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Demolish Kojax - time is ripe to replace stubby, underwhelming GSM strip
Time to make your bid on the 8,200 square feet of retail space on the north side of St. Catherine twixt Crescent and Bishop. The one-story structure is zoned to 115 feet, which means that a...
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Guy and Dorch - grisly stories of death abound
Guy and Dorch features a red cross on the corner to signify death. It has been there since 1737. It ain't there for nothing. Some of the deaths near that corner include: Guido Pucci,...
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Montreal venues 1800-1900
The ill-fated St. Patrick's Hall 1868-1872 Here's a partial list of concert halls from the early days of Montreal entertainment.1-1804 a playhouse, said to be Montreal's first, opened atop a...
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Reet Jurvetson investigation - a possible lead
Since breaking the story of the murder of Reet Jurvetson in Los Angeles in 1969, Coolopolis has been receiving tips and suggestions in hopes that it might solve the case. This latest one may or...
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Bodies in the basement on Henri Julien
Two bodies found in the basement of this home at 5187 Henri Julien led a court to sentence a 32-year-old butcher's assistant to life in prison 37 years ago today. Lionel Lussier killed two...
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Overpopulated Montreal: how Canada's push to triple population will affect...
PM Trudeau's Liberal government has unveiled plans to triple the Canadian population to 100 million people, albeit over the next 90 years, so you might be in your second or third body by the time we...
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Another Point St. Charles landmark doomed to close
The Capri Brasserie on St. Patrick will close forever on Dec. 23 and the building will be demolished, a staffer has told Coolopolis, although a borough official said that no demolition has been...
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Canada's photo crisis - why government needs to act NOW to save our pictures
Canada needs launch a program to pay people for relevant photos from the past. Tragically, people toss out invaluable photos and negatives every day because they have no incentive to keep them....
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The body in the Persian carpet - a truly grisly tale from Stephen Lack
Stephen Lack,of Montreal art and film fame, has supplied this anecdote from his upcoming memoirs. He's looking for a publisher in case you're interested.*** One of the great things about Montreal...
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Styling in Montreal 1976
Montreal in 1976. Feeling it? These photos, from an Eaton's department store fashion insert might bring you back. The concept was to bring the models out to various spots around town sporting...
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Landmark sign removed as Silver Dragon Cafe closes
The beautiful neon sign outside of the Silver Dragon Cafe at the corner of Church and Laurendeau (St. Remi) has been removed forever. The restaurant was sold to the owner of the Dragon de Chine...
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Two months in jail for bar employees caught talking to customers
Bar employees that "mingle with the customers" or "sit at the same table or counter" with a customer" can be fined $200 or sent to jail for up to 60 days, according to a Montreal bylaw. Bylaw...
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Montreal shame: black parade queen doused with white paint
True and sad story: a man splattered a black parade queen with white paint during a the annual St. Patrick's Day parade on March 14, 2004. The story went largely unreported at the time. McGill...
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Tattoo celebrates 37 fire victims of downtown Blue Bird Cafe blaze
Richard Lajoie has a tattoo memorial to the 37 victims of the Blue Bird Cafe fire that he can never forget. The victims of the 1972 blaze included his 18-year-old brother Rejean, three years his...
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War hero, iconic cop and inspiration for novels Jacques Cinq Mars, dead at 96
Jacques Cinq Mars, who led the legendary Night Patrol for many years, has died in a war veterans hospital at the age of 96. As an 18-year-old, Cinq Mars rushed the beaches of Normandy at the Raid...
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Verdun mulls proposal to allow grocery store to rebuild much larger
Robert Bellemare, owner of the Metro grocery store on Church, wants to demolish and rebuild his outlet on Church at Ethel in downtown Verdun and replace it with a much-larger structure on the site....
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Bring back the Maidenhead Inn
It is no fair that they closed the Maidenhead Inn. Throughout my youth I'd pass by there in awe, wondering what it would be like to inhabit the discreet and powerful world of adulthood. Sure us...
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The top 100 Montreal icons
Here, with much help from Facebook friends, is a list of the most iconic figures in Montreal history. Criteria: the longer the person stayed in Montreal the more credit they get. Iconic? It's the...
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Vintage 1970s Montreal chit-chat in health food store film
Fill your appetite for Lower Westmount health food chit chat in this 1973 NFB film by David Bairstow. Being a Westmounter who grew up two blocks from the store at 580 Grosvenor, this is none too...
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That time gangsters pulled their pants down for reporters
Roland Dubois removes trousersto display injuries. Adrien Dubois(beard) and lawyer Sidney Leithmanwatch on Roland Dubois and Normand Dubois were hardened criminals when they pulled their pants down for...
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