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  1. GDS

    Canadiens de Montréal

    GDS a répondu à un sujet de mtlurb dans L'actualité

    I have a Brian Hayward jersey - pretty sure I am the only one.
  2. GDS

    Canadiens de Montréal

    GDS a répondu à un sujet de mtlurb dans L'actualité

    I'll see you there Section 119, Row P
  3. GDS
    Well from 33 storey office to 30 storey residential mixed use we are loosing a lot of height. I don't understand why this is not topping 45 storeys now as a mixed use.
  4. GDS
    World poutine-eating contest to be held in Toronto. Yes, that's right. T.O. By Andy Blatchford (CP) – 20 minutes ago MONTREAL — One of Quebec's cultural symbols has been called everything from disgusting, to heart-attack inducing, to delectable. But can the increasingly popular Quebecois dish known as poutine -that messy mix of french fries, sauce and cheese curds -now be considered a gooey source of Canada-wide pride? When a gang of professional "eaters" from the United States and a handful of Canadian amateurs battle for the world poutine-eating championship, it won't go down in Montreal, Quebec City, or anywhere else in la belle province. It will be held in, of all places, Toronto. And due to provincial contest rules, Quebecers hoping to eat their way to the title won't be allowed to even take part. No longer seen as just working-class grub from small-town Quebec, poutine now has fans across Canada and beyond. The concoction has been integrated into haute cuisine and has secured niches under the bright lights of the Big Apple and Los Angeles. "I think it shows that poutine has become a national meal," Charles-Alexandre Theoret, author of the 2007 book "Maudite poutine!" ("Damned poutine!") said of the upcoming all-you-can-eat showdown on May 22 at BMO Field in Toronto. "It was once a Quebec meal, but now it's everywhere." A dozen stars of Major League Eating, a circuit best known for its stomach-turning, rapid-fire hot dog eating contests, will have 10 minutes to wolf down as much poutine as they can. "You must use a fork, so there's going to be certainly some skill involved," said Mike Antolini, a spokesman for the International Federation of Competitive Eating. "It's going to test their capacity, but also their hand speed and technique." The champ wins a modest sum of $750 and bragging rights. Antolini said organizers considered poutine-serving joints in Montreal to serve the fare, but eventually chose Smoke's Poutinerie, a Toronto-based chain. "I know that Montreal maybe feels like poutine is theirs, but we are going to be crowning a champion in Canada, and I think that's the most important thing because poutine certainly is Canadian first and foremost," he said. Of course, that hasn't always been the case. For years, the towns of Warwick and Drummondville have duelled over the true birthplace of poutine, but one thing has never been questioned: it's from Quebec. Warwick claims the dish was invented by local restaurant owner Fernand LaChance in 1957, while Drummondville insists that restaurateur Jean-Paul Roy blended the first poutine in 1964. To help cement its claim, Drummondville started holding an annual poutine festival in 2008. Regardless of its exact origins, poutine has long had a complicated bond with Quebecers, many of whom have looked down their noses at what some have called a culinary abomination. "It's a love-hate relationship, there are younger generations who feel fine with it, and almost make it a cool icon," said Theoret, whose book takes a historical look at poutine. "But older generations didn't grow (up) with it and think that it's low class, low life. They're really ashamed about it." For the poutine-eating contest, three Canadians will be selected through a sweepstakes to join the race. In an ironic twist, Quebec laws don't allow its residents to apply. "I don't argue with lawyers," said Smoke's Poutinerie owner Ryan Smolkin, who has five restaurants and one mobile kitchen in his growing poutine empire. All of them are in Toronto, but he's expanding to other parts of Ontario and plans to eventually open up shops across the country and around the world. The Ottawa native imports cheese curds from Quebec's Eastern Townships and tops his poutines with authentic chicken-based sauce. But he said he's never tried to pretend he's a Quebecer. "I know where the roots are, I know what it's all about and I'm trying to maintain that heritage for sure, and the Quebec influence," said Smolkin, who opened his first restaurant 15 months ago. "I respect and want to take that heritage and culture into my brand and help spread that across the world." With poutine's popularity spreading in the United States, he wanted to make sure the dish was "Canadianized" before an American restaurant tried to claim it. "It's been too isolated to Quebec," he said. "Nobody's just tried to take it big outside Quebec, so I'm trying to do that."
  5. GDS
    Podcast Interview today after the speech. http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/street-cred/2010/04/bonaventure-project
  6. GDS
