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Rocket snubs Pocket, Electrical tape and poisoned geography
Maurice "The Rocket" Richard and his younger brother Henri "The Pocket Rocket" Richard played together on the Canadiens and lived not far apart. But the Rocket never once bothered visiting his younger...
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No luck for wine-addicted Quebec - booze class suit action shot down again
After two years of holding our collective breath (Isn't that a long time to go without breathing?- Chimples) an appeals courts judge has ruled on a request to slash booze prices in Quebec. Jean...
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So you got a weekend pass out of jail. What now?
Inmates often struggle to return to captivity after being given a pass out of jail. as Lukas Markov explained to me for this article I penned in 2005, one of my all time favourites.---Lukas Markov To...
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RCMP wins right to collective bargaining - break out the camo pants!
An illustration of a possible future RCMP marchThe Supreme Court ruled this week that the RCMP had the right to collective bargaining. The RCMP was the only police service in Canada that forbids...
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Killer mom's hunger suicide helps authorities avoid Turcotte retrial...
Sonia Blanchette - seen in this photo collage - has starved to death Sonia Blanchette, who killed her three children, aged 5, 4, and 2 in Drummondville in December 2012 has been permitted to starve...
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Why I moved from the Plateau
The following is a column I wrote in March 2004, entitled Urban Overexposure.Every Montrealer has a person or two they keep seeing everywhere they go. You get on the bus and you see him from...
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Cops shoot man dead after visiting Montreal
Here's an account what happened to a man who was shot dead in Bathurst New Brunswick by undercover cops after spending a weekend in Montreal. Store-owner Michel Vienneau, 51, came to Montreal...
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January photo mysteries
This great-looking old Raelian stretch limo with a mandatory space alien antenna on the roof was pulled from its extended garage and driven to St. Urbain and de La Gauchetiere early Sunday morning...
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'Rare Baby' dwarf disappoints by choosing life of crime
Philippe Nicol was born into stardom on September 19, 1926, as The Rare Baby, son of the self-declared Count and Countess Nicol, inhabitants of the Midgets Palace at 961 Rachel E. His dad, aged...
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Requiem for a Guy street revolution
(Photoshop dramatization - not Smith) Murray Smith, 69, spends his days in and around the Guy metro, sometimes sleeping in the great outdoors not far from the spot where a younger version of himself...
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Murder at Andrew's Pub - who did it?
Lavoie, MacDonald and McLaughlin in a Coolopolis collage The Cat's Den, now known as Andrew's Pub on Guy just below Ste. Catherine, has long been a nice place to enjoy a cheap beer and a free game...
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Montreal landmark pizza joint closes after 30 years
Amelio's, a McGill Ghetto pizza mainstay at Milton and Ste. Famille has shut down after 30 years of serving up za. A court seizure document has been posted in the window warning against anybody...
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West Island street street gang leader renounces crime
Repeated stints in prison, getting stabbed in the neck, being shot twice - once by a former close friend – all failed to deter Mahad Al Mustaqim from leaving a life of crime with the West Island...
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Murderous random attacker of the Main dead at 40
Jason Sivret, the man who randomly attacked and beat a 67-year-old woman to death after he was turfed from the Cafe Cleopatra in July 2013 has died. (Thanks to D.C. Montreal for tip). He was 40...
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Rivals, neighbours fight to keep disco from opening in historic Gay Village...
Biz partners Danny Lavy and Stephen "Oui Papa" Shiller won't be permitted to reopen a large bar set in an old post office in the Gay Village famously subtly known as K.O.X. The building is a...
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Awful, horrible winters in Montreal could be a permanent thing
The past two Montreal winters have been significantly chillier than average, leading the usual denial-bravado chorus of "heck it's just an old fashioned Canadian winter," and "duh, it's winter in...
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That beautiful Montreal accent
We've all heard that accent before. It's that one you heard on the 80 bus going up Park Ave. I hadn't heard it for a while but man does Sara Jardak give me my supply for a month. It's pure honey....
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Where you, as a Montrealer, should go in the Caribbean
Montreal isn't a place you'll find my warmth this time of year but a quick quick onto the internet can get you on a plane south that could keep you warm and well-oiled. A quick trip out of town...
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The endless and profound agony of Souki the mascot
In a Coolopolis poll Souki the Mascot has been voted Montreal's most tragic character, narrowly edging out Buzz Buerling, Baldy Northcott and Pepe Frias. And the voters are profoundly right....
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Living in a shed 1945
Housing was so difficult in Montreal in 1945 that Edward McKenna, a low-earning father of five, could not find a place to live with his wife and five children. The owner of the R.R. Repair shop...
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