Lionel-Groulx station, detail 01 January 2019 Sun mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Ouimetoscope Canadiens play first opens, 1900. match, against Cobalt Airport renamed for Silver Kings, 1910 , 2004 Ice storm begins, 30 31 NEW YEAR 1 NAMELESS DAY 2 3 4 1998 5 Maisonneuve plants Laurier Palace fire, First edition of Concrete slab falls Jeanne Mance founds first cross on Mount 1927 Le Devoir, 1910 off Olympic stadium, Hôtel‑Dieu, 1644 Royal, 1643 First Bonsecours First CBMT 1994 Marguerite Bourgeoys Brother André dies, Market dome fire, broadcast, 1954 dies in , 1700 1937 1948 St-Louis-de-France 6 7 8 9 10 11 burns down, 1934 12 Women property Coldest temperature: First edition of Stadium roof tears owners get municipal −37.8 °C, 1957 Montreal Star, 1869 under weight of voting rights, 1932 snow and ice, 1999 Wilfrid Pelletier founds predecessor 13 to OSM, 1935 14 15 16 17 18 19 CFCF-TV begins Paolo Violi shot First ice palace broadcasts, 1961 dead, 1978 carnival, 1883 Metropolitan opens to traffic, Pie-IX to Laurentian Blvd., 20 21 22 1960 23 24 25 26 École Polytechnique McGill University Mordecai Richler opens, 1905 opens, 1829 born, 1931 Construction starts on the metro, 1961 27 28 29 30 31 1 2

Never assume that cars will always stop just because they “have to.” – Blork You can tell the REM was designed by people who don’t use public transit. – Ginger Baker Ireland is not a neighbourhood of Montreal. – ant6n I wish that people would stop buying water in the first place. It’s an industry built on bullshit. – Ephraim Olympic stadium parterre 02 february 2019 Sun mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Garment worker strike, ILGWU, 1925 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 First winter carnival, General strike by tram First recorded use Insectarium opens, 1884 workers, 1903 of the word puck, 1990 Québec solidaire René Lévesque kills Gazette, 1876 founded, 2006 an itinerant with his Beatles play the car, 1977 Forum, 1964 3 4 LUNAR NEW YEAR 5 6 7 8 9 Wilbert Coffin Concordia Montreal Stock First phone call Unifolié hoisted for hanged at Bordeaux computer riot, 1969 Exchange bombed connects Montreal first time, 1965 Jail, 1956 by FLQ, 1969 and Vancouver, 1916 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Jean Drapeau born, Sault-au-Récollet First proto-FLQ 1916 annexed to bombing at CKGM Montreal, 1916 radio building, 1963

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 First edition Launch of Snowdon Theatre First Nuit Blanche of Honoré Radio-Canada opens, 1937 (February 29), 2004 Beaugrand’s daily International, 1945 La Patrie, 1879 24 25 26 27 28 1 2

People don’t realize how slow the metro travels. If they did, nobody would jump in front of one. – Kevin Notre système de démocratie représentative est schizophrène et nos ‘dirigeants’ atteints d’hubris. – Raymond Lutz Ok I’m watching the National Assembly debate on Bonjour-Hi and it is the funniest thing since “Curb your Enthusiasm’s” second season. – Jack Brutalist colonnade, HEC 03 march 2019 Sun mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 55 cm of snow falls in two days, March 1 and 2, 1900

24 25 26 27 28 1 2 Botanical garden Montreal Shamrocks Société St-Jean- founded, 1932 win , Baptiste founded, Record snowfall, 1900 1834 43 cm, 1971 U de Montréal Howie Morenz dies, chartered, 1878 1937 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 L-H-Lafontaine tunnel Montreal Wanderers Police service founded, 200,000 people march opens, 1967 win Stanley Cup, 1910 1843 against Canadian Last match at the Taylor and Burton involvement in the Forum, 1996 marry at the Ritz, 1964 US‑Iraq war, 2003 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

First St. Patrick’s Laurentian Hotel parade, 1824; first opens, 1948 mass at St. Patrick’s church, 1847 Richard riot, 1955 17 18 19 VERNAL EQUINOX 20 21 22 23 Adoption of city logo, 1981

