#st. catherine street montreal

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For All You Youngsters Out There… Linda Knight Seccaspina -- Sherbrooke Record

CLIPPED FROMThe ProvinceVancouver, British Columbia, Canada05 Jan 1966, Wed  •  Page 24 For All You Youngsters Out There… Linda Knight Seccaspina One of my top ten childhood memories is the late great Eaton’s Department store in Montreal, Quebec. It didn’t matter what province you lived in–everyone made a trip to some Eaton’s, no matter where they lived, and most of us also got the Eaton’s…

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St. Catherine Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1960s

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"THIEVES TAKE MONEY JEWELRY, HARDWARE," Montreal Star. November 6, 1933. Page 3. ---- Tavern and Cigar Store Robbed at Once --- Numerous week-end burglaries, with the loot including jewelry, hard- ware and cash were reported to various police stations today.

Burglars who forced the rear door of a tavern at 2431 Frontenac street, owned by Osias Christin stole two revolvers, $2 in cash and cigarettes worth $77, it was reported to No. 13 station. Then, forcing a door which connected with a neighboring cigar store owned by L. P. Masse, they secured $250 worth of cigarettes, $5 in cash and playing cards worth $10.

The display window of J. Grothe's Jewelry store at 1011 St. Lawrence boulevard was broken and four watches and two rings worth $50 stolen, he reported to No. 4 station.

Three rifles, six hunting knives and a number of flashlights, the lot worth about $80, were stolen from the hard- ware store of J. N. Ravary, 4011 St. Catherine street east, it was re- ported to No. 34 station. A skylight was broken to gain entrance.

A radio worth $385 was stolen from the home of Emile Bisson, 1450 Bennett street, No. 34 station was informed. The rear door of the house was forced.

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Walkable streets in Montreal reduce store vacancy rates from 14.5 to 5.6 percent

Shoppers walk past a boarded up storefront on Ste-Catherine St. in downtown Montreal, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. Photo by Christinne Muschi /The Canadian Press

Many streets have reported fewer empty stores after upgrades to make them more attractive, said Luc Rabouin, head of Montreal’s executive committee. The vacancy rate along Mont-Royal Avenue in the Plateau district dropped from 14.5 per cent in 2018 to 5.6 per cent this year after the street was closed to vehicle traffic and redesigned to add seating areas and greenery.

Montreal Gazette, Dec 31, 2023

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Any Montreal recommendations for someone who’s road-tripping there this summer?? I saw your post about the Shrek rave, Spice Girls burlesque, and the New Tokyo cyberpunk bar and trust your taste lol

Okay so honestly I fucking love Montreal but the way I travel is not like the way most people l know like to travel. Here’s my main points.

Stay: Rue St. Hubert, St. Andre, Plateau, Mont Royal, near Rue St. Catherine but not on Rue St. Catherine. I have gotten really good advance room rates at M Montreal. It was more expensive in April but it’s a very nice, updated hostel with laundry.

Transport: Park in a garage and buy a metro pass. I don’t even bother checking the timetables until past midnight. The trains come every few minutes. Green line will get you into the party district. Orange line will take you to the Old Port. Yellow line will take you to Île Saint-Hélène, which has a really good view of the downtown skyline. Depending on where you stay you can walk to most things.

Safety: Lots of people are still out after dark in the Village and Downtown and the main roads are well lit so I would consider it relatively safe. I’m a bulky muscular white guy so your experience may vary, but I never witnessed anybody getting harassed. Be more cautious inside and around metro stations since this is where more stabbings and robberies happen. Montreal is relatively safe so just use common sense like not being super obvious about being lost or carrying a huge amount of cash.

Food: I just use a maps app and sort by distance and rating. Get a fresh everything bagel from Fairmount Bagel (24/7 in the Plateau). La graine brulée near St. Catherine is pretty cute. They have vegan options and pretty good coffee. I’ve always found pretty good food by just walking into a cafe I liked the look of.

Bars/clubs/partying: Les Foufounes Électriques has live alt, grunge, punk, metal, hardcore type shows. Club Electric Avenue plays only 80s/90s music underneath a huge mural of Leonard Cohen. Really awesome interactive light-up dance floor and nice bartenders here. Drag shows en français á Bar Le Cocktail. I don’t hit the hetero clubs in Montreal so I’m not sure if that will make a difference here. Scruff usually has listings for a lot of stuff going on in the Village. Liquor is usually cheaper than it is in the USA. Mushrooms are available by mail order. SQDC is the provincial dispensary and they have several locations around Montreal.

