Showing posts with label Montreal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Montreal. Show all posts
Thursday, January 05, 2012
WTF Montreal
A Montreal restaurant devolved into chaos early New Year’s Day after a fight between two patrons turned into an eatery-wide brawl, with evidence of the action now making the rounds on YouTube...
..The introduction to the video is titled “Chinese vs Blacks.” But police have no idea whether the fight sparked from a racial comment —in fact, they know little, if anything, about what spurred the brawl.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Pierre Lacerte and other Montreal bigots prevent synagogue renovations
The "referendum" went ahead and the bigots won...
The Gate David synagogue is a small, old building that serves about 50 Hassidic families. They first drew up plans to renovate in 2004. Many revisions later, the city approved the plans in 2010. However, if it weren’t for the barrage of petitions, flyers and demonstrations, I would be hard pressed to even tell you where the synagogue is.
Much of the opposition has been spearheaded by Pierre Lacerte, whose blog is so replete with sarcasm, innuendos, and lies that it can almost be called hate literature. Yet, he is quoted at face value by the media and allowed to determine the tone of the
“conflict.”
Because he and his comrades come door to door at such regular intervals, I have made efforts to understand their opinions. But it’s a hard thing to listen to when such words eventually turn up in the conversations as “those ethnics,” “they are a threat,” “next thing you know it will be a mosque and Muslims,” and “reasonable accommodation has gone too far!”
Read more here.
The Gate David synagogue is a small, old building that serves about 50 Hassidic families. They first drew up plans to renovate in 2004. Many revisions later, the city approved the plans in 2010. However, if it weren’t for the barrage of petitions, flyers and demonstrations, I would be hard pressed to even tell you where the synagogue is.
Much of the opposition has been spearheaded by Pierre Lacerte, whose blog is so replete with sarcasm, innuendos, and lies that it can almost be called hate literature. Yet, he is quoted at face value by the media and allowed to determine the tone of the
“conflict.”
Because he and his comrades come door to door at such regular intervals, I have made efforts to understand their opinions. But it’s a hard thing to listen to when such words eventually turn up in the conversations as “those ethnics,” “they are a threat,” “next thing you know it will be a mosque and Muslims,” and “reasonable accommodation has gone too far!”
Read more here.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Mayor Gérald Tremblay and Ombudsman Raymonde Saint-Germain state the bloody obvious concerning the police
Montreal's mayor joined Quebec's ombudsman on Friday in renewing the call for an independent probe of violent police-related incidents, in the wake of a police shooting this week that killed a knife-wielding homeless man as well as a bystander on his way to work.
Ombudsman Raymonde Saint-Germain said civilians must be included in investigations involving such incidents to eliminate the appearance of bias.
Will this ever happen? Not in a million years
Read more here.
Ombudsman Raymonde Saint-Germain said civilians must be included in investigations involving such incidents to eliminate the appearance of bias.
Will this ever happen? Not in a million years
Read more here.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Montreal police investigators begin whitewashing process
Step one: Begin slowly
Provincial police investigators said Thursday they have not yet interviewed four Montreal police officers involved in a shooting two days earlier that ended in two deaths, including a bystander who was on his way to work.
Guy Lapointe, a spokesman for Sûreté du Québec, said the four officers present during the fatal shooting would likely be interviewed sometime in the next few days.
He said it's normal to wait awhile before interviewing such witnesses.
"When you meet the major witnesses of a case, you want to be prepared, you want to know a bit of what might have happened and to be able to ask the right questions," he said.
And it gives ample time for memories to fade. Yes, makes perfect sense...
What kind of morons do you take the Canadian public for?
pssst, they just elected Harper
Ohhh...
Read more here.
Provincial police investigators said Thursday they have not yet interviewed four Montreal police officers involved in a shooting two days earlier that ended in two deaths, including a bystander who was on his way to work.
Guy Lapointe, a spokesman for Sûreté du Québec, said the four officers present during the fatal shooting would likely be interviewed sometime in the next few days.
