Anniversaries of note
Fifty years ago, with firefighters on strike, a section of what we now call Centre‑Sud caught fire and burned in the “weekend rouge”.
Twenty years ago, Mirabel ended passenger flights forever.
Fifty years ago, with firefighters on strike, a section of what we now call Centre‑Sud caught fire and burned in the “weekend rouge”.
Twenty years ago, Mirabel ended passenger flights forever.
Robert H 15:56 on 2024-10-31 Permalink
Excellent article by Le Devoir reporter Jeanne Corriveau, but such a maddening, frustrating disaster of a project to recall, a shameful episode in Quebec’s history and a monument to bureaucratic obtuseness, political arrogance, waste of taxpayer dollars and fertile, rich land, and all around cement-headed stupidity. The article tries to end with a silver lining describing a zone of enterprise and new job creation, but that last photo of the demolition of the terminal reslly tells it all. By the time any lesson learned can be applied, all the original players will have passed on. Sigh…