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'No black men' - racism rampant in local sex trade
So much for political correctness: many sex trade workers are posting blatantly racist ads on their advertisements, unashamedly banning visits from black men. Forget your Jackie Robinson vision of...
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Hydro Quebec electricity bills: Montrealers struggling to get them paid
A fledgling alternative weekly once published an interview with a man who suggested that customers might consider flipping their electricity meters as a legitimate method of lowering their...
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Montreal marijuana: legalization might spark a tourist boom
Montrealers should buckle up for the legalization of marijuana, one of the campaign promises made by newly-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The switch could put a shine back on Montreal's...
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Confessions of a Quebec security truck pirate: stopping vehicles by remote
A local former criminal tells Coolopolis of a time in the late 60s when he brought a new way of robbing trucks to Montreal by disabling their engines by remote.** The money came through mail...
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Canada's largest-ever art heist: we're still searching for masked bandits who...
15,8040 days later the search is still on for thieves who absconded with $2 million worth of art by bursting through the Sherbrooke Street Montreal Museum of Fine Arts through the skylight on Sept....
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Photographic proof that Cavendish needs an extension south from St. James
This series of images taken from the 1976 film Una Magnum Special de Tony Saitta proves that it's entirely possible and indeed highly-enjoyable to drive straight down the St. James cliff to the area...
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December 2015 Montreal photos: a key, parking, public smooching and more
The key to the Plateau is for sale. This recently-detached sign has been purchased by a guy who wants to resell it for $800. It's from the locksmith on Mount Royal east of Papineau. Some of the neon...
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Demolition possible for West End landmark residence
This eye-catching West End apartment building is facing demolition, as owner Paolina Di Stefano-Giancarli has put the property at 5590 St. James Street West up for sale for $1.5 million. The value...
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Water troughs now departed
Montreal was once full of water troughs, which allowed horses to get a drink of water. Some of the better-known equine aquatic refreshment stops included one at McGill and Craig (St. Antoine), on...
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Closed: St. Henri Uniform, longtime mainstay on Notre Dame West
St. Henri Uniform/Pat Shearing One of the great eye-catching throwback retail outlets on Notre Dame east of Atwater has closed after serving up uniforms since 1966. St. Henri Uniform at 2671 Notre...
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Bad memories from Plage Laval: When wartime thugs attacked Jewish sunbathers
Pollution killed the beaches in Laval around 1950, but prior to that the sandy riverside once beckoned so many tourists there that it led to a race riot on July 24, 1943. The beaches were a...
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That time Montreal fascist leader Adrien Arcand got decked by a Jew
According to legend, Philip Joshua Rubin once punched Montreal-based fascist leader Adrien Arcand so hard that he knocked him out. Arcand had apparently attempted to block Rubin from entering a...
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Closing century-old Bordeaux Prison would free up giant chunk of gorgeous...
The province of Quebec owns a sprawling property in pricey Ahuntsic. The land between Gouin and Henri Bourassa is home to the Bordeaux Prison and the Tanguay women's prison, both owned and...
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Jail time for failing to pay a Montreal parking ticket: How it worked then,...
Until about a decade ago Montreal judges would routinely order people to be locked up for unpaid parking tickets and other municipal fines. The practice has largely been eliminated due to public...
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How Montreal is sticking it to Vancouver
Montrealers occasionally hear ex-Montrealers boast about how great it is to live on the West Coast. Indeed entire websites exist to allow former Quebecers to crow about their great decision to...
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Hockey legend Dickie Moore: Why we owe him a debt of gratitude
Dickie Moore's death at 84 closes the curtain on a too-forgotten hockey era that offers a subplot showing how English and French Montrealers can achieve glory by working together. Moore was...
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Gang dispute claims life of 22-year-old father Alexandre Tremblay
Gunfire rang out on a usually-quiet strip of Iberville north of Villeray, claiming the life of a young father named Alexandre Tremblay Monday at 6:15 p.m. The 22-year-old was felled by an...
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Epic Point St. Charles pool hall photo: where-are-they-now?
This gruppenbild snapped the mid-70s speaks of an earlier age in Montreal. Where are they now? That's what we ask of this birthday portrait taken at the Wellington Pool Hall in Point St. Charles...
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Montreal murder roundup 2015 - 26 killed: still too many dying
Larez Twenty-six murders were committed in Montreal in 2015, about the same as the two years prior. The total is almost identical to 2013 and 2014 which saw 27 and 28 murders committed. Police...
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