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I don't know uqam, North Americans visit here for our 'Europeaness' lol!, because MTL is different from other cities in Canada, US. French will come here for the winter stuff that they can't experience at home unless they spend a million dollars in the Alps. I recently had a year off but I came back to MTL for Igloofest and Lumières/Nuit Blanche. Since I had given up my apartment, I stayed at Auberge Alternatif in Vieux Montréal for 6 weeks. It was full of French who came here specifically to experience a Québécois winter (and who were still happy that we were closer to home than other places in North America). They loved it and had a complete blast playing in the snow, going skiing/snowmobiling etc. I think that this is a great idea as it promotes winter tourism, a time that business is much slower than in summer. Winter here is an attraction for people who never get to experience it at home. To them, it's an adventure!
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That's a good height for the area. There's no reason to build some monolith on that section of Ste-Catherine, it would be completely out of scale.
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ville-marie Plan lumière du Quartier des spectacles - 5M$ (+ à venir)
Habfanman a répondu à un sujet de Jonathan Lapalme dans Complétés
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The viewpoint of some Ontario heavy metal fans: http://lightningslim.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/a-tale-of-two-metal-cities/#comments Recently my crew convened for what we call the Gentlemen’s Constitutional, which is basically a Sunday afternoon spent drinking, solving the world’s problems and talking about music. Our last GC concerned the summer festival circuit, in particular the Heavy MTL event and its new offshoot Heavy T.O. Since both events are being held the same weekend (how stupid is that?), clearly there were decisions to be made. Listed here are some of the main concerns we had at the time, and our rationale leading up to ticket purchases. You can compare the facts yourself at http://www.heavymtl.com and http://www.heavyto.com. Lineup - Toronto has Rob Zombie, Slayer, Testament, Mastodon and Megadeth. Also Melissa Auf Der Maur, but no one cares. What’s that you say? We saw every single one of these bands at Heavy MTL last year? Wow! What else you got T-dot? Motörhead, Diamond Head, Anthrax, Children of Bodom, The Sword and Devildriver? Montreal will see those bands and raise you In Flames and Machine Head. Montreal has all the ‘Head bands! Only the lack of Anvil and Volbeat makes the people of Montreal sad. Oh wait, some guys named “Kiss” are there instead. Advantage: MTL Travel Arrangements – As Ontario lads, a trip to Montreal will require an extra day off work. This issue was quickly dismissed by asking ourselves the question “Do we Like Going to Work?” There will also be extra cash outlay for gas (it’s a six-hour drive for us) and hotel rooms. Driving to Toronto would be easier (1 hour) and we could go home at night. But why would we want to? It’s a vacation! In Toronto someone would have to be a Designated Driver and pay outrageous parking prices, or someone’s domestic partner would have the lovely task of fetching us. On the chances of one of us wishing to be DD, I would like to reference this image from last summer: Advantage: MTL Ticket Prices – Montreal is $202.50 for reserved seating with semi-private concessions and washrooms. The service charges are included. Toronto’s Live Nation Lounge, which sounds like a similar arrangement, is $275 for the weekend plus service charges. Fewer bands for more money; nice work LiveNation. Advantage: MTL Hospitality and Vibe - Inertia Entertainment has tried very hard for the last 20 years to bring great bands to Toronto, and we’ve seen some fantastic shows there. Toronto is a familiar city to all of us. We can get around, we know where the food is and we won’t get lost. We’re also familiar with strip-search event security, rude cab drivers and skinheads with radar for any show with a pit. In our two Heavy MTL experiences, we have taken the subway (beer in hand) directly from our hotel to the show, chatted about music and girls with police and event staff (who still did their jobs) and met about 1000 chilled-out people for every one douchebag. The hotel concierge asked every sunburned, reeking metalhead stumbling back to their rooms if it was a good show. Advantage: MTL What do you think we chose? For my crew it’s about spending some time together, and the music. I realize not everyone has the same priorities. The trip will cost us some more money, but we understand who we are and why we’re spending it. I can’t wait for another edition of what has become the highlight of my year. I’m not dissing Toronto; I lived there for years and was proud to do so, but the fact remains that it is a stuffy, puritanical place unsuited to a massive outdoor music festival celebrating heavy music. The lineups and pricing just put more nails in the coffin. Perhaps one day Heavy T.O. will aspire to the level of sophistication and class that Heavy MTL already has down pat, but that would require Toronto to become Montreal. Can you believe this is Post #100? It’s been a strange trip, and thanks to all those from my extended Derby and Metal families who have made it with me. Stay Heavy! – Slim
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Nothing new to me, I've been telling people this for years!