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McGill chartered, 1821

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Halley’s Comet seen Fire department over town, 1758 founded, 1862 Bank heist, 1924 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 Slavery made legal, 1709 Funeral of D’Arcy McGee, 1868 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Ice dam in river causes Titanic sinks, 1912, Kateri Tekakwitha massive flooding, 1861 killing 1,595, including dies, 1680 debuts with Montreal First Expos game, 1969 a dozen Montrealers Royals, 1946 Queen Elizabeth hotel opens, 1958 FIRST DAY 14 15 16 17 18 GOOD FRIDAY 19 OF PASSOVER 20 Laval metro extension Burning of Parliament, Seaway formally opens, 1967 opens, 2007 1849 opened, 1959 Griffintown plane crash, 1944 LAST DAY EASTER 21 EASTER MONDAY 22 23 24 25 26 OF PASSOVER 27 Grande bibliothèque opens, 2005

KATE’S 28 29 BIRTHDAY 30 1 2 3 4

We have a very nuanced relationship to gravity in this city. – JaneyB People from have this way of assuming that their experience of Canada is the Canadian experience. – david100 The Gazette these days is basically an advertising agency for real estate agents and developers. – Uatu When you live on the Plateau the whole world looks like the Plateau. – Blork Place des Arts (rear view) 05 may 2019 Sun mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Original Montreal Delivery of Canada’s General Hospital first locomotive, the building completed, Iron Kitten, 1836 1822 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 Sinking of Lusitania, Gilles Villeneuve 1915, several dies in Belgium, 1982 Montrealers die. Nobel prize winner Sidney Altman RAMADAN BEGINS 5 6 born, 1939 7 8 9 10 11 Jacques-Cartier First electric street Founding of city King George VI bridge opens, 1930 light, Champ-de-Mars, by Maisonneuve and Queen Elizabeth 1879 and Mance, 1642 visit, 1939

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 First Mount Royal Park referendum, 1980 inaugurated, 1876

VICTORIA/ PATRIOTES DAY 19 (observed) 20 21 22 23 24 25 Lennon-Ono bed-in Dany Laferrière begins at the Queen admitted to Elizabeth Hotel, 1969 Académie Française, 2015 26 27 28 29 30 31 1

[The STM] hired a company called “Global Tardif”, they shouldn’t expect those repairs to be done on time, even if their bid was lower than “Global Ponctuel”’s. – jorgh Ste-Catherine doesn’t suffer from a lack of customer traffic. If a business can’t lure some of the thousands of people that walk by their storefront every day then a few parking spots are not going to help. – Marco I’d swim in the Old Port only after taking a prophylactic massive dose of wide-spectrum, latest generation antibiotics. – Bernard Viger Square – Agora as it was in 2015 06 june 2019 Sun mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

26 27 28 29 30 31 1 Jacques Viger, first NDG and Côte-des- mayor, elected 1833 Neiges annexed by Montreal, 1910

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24th and last Canadiens Saul Bellow born in Jean Doré dies, 2015 Stanley Cup, 1993 Lachine, 1915 Accueil Bonneau blows up, 1998 Belmont Park opens, 1923 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 American forces Cargo ship Cymbeline Half of Montreal Marie-Josèphe dite Quebecor shuts down retreat in disarray, explodes, 1932 destroyed by fire, 1721 Angélique hanged, Montreal Mirror, 2012 1776 Nelson Mandela speaks 1734 on Champ-de-Mars, 1990 16 17 18 19 20 SUMMER SOLSTICE 21 22

Bank of Montreal Michel Tremblay First movies shown First CPR train Champlain Bridge incorporated, 1817 born, 1942 in Canada, 1896 departs for BC, 1886 opens, 1962 (building burned down in 2016)

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30 1 2 3 4 5 6 Viger Square, detail 07 july 2019 Sun mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Maisonneuve First powered flight First CPR train from monument unveiled on over town, 1910 Montreal arrives in BC, Place d’Armes, 1895 1886

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Great Fire of 1852: Oka Crisis begins, Queen Victoria National League 11,000 houses 1990 monument blown up, all‑star game, 1982 destroyed 1963

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Central Station opens, Sex Garage raid, 1990 Work starts on City’s first coat First stone laid for 1943 , 1821 of arms adopted, Victoria Bridge, 1854 Record rainfall, more Olympic Games open, 1833 (amended than 100 mm of 1976 1938 and 2017) rain in 2 hrs, 1987 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Completion of first Lachine Canal De Gaulle’s First live TV grain elevator, 1904 completed, 1825 Vive le Québec broadcast, Royals Nobel prize winner libre, 1967 game, CBFT, 1952 Rudolph Marcus born, 1923 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

