THANKS for stopping by, I do my best to acknowledge when someone leaves a comment,you do not have to be a member here & everyone is welcome. Ps: This site is monitored but not actively posting on a regular basis. Mostly these are stories & some photos saved from a defunct site known as Verdun Connections which was on MSN Groups initially then on a social network called Multiply.
There would certainly be no traffic problems today,(not to mention an endless supply of Job Openings) if they left the brdge like this:
Now onto (or off of) the Victoria , Champlain, & Mercier Traffic Problems .......remove the center spans for a week or two, & it might help to put up Free Beer Stands along the approaches to each bridge......Voila a city with far less luny's.................lol
........Cheers !! HF&RV..... ps:Click Pic
Here are photos of 2 of the Presbytarian churches that exhisted in Verdun. Your grandmother probably attended one of these churches when she lived in Verdun in the 20s. One of the churches was at 503 - 5th ave. and another at the corner of Church and Ross streets. I have also included a map of Verdun. The address of 103 - third ave. where your grandmother lived in the 20s is between Wellington and LaSalle Blvd, on the east side (right).
I will be going to Verdun in a couple of weeks and can take a photo of that address and post it here if you wish.
.and these cops gave the guy a ticket.....you gotta love justice in Labelle Province,.lol
MONTREAL - An amateur videographer captured what appeared to be two Sûreté du Québec officers taking a snooze in the back of their patrol car on Thursday morning in the Mauricie.
The 22-second YouTube video, sent in to Trois Rivières radio station NRJ 102.3 by a man identified only as "Max," was reportedly shot early Thursday along Highway 40 just outside Trois Rivières. The man reported that he noticed the patrol car parked on the side of the highway, but couldn't see anyone inside. Concerned there might be something amiss, the radio station reported that Max pulled over and walked up to the vehicle. When he saw the officers lying down inside, he quickly grabbed a camera.
One of the officers notices he's being filmed a few seconds into the video, and quickly exits the patrol car. The driver is asked for his licence, and was reportedly given a ticket for having parked his vehicle illegally.
SQ Sgt. Guy Lapointe said the force became aware of the incident at the same time as the media and the public, and immediately launched an investigation.
"We consider this kind of behavior unacceptable," Lapointe said. "I can tell you we're treating this very, very seriously."
The officers have been asked to submit a written report to their superiors explaining what happened, and investigators will be meeting with Max at some point today or in the next few days, he added.
Lapointe said that he had heard the report that the man who shot the video was given a ticket, but could not confirm what it was for or how much the motorist was fined. Once a ticket is issued, the SQ can't cancel it themselves, Lapointe explained, but it can be cancelled by a Crown Prosecutor.
"If the citizen did receive a ticket, the Crown Prosecutor will be informed of everything that happened … so he or she can make the right decision," he said.
I tend to agree with this graph...............hahahaha
Cheers !! HF&RV
here is the embed code:
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The new refrigerated Willibrord skating rink financed by the Canadiens hockey club, now owned mainly by the Molson family, was inaugurated a couple of weeks ago and one of our members (SHGV) Gilbert, brought his camera and took these pictures. Many of the top brass of the Canadien hockey club including some Canadien hockey players attended the celebration as well as some special needs youngsters. As I previoulsly reported, three of these rinks where installed in various sections of Montreal and the Molsons deserve a big hand for their charitable donation. I will try to get a list of those VIPs present.Here are some of the photos Gilbert took:
Here are the names of the VIPs present:
Players:
No. 31, Normand Baron, former player and his father François and his son Sun. Normand is a personal friend of Gilbert, one of our members (SHGV) who took the photos.
No. 75 Hal Gill.
No. 45, Alexandre Picard.
No. 52, Mathieu Darche.
No. 57, Benoit Pouliot.
Administrators:
Geoff Molson, Owner of the Canadien.
Pierre Boivin, President of the Canadien.
Réjean Houle, President of the old Canadien players,
Verdun Mayor Trudel with all HIS city councillors.
Provincial Deputy Gautrin and his wife.
A St. Constant driver had the scare of his life earlier Monday when a 40-centimetre slab of concrete fell from an overpass on Highway 132 near the south side of the Champlain Bridge and smashed his windshield.
The accident happened around 12:30 p.m. as the driver was heading west near the access road to Highway 10, said Caroline Larose, a spokesperson for Transports Québec.
The concrete chunk ended up on the passenger seat, the driver did not lose control of the car, and he called police.
The concrete came from the section that holds the guardrails on the ramp, and was not part of the infrastructure that sustains the bridge, Larose said.
The bridge’s main load-bearing beams are made of steel, she reported.
However, two of three westbound lanes on the 132 were closed as two teams of departmental technicians were sent to inspect the structure to ensure it is safe, Larose said. One lane remains open.
“We’re grateful that nobody