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This is such an improvement! When I first moved to Montreal I remember saying "WTF!!" when I walked by the old disaster that was there. It'll be nice to see Square Cabot get a makeover à la Dorchester, Place Jacques Cartier etc.
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hmmm.. that sucks. We could always change that no?
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Toronto tops Montreal for global career? Not really KARL MOORE AND DANIEL NOVAK From Friday's Globe and Mail Published Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 6:00AM EDT http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/on-the-job/article1671292.ece Many students fall in love with Montreal during their years at McGill, yet feel they must move to Toronto if they want a career with an international firm. However, our analysis of the largest companies in Canada suggests that Montreal and Toronto offer about the same level of opportunity for a global career. Toronto is home to the national headquarters of most foreign multinationals with subsidiaries in Canada. However, it is important to note that these Canadian headquarters are satellites of their foreign parents and usually not engaged in international management. Worldwide headquarters, on the other hand, are centres for global strategic decision making. They not only maintain an international outlook in their day-to-day operations, but also open doors for people seeking global careers. The global head office of a firm is simply the more important node in the network of a multinational. So how do Montreal and Toronto stack up on being home to global multinational enterprises? To determine the attractiveness of each city, we first selected the top 150 companies in Canada in terms of revenues earned in 2009. We then kept only those publicly listed firms with substantial foreign revenues (at least 20 per cent) and international headquarters in either the Toronto or Montreal regions. We put to the side privately held companies because it is very difficult to find accurate data on them. We ended up with a dozen Canadian multinationals in each of the two cities. Among those firms in Toronto, three quarters are in the financial industry. They include major banks like RBC, Scotiabank and TD, and other financial services giants like Manulife, Sun Life, Brookfield Asset Management and Fairfax Financial Holdings. So it’s clear that Canada’s largest city is also its financial capital. In fact, the Greater Toronto Area’s financial and investment services sector employs more than 230,000 people, making it the third largest in North America after New York and Chicago. And you will often hear finance students in the halls of McGill refer to Toronto as “where the action is” when discussing their future careers. In the financial sector, Montreal is well positioned as a low-cost number two city with some 100,000 jobs – no slouch, but Toronto is clearly the winner here. Though Montreal’s portfolio of Canadian multinationals is slightly more modest in terms of total revenues, it is more diversified. Montreal’s major international headquarters include those of Power Corp., Bombardier, CN, SNC-Lavalin, CGI and Molson Coors (headquarters split between Montreal and Denver). Altogether these firms offer strategic access to a wide range of industries and many of them have emerged as leaders on the international stage. Bombardier has more than 70,000 employees in over 60 countries. Its aerospace division is the world’s third largest civil aircraft manufacturer and its transportation division is a major player in the thriving rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. SNC Lavalin also stands out from Montreal’s list as one of the world’s engineering and construction giants, with over 21,000 permanent employees running projects in over 100 countries. Half of the company’s business takes place outside North America, with projects throughout five continents. CGI group, an expert in IT services, is also worthy of mention. It has gone from being purely local two decades ago to successfully venturing into the U.S., establishing a widespread presence in Europe, and positioning itself in the booming Indian IT market. Hey, even Barack Obama praised the company during one of his campaign speeches. So Montreal offers some interesting opportunities in a number of industries, but one issue students raise is that you really should speak a reasonable amount of French to work in Montreal. It’s a fair enough point, but if you want to have a global career, doesn’t it make sense to pick up a second language? In fact, how could you have an international career with just one language? If you want to learn French it is much easier to learn in Montreal, where the two languages flow naturally. Besides, most students from across the country who come to McGill already have a steady base of French to work with, so it’s just a matter of improving it. In our experience, our French-speaking colleagues are delighted to help their peers with their French. So when you look at the stats, Toronto is the crown city of Canadian business, but when it comes to a global career Montreal is not far behind. Karl Moore is an associate professor and Daniel Novak is a BCom student, both at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University.
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Check out this poor slob. Love the 'Leader' clock lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cPb45tzgdQ=FLc7g6iatr5QPwuioPNC2Ddg
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I don't think that New York Grand Prix will affect us too much. People come to Montreal as much for the overall experience as much as for the race. I would worry about Ecclefuck pulling a fast one though. We should go after Honda Indy. Octane promotes the race in Edmonton which is on shaky ground from what I hear and the Toronto race is a mere shadow of what it was in the 80's and 90's. F 1 in June, Indy in July, NASCAR in August would make a nice trio!
