There were two valuable musical instruments at the Bon‑Pasteur, a harpsichord dating from 1772 and a Fazioli piano. It looks like they have been saved although they will have to be carefully looked after and restored after water damage.
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Kate
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Kate
24hrs spent a morning at Vintage Parc, which will be closing at the end of the summer.
Ian
I have actually bought a couple of pieces there over the years, they are pretty good for unupholstered furniture. One of the last remaining “junk shop” style furniture stores in the area, I guess it’s a victim of changing demographics to some extent … but they’ve had that “closing sale” sign up for well over 5 years now, I’m sure that didn’t help drive repeat customers. It’s like the lamp store that used to be on Parc just north of Laurier, it had a perpetual closing sale sign for so long that when it finally did close I was surprised it was still there even though I passed it almost every day.
Joey
I think the current going out of business sign in September or whenever has been up for more than a year, but maybe this time it’s for real. Hard to imagine the landlord finding a tenant willing to pay significantly more, given how little activity there is on that stretch of the block – there’s gotta be one or two empty storefronts already.
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Kate
Big traffic snarls are the main story on Sunday evening.
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Kate
A Montreal filmmaker is documenting the gentrification of Chinatowns across North America.
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Kate
Odd TVA piece here about an SPVM cop who claims he didn’t racially profile a man named Mohammed Hizebry – instead, he spotted a loaded pistol in his bag. In any case, the judge believed the cop, and Hizebry has to return to court, presumably on firearms charges. Nice bit of French slang in the headline.
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Kate
A demonstration was held Saturday against racial profiling, and to mark the third anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, a Black man, by Minneapolis police, which touched off a wave of riots and protests all over the U.S. that summer.
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Kate
A bakery in Ahuntsic was firebombed early Sunday morning.
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