Yearly Archives: 2008
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Photo du jour: Happy Moving Day
Also known in some parts of the country as Canada Day. Sherbrooke and Ste. Famille, July 3, 2004
By Christopher DeWolf -
Close, but no cigar
I frequently notice that parking posts with bike rings are installed as far out of the way of pedestrians as possible. I don’t disagree with this on...
By Julie Fournier -
Photo du jour: C.W.A.C.
Until the 1960s, signs and advertisements were far more loosely regulated than they are today, as you can see in this 1943 photo of Papineau and Mount...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Street party for Spain
This morning, my friends—all of them Spain supporters, except for one, who kept quiet—decided to watch today’s Euro Cup final between...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Vacant lot sculpture garden
One of my favourite things about the area around the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks in Mile End is that they seethe with life: there’s always...
By Christopher DeWolf -
A couple of cautionary tales
⋅ Man dies in hit-and-run in Montreal | Délit de fuite mortel | Le conducteur d’un scooter meurt dans un délit de fuite An SUV hit and killed man on...
By Julie Fournier -
Some weekend headlines
Les cols bleus à la disposition des déménageurs | Moving is a dirty job – for city crews: one of the several down-sides of having a coordinated...
By Julie Fournier -
McGill University’s Molson & McConnell Halls
Molson Hall McConnell Hall McGill’s Molson and McConnell Halls are adjacent to each other, and both located above Molson Stadium. To outsiders, such...
By Cédric Sam -
Photo du jour : Sur la piste cyclable
Cette photo a été prise hier sur la rue Rachel, où passe la principale voie est-ouest cyclable du Plateau Mont-Royal.
By Cédric Sam -
Feux d’artifice
Montreal’s annual fireworks festival — properly (and clumsily) named l’International des Feux Loto-Quebec presented by Telus — began last...
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Photo du jour: Football
Soccer in Jeanne Mance Park. June 14, 2006
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Photo du jour: Bière froide à la caisse
Dep at St. Vallier and St. Zotique, Little Italy/Petite Patrie. May 17, 2008
By Christopher DeWolf