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It’s not Pierrefonds drive-thru book chute that’s incompatible with sustainability but Pierrefonds itself. – nau Projet did remove the “cats aren’t allowed to roam” part of the bylaw, but they didn’t advertise it. – kevin Les gens doivent être jugés ultimement sur leurs actes, pas sur leur paroles ni leurs allégeances. – Raymond Lutz Wow, I don’t feel very bad for the TMR folks complaining but why do you have to act like such snooty little jerks yourselves? – David Le Rigaud, detail 08 august 2019 Sun mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat High temperature Kondiaronk dies, 1701 record, 37.6°C, 1975 Olympic Games close, 1976 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 Great Peace of Camillien Houde Jacques Cartier Montreal, 1701 interned for published, 1948 names the river, 1535 R-100 dirigible anti-conscription Fredy Villlanueva over town, 1930 statements, 1940 killed, 2008 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First pedestrian Théâtre National opens River rises, a quarter Oscar Peterson born, Redpath Museum in automobile on Ste‑Catherine E., of the city floods, 1861 1925 opens, 1882 fatality, 1906 1900 Cornerstone of Death of Jean Drapeau, St. Joseph’s 1999 Oratory laid, 1930 EID AL-ADHA 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Camillien Houde freed First passage of Fabrikant shootings, from internment, 1944 Lachine Canal by 1992 Union workers hold steamboat, 1840 vigorous demo at city hall, 2014 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Prince of Wales Montreal Protocol Boulevard Robert- Premiere of Kahnawake loses Last streetcar run, Begging made illegal, inaugurates Victoria on ozone layer Bourassa officially Les Belles-sœurs, 33 men in collapse of Rosemont, 1959 1676 Bridge, 1860 protection, 1987, adopted as new name 1968 Quebec bridge, 1907 in force 1989 of rue University, 2014 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

If the dumbasses were to stay home every day there would be no overcrowding on the Metro. Ban the dumbasses! – Blork One legacy however that I will never never forgive Scotland for is curling. – Jack My cat who gets lost on staircases could predict increased traffic problems when [the Royalmount mall] opens. – jeather Père Marquette school, corner detail 09 september 2019 Sun mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Dorval airport opens, Jeanne Mance Eight sud-ouest Art heist at the Cartier monument Eucharistic Congress 1941 statue unveiled at stations of Green Line MMFA, 1972 inaugurated, 1919 opens, 1910 Blue Bird café fire, Hôtel-Dieu, 1909 open, 1978. CBFT begins Maurice Duplessis 1972 Bomb at Central broadcasts, 1952 dies, 1959 Station, 1984 PdA opens, 1963 1 LABOUR DAY 2 3 4 5 6 7 Montreal capitulates Maisonneuve dies in Villeray annexed, 1905 Place Ville-Marie to the British, 1760 Paris, 1676 Papal mass at opens, 1962 Van Horne mansion Jarry Park, 1984 Dawson shooting, demolished, 1973 2006 New city flag, 2017 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Earthquake of 1732, Riots against Leonard Cohen estimated at 5.8 compulsory born, 1934 smallpox First concert at vaccination, 1885 PdA, 1963 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 CKAC makes first Battle of Oka Crisis ends, 1990 Montreal Neuro Pierre Trudeau dies, broadcast, 1922 Longue-Pointe, 1775 opens, 1934 2000 Final edition of Montreal Star, 1979 AUTUMNAL 22 EQUINOX 23 24 25 26 27 28 De la Concorde overpass collapses, 2006

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It’s the savings of a PPP! Because unions are bad and expensive and the private sector is cost effective and good! Look at all the cash we’re saving from non unionized work! And it’ll be like this for the next 30 years…. :p – uatu So anywhere between 0 and 25cm of snow over the next day. Yeah, that sounds like Montreal. – Ian Projet Montréal probably doesn’t want to be the party that killed the bagel. – dewolf Under the bridge to Château Champlain 10 october 2019 Sun mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Jacques Cartier visits Cartier names begins Hochelaga, 1535 Mount Royal, 1535 with the kidnapping of Julie Payette Last Expos game, James Cross, 1970 SECOND DAY OF becomes Governor- Shea Stadium, 2004 29 30 ROSH HASHANAH 1 General, 2017 2 3 4 5 Police strike and riot, Hôtel-Dieu opens, 1643 Canada’s first TV Earthquake, 3.9, a First hockey telecast, 1969 Gilles Villeneuve wins station, VE2EC, begins few minutes after CBFT, 1952 Canadian Grand Prix, transmissions, 1931 midnight, 2012 1978 Casino opens, 1993

