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Place des Arts and Social Reforms

Place des Arts. Green Line. Opened: 1967. The formula of political language doesn’t change: demonize one group, praise another, propose and justify a policy.  Political content, though, does change,...

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Papineau – un canadien errant

Papineau. Green Line. Opened 1966. And, I’m back! And with the pressing concern of the moment being keeping the T-1000 that is Mitt Romney out of the White House, I have been starting research on...

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On Peel, A Call for Annexation

Green Line. Opened 1966. Last week I looked at Louis-Joseph Papineau, the leader of the 1837 Lower Canada Rebellion who was exiled in France, largely at the behest of his fellow rebels, when the...

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On the Blog, Some Updates; On the Fridge, Some Magnets; On Facebook, a Page

This week I have been fortunate enough to have had a number of conversations with Marian Scott, of the Gazette. She has put me straight on a number points and the posts on Peel and Henri-Bourassa have...

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From Place d’Armes, a Picture of Awful and Thrilling Beauty

Place d’Armes. Orange Line. Opened 1966. On 25th April 1849, a group of Montrealers set out from Place d’Armes and burnt their country’s parliament to the ground. The army and police did little,...

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At McGill, Cholera’s Death Carnival

McGill. Green Line. Opened 1966. A big welcome to all my new readers and followers since Marian Scott’s piece in the Gazette. I hope you’ll feel free to ask questions, give advice, offer corrections,...

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From Lionel Groulx, The Birth of a Race

Lionel-Groulx. Green and Orange Lines. Opened 1978. Of all the stations in the metro system, Lionel-Groulx is the most controversial. Named after the priest and historian, he dominated a strand of...

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From Laurier, A Gilded Age, and Its Unravelling

Laurier. Orange Line. Opened 1966. With the news that in preparation for the G8 summit later this month, the small town of Fermanagh in Northern Ireland has been decked out in the image of a sadly...

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En raison des vacances, un ralentissement de service

Bonne Fête nationale! After several major service outages, the STM has started giving more frequent updates about what is delaying metro users. Following suit, I have the follow service update: Delays...

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Cadillac

Green Line. Opened 1976. History has been kind to Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, his fame and crest borne on by the high-end cars built in the city he founded. It has no reason to be;...

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