    I like this chick. She has balls. You can see why she made it to the top of the SDHM.
  7. GDS
    This is under construction. Site prep started a few weeks ago and they starting digging this morning.
  8. GDS
    Limited Brands to add 50 or more jobs in central Ohio Changes on international front will consolidate creative work in Columbus Wednesday, April 14, 2010 03:05 PM By Tim Feran THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH At least 50 new jobs will be created at Limited Brands as part of its new international strategy that will create a separate division for Canada and shift certain creative functions from Canada to its Columbus headquarters. Limited Brands Canada will be based in Montreal and will focus on Canadian retail activity involving its La Senza, Bath and Body Works, Victoria's Secret Pink and Victoria's Secret chains, said Martin Waters, executive vice president, international. The new division will be led by Joanne Nemeroff, who will retain her title as president of La Senza. That Canadian chain, purchased by Limited Brands in 2007, features intimate apparel and loungewear. In all, there will be about 100 employees in Columbus for the new Limited Brands Canada division, Waters said. "We will be offering the opportunity to 50 people in Montreal to transfer to Columbus," he said. "Your guess is as good as mine if they will take that opportunity." The Columbus employees will focus on marketing and design while the Montreal staff will focus on store operations. "Some of the Columbus staff may already be working for us, but I suspect that many will be new hires," he said. The changes are expected to take place in the next three months, Limited Brands officials said. In the three years since acquiring La Senza, Limited Brands has opened some Victoria's Secret stores in the same markets. The two lingerie brands are different enough that they have helped the company gain a greater market share. "We think that the two brands together can give us a very, very dominant market position," Waters said. Limited Brands also announced an agreement with M.H. Alshaya Co. to operate franchised stores in the Middle East. Bath and Body Works stores will be the initial focus of this relationship, with the first stores to open in the region this year.
  9. GDS
    Ya - retail jobs, I am talking head office.
  10. GDS
    50 jobs from Montreal are moving to Ohio as part of this annoucement
  11. GDS
    Floor 11: Standard units with private terraces Floors 12 to 29 : Standard units Floors 30-32 : Penthouses 9 floors currently on sale about half the ~60 presale units are already sold. (floors 12-21) 1 bedroom - ~250K - 285K 2 bedroom - ~350k - 500k 3 bedroom - ~500k - 600k (always the corner Beaver Hall unit facing the square)
  12. GDS
    Baseball capacity 39504
  13. GDS
    I think its pretty pathetic that they couldn't even sell out their home opener/stadium opener. 1500 empty seats in one of the smallest capacity stadiums.
  14. GDS
    i doubt that construction would start in April. They will probably wait till May so that the parking passes expire.
  15. GDS
    The article doesn't mention it, but the next phase will have a huge toy store modeled after FAO Shwartz and a department store modeled after Ogilvie's perhaps even under the Ogilvie's banner.
  16. GDS
    Trinity closed a couple of months ago
  17. GDS
    55% vendu maintenant.
  18. GDS
    55% vendu maintenant.
  19. GDS
    This is essentially just a reverse buyout to avoid the regulatory procedures of creating a new publically traded company. EACOM is a shelf company that was formerly Inflazyme Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Domtar bought this as a non-brokered private placement off the shelf in 2008 for 300k in order to do the transfer. There is no new staff or new anything.
  20. GDS
    Il y a un bureau de vente dans le Portail Sud Est dans la Place Bonaventure - salle 204.
  21. GDS

    Évolo 1 - 31 étages (2013)

    GDS a répondu à un sujet de GDS dans Complétés

    The next phase after Zuni will be a 28 storey tower called Évolo that will go on sale this fall.
  22. GDS
    Nom: Évolo Hauteur: 31 étages/?? mètres Coût du projet: Promoteur: Corporation Proment Architecte: Jean-Pierre Bart Emplacement: Pointe-Nord, Île-des-Soeurs Début de construction: Hiver 2011 Fin de construction: Hiver 2012
  23. GDS
    Well we all know that Montreal will never ever be like Manhattan. I have always felt that a good model for Montreal would be Queens (8200 per sqkm)
  24. GDS
    Nah, this list is full of shit. We have talked about before on forum. It only surveys people in the UK - that is why Vancouver ranks higher then Montreal. It is ranking the attractiveness for UK investment. I mean come on the channel island (tax haven) of Guernsey ranks higher then Paris. Even the Isle of Man is supposedly a greater financial center then Montreal. This is one of those cases where the reporter did no research no see if the "facts" he was posting had any validity.
  25. GDS
    http://www.mtlurb.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98&highlight=sidev
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