He said it's normal to wait awhile before interviewing such witnesses.
"When you meet the major witnesses of a case, you want to be prepared, you want to know a bit of what might have happened and to be able to ask the right questions," he said.
And it gives ample time for memories to fade. Yes, makes perfect sense...
What kind of morons do you take the Canadian public for?
pssst, they just elected Harper
Ohhh...
Read more here.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
CBC surprised Montrealers may have had enough of police violence
Listen to the tone of this, wagging their finger in disapproval...
To the media, the police in Montreal just killed an innocent bystander in their unbridled zeal to kill a homeless man, and you're surprised people are angry?
Don't be surprised if among some, the feeling is growing that police are overstepping their bounds, not just in Montreal, but across North America (G20 and Miami anyone?)
Anti-police demonstrators in Montreal marched to the site of a tragic shooting Wednesday night where two people, including an innocent bystander, were killed by officers' bullets.
Then they began smashing windows.
Members of the crowd picked up materials from a construction site and hurled them as projectiles.
They pelted bricks and chunks of broken concrete at about a dozen commercial windows, including restaurants and coffee shops. Several of the windows shattered.
An outdoor portable toilet was overturned and tossed into the street. Buildings, streets and at least one onlooker were splattered with pink paint tossed by demonstrators.
Read more here.
To the media, the police in Montreal just killed an innocent bystander in their unbridled zeal to kill a homeless man, and you're surprised people are angry?
Don't be surprised if among some, the feeling is growing that police are overstepping their bounds, not just in Montreal, but across North America (G20 and Miami anyone?)
Anti-police demonstrators in Montreal marched to the site of a tragic shooting Wednesday night where two people, including an innocent bystander, were killed by officers' bullets.
Then they began smashing windows.
Members of the crowd picked up materials from a construction site and hurled them as projectiles.
They pelted bricks and chunks of broken concrete at about a dozen commercial windows, including restaurants and coffee shops. Several of the windows shattered.
An outdoor portable toilet was overturned and tossed into the street. Buildings, streets and at least one onlooker were splattered with pink paint tossed by demonstrators.
Read more here.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Montreal police kill bystander
Police have released the name of a 36-year-old man who died after being shot by police in Montreal's downtown core.
Patrick Limoges was on his way to work at St. Luc Hospital when he was killed by a stray bullet, after police opened fire on a man they were pursuing near the corner of St-Denis and Ste-Catherine streets.
Employees at the hospital didn't want to publicly speak to media, but said the death is shocking and that they feel any one of them could have been the one killed.
Aww quit whining. The police got to kill their homeless guy, didn't they...?
And anyway, the police are investigating the police, so we should get to bottom of this in no time....
Let me save some time, shall I?
Headline in six months: "Montreal police cleared in shooting"
There, such a time saver.
Read more here.
Patrick Limoges was on his way to work at St. Luc Hospital when he was killed by a stray bullet, after police opened fire on a man they were pursuing near the corner of St-Denis and Ste-Catherine streets.
Employees at the hospital didn't want to publicly speak to media, but said the death is shocking and that they feel any one of them could have been the one killed.
Aww quit whining. The police got to kill their homeless guy, didn't they...?
And anyway, the police are investigating the police, so we should get to bottom of this in no time....
Let me save some time, shall I?
Headline in six months: "Montreal police cleared in shooting"
There, such a time saver.
Read more here.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Possible wardrobe malfunction to blame for serious international incident
In the second period of Game 4 between the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens, Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference scored to cut the lead to 3-2. After the goal, Ference skated toward the glass and gave an obscene gesture to the Canadiens fans.
After the Bruins won 5-4 in overtime, Ference addressed the incident.
"It looks awful. I just saw it," he said. "I can assure you that's not part of my repertoire. I think my glove got caught up. I can assure you that's not part of who I am or what I ever have been. It looks awful. I admit it and I completely apologize to how it looks. I was putting my fist in the air. I'm sorry. It does look awful. I don't know what else to say."