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Wow. Thanks for this Malek. I know what I'll be doing for the rest of the evening! I've always been fascinated by this era. I was in Berlin for 2 months this spring and toured Nazi bunkers, flak towers, a concentration camp and went to about 30 museums (spent 3 days in the Deutsches Historisches Museum alone!). Incredible city, incredible experience.
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A'Shop did the STM mural at OSHEAGA this summer. It was fun watching them do it!
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There's a cool Cirque documentary on the CBC website. Very interesting. http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/episode/inside-the-cirque-1.html
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There's a cool Cirque documentary on the CBC website. Very interesting. http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/episode/inside-the-cirque-1.html
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After re-reading my post, I can't see where I stated that 'football was a foreign sport'. Perhaps you can enlighten me? Hosting the Super Bowl, however, as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Expo, 150th anniversary of Canada, 375th anniversary of Montréal? Where exactly the fuck does that fit in? What kind of loser proposition is that?
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First of all.. what the hell does the Superbowl have to do with Montréal, Québec, or even Canada? Why would you want to celebrate a major anniversary by importing some (cheesey) foreign sports thingy? Second.. the Superbowl attracts 100+ million viewers, but 95% of them are North American. It's hardly a world sport, despite the spin that the NFL puts on it (a billion viewers lol!) Formula One is way more important.. us being the only North Amrican stop, and one of the favourites on the tour. In 2005, the Montréal Grand Prix was the 3rd most watched sporting event in the world. It always draws huge numbers worldwide. It's the biggest international event in Canada Third.. the NFL will NEVER hold a Super Bowl outside of the U.S: not when they have 30 team cities lined up for the game. Give your head a shake! Fourth.. Toronto has no plans, probably never will have any plans, to build a new stadium... definately not by 2012, 2013. Even if they did plan to build a new stadium as of right now, it would still take at least 10 years. Given the fact that the NFL in Toronto is an absolute failure thus far, don't expect to see them there anytime soon. Fifth.. WTF does our anniversary have anything to do with some cheeseball, one day, U.S. sporting event??
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I know how you feel acpnc. I grew up in London and Toronto (I've been in Onterrible since Sept. 1 and I can't wait to get out. Man I hate this place!) and also lived in Nova Scotia, Alberta and B.C. If I had never visited Québec I would have thought it was a complete disaster. All I ever read in the papers or saw on the news were stories about biker wars, murders, fires, riots, the OLF, Olympic stadium repairs, anglos being repressed, people leaving.. If anything bad happened in Québec you could be sure that it would be all over the english Canadian (Toronto) news 5 minutes after it happened! It's the same today. Seldom anything positive unless it is something that they absolutely have to report on and even then, they always pick up on the little problems that occur. A perfect example is the Grand Prix. Just about every story in 2008 played up the problem with the track, not the 330,000 people who came and had a blast. In 2009, there were a million stories about how we 'lost' the Grand Prix and when we got it back, another million stories emphasizing that the feds had to throw in a couple of bucks (I look at it as naming rights. If you want to call it the 'Candian Grand Prix', it'll cost you. If not, it's the 'Montréal Grand Prix'). When 330,000 people showed up again in 2010 and there were no problems with the track, CBC ran the shortest article possible- in the Montréal section lol! Same thing with the Montréal Marathon. The CBC ran an article that mentioned the record attendance but: they just had to include a paragraph about a French journalist who had to wait 20 minutes for medical attention at the finish line. Apparently we have organisational problems. The Toronto Marathon? No problems! It was simply FANTASTIC!! Similar story with Rogers Cup. The Toronto media (Canadian media) reported "record attendance" of 160,000 for the men's tourney this year. No mention that the actual attendance records are all held by Montréal- over 200,000 for the men's and 178,000 for the women's. It's the subtle omissions and exaggerations that drive me crazy. Take BIXI as another example. When it was first launched, the big story in ROC was not that it was wildly successful but that there was a "big problem with vandalism and theft", which was greatly exaggerated- bordering on untrue. There was never a correction when the reports proved to be false. The 'big' story about BIXI now is not the worldwide success (Boston, London, Melbourne, Washington DC, Minneapolis) but that Toronto won't implement the system until they sign up 1,000 members. I guess it can't be any good if Toronto isn't interested in it. If Toronto had of created BIXI though.. whoa! It would be all over every network and newspaper, hailed as a "Great Canadian Invention". Kind of like poutine is now! lol In my opinion, what is needed here is an english language version of le Devoir or la Presse that will publish/broadcast not only to ROC but more importantly, to the rest of the english-speaking world. Relying on the Toronto (Canadian) media to give a balanced view of Québec is like relying on the Russian media to give an objective outlook on Chechnya. All we have is the Gazette, and that POS is arguably better at Québec bashing than anything in ROC!