6 7 8 YOM KIPPUR 9 10 11 12 Last tram over Metro inaugurated, Occupation of War Measures Brother André Pierre Trudeau born, first Victoria Bridge, 1966 Victoria Square Act invoked, 1970 canonized, 2010 1919 NHL player to score 1956 begins, 2011 500 career goals, 1957 Belmont Park Expos’ “Blue Monday” closes, 1983 1981 13 THANKSGIVING 14 15 16 17 PERSONS DAY 18 19 First edition of First train through Molson Stadium Jean Drapeau elected First Canadian city Battle of Châteauguay, La Presse, 1884 Mount Royal inaugurated, 1915 second time, 1960. with population of 1M, 1813 tunnel, 1918 He will serve till 1986. 1951 Jean Drapeau elected first time, 1954 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Massive pro-Canada Expo 67 closes, 1967 First tram over Maurice Richard signs unity rally, 1995 Victoria Bridge,1909 with Habs, 1942 Second Quebec Last passenger flight referendum, 1995 from Mirabel, 2004 Marguerite Bourgeois 27 28 29 30 canonized, 1982 31 1 2

Welcome to the 21st century, where “smart” is utterly stupid. – Blork I am glad Kate reads QMI publications so I don’t have to. – Tim S. Do you take pleasure from lying about the content of articles? Do you have a hate-on for The Globe or for the author? You should be ashamed! – Bertrand Marotte, Viger Square detail 11 november 2019 Sun mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

TCA begins daily flights to Vancouver, 1939. adopts first NHL goalie mask, 27 28 29 30 31 1959 1 2

Gérald Tremblay Leonard Cohen dies, steps down, 2012 2016 Valérie Plante, first woman mayor, 3 4 elected 2017 5 6 7 8 9 Louis Cyr dies, 1912 Mayor John Easton Montreal falls to Claire Kirkland Nicolo Rizzuto Sr. Mills dies tending American forces, Casgrain elected, first shot dead, 2010 typhus victims, 1847 1775, their leaders female MNA, 1961 taking over the Chateau Ramezay 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Regular train service Joseph Guibord dies, First car, owned First regular bus Whale oil lamps begins between 1869 by Ucal-Henri service begins, 1919 installed in the Port Montreal and New Canadiens adopt Dandurand,1899 of Montreal as public York City, 1875 the Forum as their lighting, 1815 permanent home, 17 1926 18 19 20 21 22 23 First child of Prince of Wales opens NHL founded at Christ Church Cathedral First performance Dorchester renamed French parentage Crystal Palace, 1860 Windsor Hotel, 1917 opens, 1860 by OSM, 1934 opens, 1924 René-Lévesque, 1987 baptized, 1648 First public transit, Anti-conscription Crash of Flight 839, Occupation of horse tram, 1861 riot, 1944 5 minutes out from Victoria Square Dorval, 1963 ends, 2011 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

The more I learn about the First World War, the more I realize it was an absolute clusterfuck of a dumpsterfire if there ever was one – Ginger Baker I sometimes wonder how much cash and wasted hours in Quebec have been spent on these few dozen women who choose to cover their face. – Kevin Who really, truly benef its from urban sprawl? Land speculators, developers, builders, real estate agents. Also politicians looking for short term benef its. – Clément Beaubien metro, very cold day 12 december 2019 Sun mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Black Rock placed Royal Vic opens, Maison Radio-Canada Polytechnique as memorial, 1859 1893 founded, 1909 opens, 1973 massacre, 1989 911 becomes Jean Béliveau dies, October Crisis ends, emergency number, 2014 1970 1985 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Transit riot, 1955 All charges dropped CBF goes on air, 1937 First freight train Fire in metro tunnel at against Henry Camillien Houde crosses Victoria Henri-Bourassa, 1971, Morgentaler, 1976 re‑elected, 1944 Bridge, 1859 the driver is killed 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Béliveau, Geoffrion First passenger train First post office, 1792 play first NHL crosses Victoria game, 1950 Bridge, 1859

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Cartierville annexed Émile Nelligan born, Autoroute Nick Rizzuto Jr. to Montreal, 1916 1879 Métropolitaine gunned down, 2009 Mount Royal cross opens, 1960 first lit up, 1924 FIRST DAY OF 22 CHANUKAH 23 24 CHRISTMAS 25 BOXING DAY 26 27 28 Final printed edition Ritz-Carlton Hotel of La Presse, 2017 opens, 1912

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On the cancellation of Formula E: I guess you could say “they pulled the plug”. – Bert Formula E has been short-circuited. - Blork The race is current-ly grounded because of feedback showing resistance to conducting it in the downtown area, not to mention the amplified costs. – LJ calendar 2019 CITYMONTREAL WEBLOG 01 january 2019 02 february 2019 03 march 2019 04 april 2019 s m t w t f s s m t w t f s s m t w t f s s m t w t f s 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 24 25 26 27 28 24 25 26 27 28 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31

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