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Harper defensive over yet another scandal...rince repeat
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is defending his campaign spokesman from allegations of political interference in a senior appointment at the Montreal Port Authority.
Dimitri Soudas, the Conservative Party's spokesman, is accused of putting pressure on the board of directors of the Montreal Port Authority to appoint a favoured individual as its chief executive officer.
Read more here.
Dimitri Soudas, the Conservative Party's spokesman, is accused of putting pressure on the board of directors of the Montreal Port Authority to appoint a favoured individual as its chief executive officer.
Read more here.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Montreal's Mayor Tremblay takes time from demolishing buildings to be center of corruption scandal
Montreal, corruption...ah Tradition.
First he was under fire for a corruption and collusion scandal that erupted during his 2009 campaign for re-election. Now Montreal’s mayor is under fire for trying to clean things up.
At least that’s how he saw it Wednesday as he delivered a fiery response to the province, which mandated its new anti-corruption squad to investigate the city, also on Wednesday.
Read more here.
First he was under fire for a corruption and collusion scandal that erupted during his 2009 campaign for re-election. Now Montreal’s mayor is under fire for trying to clean things up.
At least that’s how he saw it Wednesday as he delivered a fiery response to the province, which mandated its new anti-corruption squad to investigate the city, also on Wednesday.
Read more here.
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Complaint from knuckledragger begins Star of David yoyo
The Metro grocery chain is admitting it overreacted when it ordered a store in Westmount [Montreal] to take down a Star of David hanging above a display of Passover products.
The chain's head office ordered the store to remove the hexagram-shaped Jewish symbol after a customer complained on Sunday.
But more complaints came after it was removed, prompting Metro to order it be put back up.
The original complaint was from a man who thought the star was religious propaganda, explained Marie-Claude Bacon, Metro director of corporate affairs.
"The client seemed to be offended by the use of the star," she said.
Awww, the poor baby.
Religion seems to bring out the moronic in some, no matter what side they're on.
Read more here.
The chain's head office ordered the store to remove the hexagram-shaped Jewish symbol after a customer complained on Sunday.
But more complaints came after it was removed, prompting Metro to order it be put back up.
The original complaint was from a man who thought the star was religious propaganda, explained Marie-Claude Bacon, Metro director of corporate affairs.
"The client seemed to be offended by the use of the star," she said.
Awww, the poor baby.
Religion seems to bring out the moronic in some, no matter what side they're on.
Read more here.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Boston Bruins make epic mistake of f*cking with the Canadians...in Montreal
Never fuck with hockey in Montreal.
Had a Canadian's player done this to a Boston player, they give him a parade and the keys to the city..
Police in Montreal said Thursday they will investigate a hit in Tuesday night's National Hockey League game as a possible crime, Canadian media report.
The hit by Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara on the Montreal Canadiens' Max Pacioretty left Pacioretty with a severe concussion and a fractured vertebra, according to a CTV report.
Chara was given two penalties on the play and ejected from the game. On Wednesday, the NHL said the penalties assessed on the ice were appropriate and it would take no further action.
But Quebec's top prosecutor, Louis Dionne, asked for the police investigation after watching video of the play, the CBC reported.
Read more here.
Had a Canadian's player done this to a Boston player, they give him a parade and the keys to the city..
Police in Montreal said Thursday they will investigate a hit in Tuesday night's National Hockey League game as a possible crime, Canadian media report.
The hit by Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara on the Montreal Canadiens' Max Pacioretty left Pacioretty with a severe concussion and a fractured vertebra, according to a CTV report.
Chara was given two penalties on the play and ejected from the game. On Wednesday, the NHL said the penalties assessed on the ice were appropriate and it would take no further action.
But Quebec's top prosecutor, Louis Dionne, asked for the police investigation after watching video of the play, the CBC reported.
Read more here.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Mayor Gérald Tremblay maintains Montreal's tradition of corrupt city government
Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay on Monday night refused an opposition proposal to fire city comptroller Pierre Reid for unauthorized monitoring of auditor-general Jacques Bergeron’s emails.