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I agree but I think that we are already taking that good look. Everyone is demanding that Charest open a public inquiry into the construction industry and we also have the Bastarache commission. Like I said, nothing new here. Why the cover story? Maybe l'Actualité should run a cover on Toronto asking why all of their public projects over the last 20+ years have been completed half-assed, years behind schedule and way over budget. Or the billions of dollars that were wasted on the Vancouver Olympics, BC fast ferries, leaky condos.. Of course, nobody in Toronto or Vancouver would be able to read the articles so why bother? lol
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Habsfan, the facts in the article are correct - nobody is denying that - but whether or not Québec is the most corrupt is debateable. We could easily write an article outlining all the shady deals that have gone down in Ontario or British Columbia throughout history and make a good case for either one of them being number one.. but we don't. My question is this: What is the motivation behind the article? There's nothing new there, nothing we don't already know. Why make it a cover story? I find it somewhat ironic that, outside of the construction industry, nearly all of the corruption mentioned in the article originates from some of the great federalist "Champions of Canadian National Unity" and the various dirty tricks that they used to bribe Québec into voting for them. Would MacLeans would have run this article in the months leading up to the 1995 referendum? I also find it interesting that, since they couldn't implicate any nationalist governments from recent history, they threw this little gem in: "Maurice Duplessis, its long-reigning premier (and certainly one of its more nationalistic)". Pretty pathetic.
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I agree 100% Antonio. I will never understand anglo voters. We always complain that governments don't respond to our needs but by voting like sheep in election after election, we guarantee that none of the parties ever have to take us seriously. On the one hand, the PQ know that they will never get any significant anglo vote so they ignore us. There's no point courting an electorate that will always vote for your opponent - no matter what. On the other hand, because the PLQ know that anglos will always vote for them (they could run a bag of day-old bagels as a candidate in each of the West Island ridings and still win by a wide margin!) they too can ignore us. It's a lose/lose proposition yet anglos keep mooing and baahing and voting Liberal - self-marginalising ourselves and ensuring that no party need take us seriously. Strange behaviour! I always vote BQ federally. Gilles Duceppe is a far better leader than any of the other idiots and I know that he is looking out for Québec and only Québec. Provincially, I voted Green in 2007. I couldn't hold my nose and vote for Charest nor could I support Boisclair. In 2008, I voted PQ and I will be doing so in the next election - unless Mme. Marois goes insane in the interim or Boisclair makes a comeback. Voting PLQ doesn't automatically make you a federalist any more than voting PQ automatically makes you a sovereigntist. You should vote for the most competant government. An election is not a referendum.
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LOL!!! Toronto is too anal-retentive to ever host a decent Just For Laughs festival. As for the jazz festival: Where will Toronto put the 7 outdoor stages? The only venue they have downtown is pathetic Dundas Square- which can hold maximum 20,000- and it sucks as a music venue. The only stage they can mount would be the equivalent the 6th or 7th stage here. They can't make any noise because the condo people won't let them and the police will shut them down as soon as anybody begins to have fun. Toronto festivals suck to begin with- anal-retentive liquor laws make them loser attractions before you even arrive. Don't worry about Toronto stealing festivals: they couldn't run a decent festival if their life depended on it. Toronto is a boring, anal-retentive, waste of life!
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This is what happens when you rely on branch plants!
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I know how you feel! I may have to kill myself because this building is delayed. This has drastically affected my life and my enjoyment of the city This doesn't happen anywhere else.. (except for everywhere else) Goodbye cruel world!! Note: I'm not actuallly killing myself despite this major, life-changing event. I will somehow manage to carry on... though it will be difficult! Please building.. renew my love of life!!
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Monocle: Top 25 Most Liveable Cities (2010)
Habfanman a répondu à un sujet de jesseps dans L'actualité
Hilarious! If Toronto had of been on this list and not Montréal there would be a million comments about how Montréal sucks! Since we're on the list and not Toronto.. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz! The usual whiners have nothing to say! Same goes for any other good news: no comment. Any bad news? END OF THE WORLD !! MONTRÉAL/QUÉBEC SUCKS!! This is the ONLY place where bad news happens lol!!! -
I know that they close streets Ornello but only for a few hours or at best from Friday night until Sunday night. There's no way that Toronto will close a street for 2 weeks or, like Village Gai, 4 months. They don't have pedestrian streets there; they may disrupt productivity!
