The Montreal-Laval area will be 24 ambulances short overnight Saturday into Sunday. Normally there are 53 vehicles on call. This is no time to climb up that rickety ladder to fix something.
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Kate
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Kate
Montreal’s professional soccer team has partly heeded the fans, redesigning its logo to evoke the old Impact logo, but stubbornly sticking to the name CF Montréal.
Here’s the evolution of the club’s previous logos:
mare
My first association when I see CF is Cystic Fibrosis. Not very good for a sportsball club.
Bill
Why is this news?
MTLer
I like neither the name nor the logo.
As to the name C.F., the word “soccer” has currency in North America and it has a long pedigree. It comes from the sport’s official name: association football (as opposed to other forms). Soccer is derived from aSOCiation. Calling it “club de foot” sounds like an attempt at authenticity by adopting a European affectation. At least it’s better than the “Impact”.
As to the logo, I’ve thought the colours and themes were ugly since 1993 and the fleur-de-lys-only nod does not reflect Montreal. They should have taken a look at the city’s flag for inspiration.
Kate
Bill, it’s a major league team, so that the evolution of its name and logo is always covered – this story is mentioned in most of our media this weekend.
Also, which some readers may know, your blogger here is a graphic designer by trade, meaning that the design of locally important logos piques her interest more than it might to some.
MTLer, I can’t see them integrating the rose, thistle, shamrock or pine tree in this logo, leaving only the fleur‑de‑lys as an option.
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Kate
TVA indicates that known gang boss Gregory Woolley, out of prison now since late 2020 and living in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, should watch his back after somebody shot up a neighbouring house, apparently in error. I especially like how the writer emphasizes that Woolley’s wife is “une ancienne participante de la téléréalité Loft Story.”
Uatu
Loft Story? An Anglo TV show? Call the OLF!
Blork
Loft Story was a Francophone “reality” show on TQS. Which makes it even worse! Call the OLF!
Kate
Ah, but Loft Story was originally a TV show in France before it was imitated here. I suspect its French origin bleaches all sin out of the English words in the title.
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Kate
Some non-profit organizations around town are buying up properties to rent out as social housing.
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Kate
A man in his eighties was saved from his sinking car where he had driven it into the river in Lachine around midnight. He remains in critical condition.
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