You don’t need to know any French to operate in Montreal but you will get better service and meet more people if you muddle through a greeting and your coffee order in French. Driving around can be a really fun way to see the city but do it between 8pm-4am. Tipping culture is similar to the USA. Don’t underestimate googling “events/concerts/shows Montreal [dates]” and also check out community posting boards in shops and on the street. Pride is happening August 3-13. There’s lots of museums and a nice botanical garden if you want a shorter daytime activity. Walking around is really the best way to see things.

Enjoy the trip! Montreal is an awesome, diverse city with tons of interesting things to see and do.

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Montreal - part 2

The beggars of Montreal don't seem to beg; they just stand there with their hands out. It's kind of nice in a way, since you don't have people in your face begging for spare change, but it's disturbing in other ways. I'm not quite sure why. I won't give money to people who don't ask me for it. I'll gladly hand over change if you ask, though.

The city is also well-known for its underground city. These are a series of tunnels under the city that house shops and businesses of all sorts. It's quite nice, but not necessarily an uncommon thing.

There are horse and buggy rides through old Montreal, but we didn't take one. No idea how much they cost, but it probably isn't what you'd term cheap. Horse and buggy rides never seem to be. There seem to be a few places where they start; two spots are in front of Notre Dame and then from a place on the port. (One of the IMAX theatres is on the port, by the way, and the other is on Rue St. Catherine.)

We didn't get all the way up Mount Royal, as it started pouring rain half way through the walk (and I do mean pouring), so we had to turn back. If you like walking, and bear in mind this is uphill, it's a nice walk up Stanley Street, past parts of McGill University, to the mountain. Watch out for the stone steps up the mountain itself, though; some of them need to be redone. Just a bit treacherous.

First thing to do when you hit the city, is buy a map. That's a good idea for any city though. Get a map of the metro, too. We used a highlighter to mark off the train station and hostel, and other points we wanted to go to, so we could keep everything in perspective. The good thing about Montreal is that there are city maps all over the place. (street corners, metro stations, etc.), the bad thing is that some maps seem to be upside down; so I hope you have a good sense of direction.

Take a camera, take lots of film, wear comfy shoes, and go.

It's a really nice city to spend a few days in.

There's so much more to it than what little I've said, but there are some things I didn't see, and then there are things that you just have to experience for yourself.

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New Year's Eve ... 2023

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I'm standing in Alexis Neon Plaza ... just outside ABC Magazines where I buy a New York Times and a burgundy T-Shirt with Montreal printed on it in white ....

I cross the street to the Cineplex Forum to watch Napoleon ... walk into the theatre just as Marie Antoinette is getting her head chopped off ....

Hungry ... I walk down a dark and cold St Catherine street and find an an old fashioned Italian restaurant where I have a bowl of spaghetti ...

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Best Child Transportation Services in Montreal, Quebec

Each morning 72,666 students travel to school in the city of Montreal, Canada. The majority of the students travel to school in private cars or walk to school and back home. Walking to school is a great and healthy way to get around, but it’s not an option for many families who live a bit further from school or on days when the weather is not good. Most parents lose valuable time driving kids to school through heavily congested roads. The Boulevard Godin East, Traverse de Laval, and Chemins Saint-Henri are some of the busiest streets in Montreal. It becomes really difficult for working parents to manage work and school schedules as a good amount of time is wasted in traffic jams. For times like this, it is vital to have reliable and quick services to transport kids to school. We have listed down the best child transportation services in Montreal, which also includes GoKid, a carpool-based alternative.

Top 5 Child Transportation Service Provider Companies in Montreal. Quebec (Canada)

G&N School Bus Service

Serves: Montreal, Quebec

About: For over forty years, G&N School Bus Service has been serving the Greater Montreal Area along with Laval and the South Shore. Their drivers are S.A.A.Q certified and meet all safety and protocol requirements as established by the Quebec Minister of Transport.

Address: 411 Jarry St W, Montreal, QC H3N 1E7, Canada Phone: 514–274–2224

Coop de L’Est

Serves: Montreal, Quebec

About:Taxi services in the east of Montreal. If your school has students in areas that are not covered by school buses, then have Coop de L’Est’s experienced drivers transport them. Their door-to-door school transportation service is a convenient, safe and comfortable solution.

