec crime 2004
Here's a reprint of an article I wrote a decade ago. Those who threaten our peaceful ways with their lewd, deviant behaviour get their comeuppance not only in front of the judge's gavel, but also...
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Montreal photos that can never be unseen once seen
Now that you've seen the pride of the Point, Gump Worsley and Rangers' forward Andy Bathgate together in the shower in 1962 you can never unsee it. The Gump, on the left of course, with his fist...
View ArticleMontreal rapper gets pimping sentence reduced
A Montreal rapper recently sentenced to four years for savagely pimping his girlfriend will be serving a lot less time than expected. Jahmane Bolton, known as FROST, was sentenced to four years...
View ArticleVerdun murder: cops seek woman as potential witness
More on the murder of Peter Clement, who was stabbed to death on Allen St. in Verdun on Friday November 21. Police are reportedly now scouring the city for a woman who they believe might have...
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The life and death of the West End Gang's John Slawvey
Giant-sized West End Gang member John Slawvey is back in the news lately after a criminologist listed him among the people Quebec police forces assassinated over the years. I recently...
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Montreal's Golden Metal eyesore gone after just 65 years of fugliness
The hideously ugly rusted corrugated metal walls of Golden Metal will no longer haunt your dreams as the structure that sits just downhill from Montreal's skyscrapers has been removed after uglifying...
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A tasteless wreath, Marxist bikers and suicidal female killer - high drama in...
We have previously discussed the crazy carnage and mass murders that took place in Montreal 40 years ago as biker gangs battled over drug turf in the area of St. Louis Square on St. Denis in the...
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Bike path mania reconsidered: are they such a great idea?
Bike paths are being added to streets in cities around the world at the rate of a bicycle headed down a steep hill without any thought of braking. It might be time to pinch those handbrakes and...
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Payroll heists: a onetime Friday tradition in Montreal
The Friday payroll heist was once a criminal staple in Montreal as companies would pay employees in cash, or offer to cash employees' cheques, leading thieves to the aroma of large amounts of often...
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Montreal's Ferncraft Leather murder mystery
Raymonde Parent, killed at the Olympic Village 22/10/79 and hubby Fern B. Not all murders are sparked by power, sex, jealousy and drugs. Here's an unsolved murder mystery of another sort, since...
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Tragic train accident sparks speculation
Unconfirmed information is slowly emerging concerning a mysterious disaster that took place nine days ago when a 22-year-old woman was hit by a train and lost her two legs beneath the the knees in...
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The secret world of Montreal's police homicide squad
A feature article I wrote in 1999 about homicides in Montreal.Dino Bravo. Frank Shoofey. Sidney Leithman. Miss Strip 1976. Four famous unsolved cases illustrate how the MUC homicide squad keeps a tight...
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