Tremblay stood behind Reid, saying he acted “in good faith” to investigate an anonymous and verbal report of improper actions by Bergeron.
The mayor said he felt the right way to move ahead was to ask the Quebec Municipal Affairs Minister Laurent Lessard to look into all aspects of the issue and make recommendations for action by council. He said he expected that analysis to be made by June.
Tremblay agreed he found the surveillance of Bergeron’s emails “questionable,” but denied ever saying it was unacceptable.
Read more here.
Tremblay stood behind Reid, saying he acted “in good faith” to investigate an anonymous and verbal report of improper actions by Bergeron.
The mayor said he felt the right way to move ahead was to ask the Quebec Municipal Affairs Minister Laurent Lessard to look into all aspects of the issue and make recommendations for action by council. He said he expected that analysis to be made by June.
Tremblay agreed he found the surveillance of Bergeron’s emails “questionable,” but denied ever saying it was unacceptable.
Read more here.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Today in the painfully obvious: Montreal police admit ticket quotas
Something we've all known for years.
Montreal police are now admitting some officers are given quotas to fill for traffic tickets.
The force and the City of Montreal have said in the past that they do not ask officers to issue a minimum number of tickets.
But since the city's new police chief, Marc Parent, was sworn in in September, police said Thursday that they want to bring in a new era of transparency.
Police said officers in the city's special traffic squad are given traffic ticket quotas.
Such transparency. They be admitting the racial profile next...
Read more here.
Montreal police are now admitting some officers are given quotas to fill for traffic tickets.
The force and the City of Montreal have said in the past that they do not ask officers to issue a minimum number of tickets.
But since the city's new police chief, Marc Parent, was sworn in in September, police said Thursday that they want to bring in a new era of transparency.
Police said officers in the city's special traffic squad are given traffic ticket quotas.
Such transparency. They be admitting the racial profile next...
Read more here.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Montreal's CHOM FM: Even our promo videos suck
Embarrassingly bad promo video from CHOM FM Montreal, Home of the Worst Logo in the World.
Not content with the worst Logo prize, the geniuses behind CHOM's latest publicity push want the world to know they are totally devoid of taste, and not just in graphic design.
They suck at video production too. Even the high school where they learned their techniques would be embarrassed.
How bad is it?
Poor sound (did she have to wear brick shoes?), bad camera work (the concept of keeping the subject in frame seems lost on the camera ape here), stunned onscreen "personality". This video has it all, even that hideous logo...twice..oh wait, it's on the wall too...oh Christ and on her t-shirt...
And they're looking for people just like them...
Read more here.
Not content with the worst Logo prize, the geniuses behind CHOM's latest publicity push want the world to know they are totally devoid of taste, and not just in graphic design.
They suck at video production too. Even the high school where they learned their techniques would be embarrassed.
How bad is it?
Poor sound (did she have to wear brick shoes?), bad camera work (the concept of keeping the subject in frame seems lost on the camera ape here), stunned onscreen "personality". This video has it all, even that hideous logo...twice..oh wait, it's on the wall too...oh Christ and on her t-shirt...
And they're looking for people just like them...
Read more here.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Montreal's CHOM FM run by people totally devoid of taste
First they struck with perhaps the worst logo of the century so far.
Not to be outdone....
I hope Doug Pringle doesn't see this. If he's still alive, this will kill him.
Chom Chom, Chom Chom...
The Spirit of Montreal, now available in Fascist.
Not to be outdone....
I hope Doug Pringle doesn't see this. If he's still alive, this will kill him.
Chom Chom, Chom Chom...
The Spirit of Montreal, now available in Fascist.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Epically stupid thieves break into Pat Burn's widow's car
Did I mention heartless, callus, unfeeling....
Boy, did this guy pick the wrong city to commit this crime.
A heartbreaking crime was committed against the family of former NHL coach Pat Burns within hours of his funeral in Montreal.
Not long after the hockey world gathered at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral in downtown Montreal Monday to mourn the death of Burns, someone broke into the vehicle belonging to his widow, Line.