Address: 6610, Galeries d’Anjou Blvd, Office 203 Anjou, QC H1M 2T4 Phone: 514–352–6000

Layman Tour & Transport

Serves :Montreal, Quebec

About: Layman’s school bus rental provides safe and reliable service for daycare’s and schools in your city. They help to transport children to after-school activities, apple picking, maple hut trips and provide field trip and summer camp trip transportations. Yellow bus has a large underneath luggage compartment which can store most of the frequently transported objects.

Address: 4150 Rue Ste-Catherine O., Suite 250 Montréal, QC H3Z 2Y5 CANADA Phone: +1 (855)735–0010

Autobus Idéal Inc.

Serves: Montreal, Quebec

About: Ideal Bus is the specialist in the field of school transportation, adapted and chartered in the greater Montreal area. They are providing transportation for schools, daycares, social groups and many other associations.

Address: 7801 Avenue Marco Polo, Montréal, QC H1E 1N9, Canada Phone: +1 514–323–2355

Groupe Gaudreault

Serves: Montreal, Quebec

About: Founded in 1951, Groupe Gaudreault specializes in passenger transportation by bus in Lanaudière, Mauricie and the surrounding area. At Groupe Gaudreault, they transport thousands of students every day.

Address: 7880 Boul Metropolitain E, Anjou, QC H1K 1A1, Canada Phone: 514 370–2717

Gokid

Serves: Entire USA

About: GoKid provides schools, teams and active families with a powerful tool to manage carpool schedules. Today there is no easy way to organize kids’ carpools.

Address: New York, United States

Read Our Letest Blog : https://www.gokid.mobi/best-child-transportation-services-in-montreal-quebec/

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St. Catherine Street, 1965 versus 2 years ago, July 1, 2021.

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Events 6.24

1312 BC – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa. 109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Rome. 474 – Julius Nepos forces Roman usurper Glycerius to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 637 – The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dál Riata. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland. 843 – The Vikings sack the French city of Nantes. 972 – Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place. 1128 – Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: Forces led by Afonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba. 1230 – The Siege of Jaén begins, in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. 1314 – First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce. 1340 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King Edward III. 1374 – A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion. 1497 – John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings. 1509 – Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England. 1535 – The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded. 1540 – English King Henry VIII commands his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, to leave the court. 1571 – Miguel López de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Philippines. 1593 – The Dutch city of Geertruidenberg held by the Spanish, capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau. 1604 – Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present-day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. 1622 – Battle of Macau: The Dutch make a failed attempt to capture Macau. 1663 – The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial. 1717 – The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England). 1762 – Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia. 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins. 1793 – The first Republican constitution in France is adopted. 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman river beginning the invasion of Russia. 1813 – Battle of Beaver Dams: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army. 1821 – Battle of Carabobo: Decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain. 1859 – Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy. 1866 – Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War. 1880 – First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada. 1894 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France, is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio. 1913 – Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria. 1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract. 1918 – First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto. 1922 – The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League. 1932 – A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand). 1938 – Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded. 1939 – Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister. 1940 – World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company. 1943 – US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded. 1947 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. 1948 – Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible. 1949 – The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC. 1950 – Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races. 1954 – First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê. 1957 – In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment. 1960 – Assassination attempt of Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt. 1963 – The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government. 1973 – The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation. 1975 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft. 1981 – The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17 years. 1982 – "The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 009 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines. 1989 – Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. 1994 – A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashes at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington, killing four. 1995 – Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment. 2002 – The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history. 2004 – In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional. 2010 – At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history. 2010 – Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia. 2012 – Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. 2013 – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison. 2021 – The Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida suffers a sudden partial collapse, killing 98 people inside. 2022 – In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Constitution does not assign the authority to regulate abortions to the federal government, thereby returning such authority to the individual states. This overturns the prior decisions in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992).

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""Zoot Suit" Tailor Fined $200, Costs," Montreal Star. August 24, 1943. Page 3. --- PLEADING guilty to manufacturing 47 "zoot suits" in contravention of the regulations of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, David Croft, operating "Alexandre Le Tailleur", 311 St. Catherine street east, was fined $200 and costs or one month in jail today by Judge E. Archambault.

Croft pleaded guilty through his lawyer, who sought to have the fine fixed at $100, pointing out that this had been the penalty paid by others on similar charges. Judge Archambault, however, said that it was time that tailors knew that the manufacturing of "zoot" suits is prohibited.

