Well-known landlord fined for safety code violation
The owner of two Old Montreal buildings that killed nine people in deadly fires over the last two years has been convicted for violating the fire safety code at another of his properties.
Why is this man even allowed to go on owning property and renting to tenants? What do you have to do to disqualify yourself?
jeather 17:39 on 2025-06-25 Permalink
TIL the street name is de Hampton not Hampton.
Kevin 17:56 on 2025-06-25 Permalink
I view that kind of writing as an overcorrection, and a failure to realize that a name in French should not be transliterated into English.
It’s like saying Barthelona or Paree.
jeather 18:08 on 2025-06-25 Permalink
On the one hand yes they should call it Hampton in an English article, on the other hand I checked on the Canada Post postal code verification service and they have De Hampton as the actual street name, which I was entirely unaware of.
Meezly 20:09 on 2025-06-25 Permalink
Exactly. And why is he not serving time in prison for gross negligence causing multiple deaths? He seems to be a danger to society…?
Joey 09:12 on 2025-06-26 Permalink
But you wouldn’t refer to the street a few blocks east of St,-Laurent as “Bullion Street,” right? I guess context is king here; nobody in an English neighbourhood would ever include the “de” in the street name, whereas it’s usually the opposite in a French area.
Chris 09:31 on 2025-06-26 Permalink
This punishment, and the one for that Hasidic “cop” crashing, and many others you never hear about, are why conservatives complain about soft-on-crime bleeding-heart judges.
Kate 09:41 on 2025-06-26 Permalink
It’s more that “Hampton” is a name unto itself, whereas the street “de Bullion” was named for someone called “de Bullion”.
According to the city toponymy site, Hampton was named for Hampton Court, “une des résidences royales d’Angleterre” while de Bullion was named for Angélique Faure, marquise de Bullion (1593-1662), who helped fund Jeanne Mance’s original Hôtel‑Dieu.
MarcG 09:54 on 2025-06-26 Permalink
It seems like the “de Hampton” change was made recently because most of the street signs say “Avenue Hampton”, but at the cross with Monkland one side says Avenue and the other says Avenue de.
Ian 14:27 on 2025-06-26 Permalink
Saint Lawrence boulevard/ boulevard Saint-Laurent writ large
https://youtu.be/tLs00PlP7H0?si=7covtlMrhu4Exeqg