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The coldest ticket in town? Vandal Vyxen joins Pimp Bizkit!
Cover bands used to be a thing in Montreal. A band would realize that they could sell more tickets if they stopped playing their hopelessly uninteresting compositions and simply thrash out the...
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Missing Montreal duo almost surely dead
Turns out that Daniel Pierre, 46, seen here on the left, is almost surely no longer alive. I learned today that he is the brother of a good friend. I never met him but a third party said that he...
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New set of photos features area knocked down for the Ville Marie Expressway
Yet another series of photos of a demolished neighbourhood has been posted onto the ghost machine by the City of Montreal archives. The area here was knocked down for the benefit of Highway 20,...
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Bibiane Bovet: "surprised she never wrote that she rode on the space shuttle"
Here's a collection of comments concerning the former Melanie Joly transsexual (transgendered?) former escort Plateau council candidate Bibiane Bovet. I don't vouch for their accuracy but merely...
View ArticleThe Ducarme Joseph story on film
Some locals guys made a fictional film based upon the story of Ducarme Joseph, who was the target of a splashy shoot-em-up in an Old Montreal boutique that ended up killing three innocent people. I...
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The Luck of Ginger Coffey - where in Montreal was it shot?
The Luck of Ginger Coffey was one of those movies that Montrealophiles had to luck into seeing late at night, until now that is. As you can see, somebody has put Irish-newspaperman-immigrant Brian...
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Westmount fills its new pool. Jump in and freeze!
Westmount's sparkling new swimming pool and double rink facility is set to open, indeed the outdoor pool was filled today, for some reason even though it's much too cold for swimming today. I would...
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Brazil beats Canada in obscure sport even before the contest begins
Sometime in August Montreal hosted some sort of hacky-sack type volleyball tournament which was attended by several countries around the world. Canada fielded a team but was apparently totally...
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Bodies turning up after drug bust tipoffs
Montrealer Timolen Psiharis would surely regret escaping before being arrested in a sweep of drug dealers in a bust on Nov. 1, 2012. Cops were targetetd an operation allegedly led by Shane Maloney....
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Denis Coderre - where he came from, where he's at, where he's going
Lots of joy and heartache coming up on Sunday as candidates for the city election either win or face disappointment. The big race, o' course is the one for mayor and it the vote has been in the...
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Why the Montreal election was a disgrace
How disheartening to see that the new slate of borough mayors, city councilors and borough councilors voted in the city's 19 boroughs Sunday are virtually all white, and yet the city has 26 percent...
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Quebec puts brakes on litigious hypnotist
Bruno Leduc, a hypnotist, has been declared a vexatious litigant after laying down an eye-popping 70 lawsuits at small claims court. Leduc would sue with great frequency over stuff that many of us...
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How Montreal, with Hypermarche, brought the megastore to North America
Hypermarche, complete with 70s hippie truckin' down the aisle Hypermarche advertised itself as the first supersized supermarket in North America when it opened October 31, 1973 at the cost of $11...
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Skybridges in the Griff!
We have discussed Montreal's longstanding, historical, deep-seated aversion to these skybridge walkway thingies, an opposition that clearly seems to be waning, as this project on Shannon betwixt...
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Athletes got poppies, why not Habs?
On the eve of Remembrance Day the English Premiereship took the trouble to sport poppies on their jerseys for the game Sunday, as seen here in this photo. But what about the Canadiens and other NHL...
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Gymnasts out in the cold as borough closes Snowdon Theatre building
A city-owned West End landmark is in danger of becoming a vacant, dilapidated shell, as the busy gymnastics centre that currently inhabits Snowdown Theatre has been moved out, as the city has...
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Pics from around town
Fabric store on St. Hubert has these in the window. Cars crashed at Pap and Dorch Sunday night right at the front door of the CJAD building. Smoke billowing in afternoon rain on Jarry E. Colourful ice...
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Quebec's youth gang paradox
Quebec, according to one study has only 533 youth gang members.* That's a tiny number compared to other provinces. It might seem paradoxical because Quebec's incidence of single parenthood is...
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Montreal's new beltway, success or flop?
The jury will be returning soon to lay down the first verdict on the much-hyped beltway around the city that was promised to reduce traffic on Montreal island highways. In precisely one month,...
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Go Boisbriand Expos!
The Atlanta Braves are moving out of their relatively-new downtown Turner Field to set up shop in Cobb County about 30 minutes drive north of the current stadium.Flashwood (Boisbriand) Expos!...
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