Montreal police say someone smashed one of the car's windows while it was parked overnight a few blocks from the cathedral and stole some possessions belonging to the Burns family that were inside.
Read more here.
Boy, did this guy pick the wrong city to commit this crime.
A heartbreaking crime was committed against the family of former NHL coach Pat Burns within hours of his funeral in Montreal.
Not long after the hockey world gathered at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral in downtown Montreal Monday to mourn the death of Burns, someone broke into the vehicle belonging to his widow, Line.
Montreal police say someone smashed one of the car's windows while it was parked overnight a few blocks from the cathedral and stole some possessions belonging to the Burns family that were inside.
Read more here.
Monday, November 08, 2010
Dangerous arson trend in Montreal leaves 10 homeless
There are some dangerous fucking psychopaths loose in Montreal, as the series of fire bombings continue.
After locking up his restaurant and saying good night to staff, Jimmy Niktaris had barely gotten home when he learned his restaurant was engulfed in flames.
Sunday morning, Granada Pizzeria at 4668 de Charleroi St., a restaurant Niktaris’s family has owned and operated for the past 18 years, was torched with accelerant at about 2:40 a.m., Montreal police said.
The third Montreal North pizzeria to be firebombed in less than a week, the fire caused an estimated $300,000 in damage and left 10 people living in the four apartments on the second and third floors above the restaurant homeless.
Read more here.
After locking up his restaurant and saying good night to staff, Jimmy Niktaris had barely gotten home when he learned his restaurant was engulfed in flames.
Sunday morning, Granada Pizzeria at 4668 de Charleroi St., a restaurant Niktaris’s family has owned and operated for the past 18 years, was torched with accelerant at about 2:40 a.m., Montreal police said.
The third Montreal North pizzeria to be firebombed in less than a week, the fire caused an estimated $300,000 in damage and left 10 people living in the four apartments on the second and third floors above the restaurant homeless.
Read more here.
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Two more Montreal fire bombings. Don Corleone unavailable for comment
Police are investigating two fires that they say were lit intentionally in pizzerias in Montreal North early Wednesday morning.
The fires, at 4960 and 5410 Charleroi St., caused "considerable" damage to both restaurants, said Montreal police Constable Anie Lemieux. They were lit just minutes apart, she said, starting at around 3:20 a.m. The residents of one home in the area had to be evacuated, but were allowed to return to their house a short time later.
The fires, at 4960 and 5410 Charleroi St., caused "considerable" damage to both restaurants, said Montreal police Constable Anie Lemieux. They were lit just minutes apart, she said, starting at around 3:20 a.m. The residents of one home in the area had to be evacuated, but were allowed to return to their house a short time later.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Montreal Tam Tam
Every Sunday in summer, hundreds of Montreal residents trek to Mont Royal to play, drum and dance. The BBC's Krupa Padhy explored the vibrant delights of the city's longest running drum circle.
Montreal's famed summer festivals come and ago, but among them, there is one event that has been going strong for 30 years, rain or shine.
Sunday for Montrealers means one thing. Not Mass, not a family roast, but the Tam Tam, one of the world's most loyal drum circles named after the eponymous hand drum.
Hundreds of musicians and dancers gather on Plateau Mont Royal every Sunday to get creative. The event has no official organiser and the only publicity it has ever had is word of mouth.
Read more here.
Montreal's famed summer festivals come and ago, but among them, there is one event that has been going strong for 30 years, rain or shine.
Sunday for Montrealers means one thing. Not Mass, not a family roast, but the Tam Tam, one of the world's most loyal drum circles named after the eponymous hand drum.
Hundreds of musicians and dancers gather on Plateau Mont Royal every Sunday to get creative. The event has no official organiser and the only publicity it has ever had is word of mouth.
Read more here.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Montreal allows PepsiCo to rebottle tap water for sale to trendy morons
The Polaris Institute estimated that one third of the bottled water sold in Canada is the treated tap water.
Read more here.
Read more here.
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