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(Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday condemned violence and antisemitism at anti-NATO and pro-Palestinian protests in downtown Montreal on Friday night, where NATO ...
The Montreal French-language paper was originally called "Metropolitain" (English: "Metropolitan") and had a large lowercase "m" as its logo, before becoming 24 Heures in 2005. On November 14, 2006, 24 Hours launched two new editions in the Ottawa–Gatineau area—an English edition published in Ottawa, and a French edition published in ...
Montreal is Canada's second most populous city, the largest city in Quebec, and the eighth most populous city in North America. Montreal confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on February 27, 2020. The patient was a 41-year-old woman who had returned from Iran three days earlier on a flight from Doha, Qatar. [5] [6]
1875 – Hockey, in the form known today, is first played in Montreal in 1875, according to rules devised by James George Aylwin Creighton, a McGill University student. 1875 – June 15 – Formation of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. 1875 – Montreal Academy of Music inaugurated. 1875 – Montreal and New York City are now linked by train.
1960 - The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup for the fifth consecutive season. As of 2024, they are the only National Hockey League franchise to do so.; 1960 – Quebec general election: The election of a new Liberal Party government led by Premier Jean Lesage marks the beginning of a period of sustained change known as the Quiet Revolution.
Montreal may be the largest city in Canada’s Quebec province, but it offers a relatively quaint cruise experience. You won't be 'overcrowded by thousands of tourists': What to know about ...
From 1963 to 1970, the Quebec nationalist group Front de libération du Québec detonated over 200 bombs. [2] While mailboxes, particularly in the affluent and predominantly Anglophone city of Westmount, were common targets, the largest single bombing occurred at the Montreal Stock Exchange on February 13, 1969, which caused extensive damage and injured 27 people.
Montreal was the host of the 1976 Summer Olympic Games. The stadium cost $1.5 billion; [207] with interest that figure ballooned to nearly $3 billion, and was paid off in December 2006. [208] Montreal also hosted the first ever World Outgames in the summer of 2006, attracting over 16,000 participants engaged in 35 sporting activities.