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Local merchants suggest rebrand for Montreal’s Gay Village would reflect diversity

Local merchants suggest rebrand for Montreal’s Gay Village would reflect diversity

Known for its bright prideful colours, Montreal’s iconic Gay Village could soon be renamed, if the local merchants’ association has its way. The Société de Dévelopement Commercial Village Montréal or “SDC” would like to rebrand the section of Ste- Catherine Street East in the name of inclusivity. The SDC is campaigning to removed the word “Gay” from the neighbourhood’s title. Its aim is to have…

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Montreal. St. Catherine Street.

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Montreal - part 1

I figured a trip to a city that I've never seen anything of but the train station, wouldn't be without its adventures and incidents, but I didn't figure those experiences would start with the trip barely even begun. Who knew? The bus station in Hamilton has self-flushing toilets. I also didn't know that the next trip experience would include me developing a head and chest cold on the train to said city. So, my first purchase in Montreal was a bottle of decongestant. Yummy. Never used Robitussin before, and I have to say that it doesn't taste too bad. Certainly tastes better than Buckley's. (Anything would, though.) We walked from the train station to the hostel we were staying at, and on the way passed St. Patrick's Basilica which is a lovely old church dedicated to, and used by, the city's Irish Catholic population. We visited Notre Dame on our last day, which was very lovely, and very blueish. (I never did get to see its named counterpart when I was in Paris, much to my regret.) I'm not a church-going person by any stretch of the imagination, but I like visiting old churches. Some are quite lovely. Our first impression of the city was, "Gosh, it's awfully quiet for a big city on a Saturday afternoon." That impression quickly changed when we headed off to Rue St. Catherine later on. That's one of the main streets, and it seems Montreal retains quite a lot of European style habits that don't seem to exist in other Canadian big cities; namely that all the action is concentrated (more or less) on what (in England) would be called the high street. That street is covered in what one would normally find on a high street; lots of shops, restaurants, a few theatres, and lots of people. Surviving in Montreal isn't too difficult for non-French speakers, since the city is not only well-used to tourists, but is what could be termed the English city of the French province. One of the best universities in the country is there (McGill), and it's an English university. (Most of it scattered through various buildings lining Stanley Street, which goes up a hill towards Mount Royal. Must be hell in winter.) Montreal, like many large cities worldwide, has its own Chinatown, which is marked off by these really lovely gates. (Unfortunately the picture I took of one of those gates, got deleted.) The pharmacy there has a pharmacist who can, according to the sign, speak English, French, and six different dialects of Chinese. It's not a large Chinese section, from what I could gather, but it wasn't without its charms. It had what a Chinatown usually has; lots of shops, lots of restaurants (from very Chinese to very catering-to-North-Americans), and lots of people. The hostel was stayed at (Auberge Alternative du Vieux Montréal), located in Old Montreal near the port and right across the street from what used to be the Central Fire Station but is being reconstructed to be a museum, was quite nice. The people (staff and guests) were friendly, the place was well-equipped, and it was cheap. ($18 per night) I'd recommend it to anyone; and, according to other guests I heard talking, it ranks between 8 and 9 on a hostel scale of 1 to 10.

The metro (subway, tube, underground, etc.) was a metro, but not full of the sort of graffiti one imagines the New York subway to possess. It was clean, and extensive enough. The cars were narrower than the ones in Toronto, but the trains ride quieter, as the cars use rubber wheels. (Fare is $2 per trip, but you can buy a strip of tickets - I think it's 10 - for about $8.50. They also have monthly passes and special three or four day passes mainly geared for tourists.) Though the metro is nice, the only way to see the city is really by foot. It might be a lot of walking, and some of it uphill, but you miss so much of the flavour by staying underground or on buses.

We ate some traditional regional food, of course, but that's one thing you should (in my not so humble opinion) always do when you visit a place you've not been before. There's the smoked meat that the city is well-known for, which is just smoked ham, and poutine. Poutine is French fries covered in gravy and cheese curd. It's really, really yummy. The city has other European touches; like the proliferation of cafes, and the existence of what the population of France would term a tabac. That's just a small shop, smaller than a convenience store, that sells cigarettes, beer, wine, junk food, and small things like that. One thing you have to bear in mind, though, should you stay in Old Montreal, is that there don't seem to be too many grocery stores or tabacs. There's one five minutes walk from the hostel we stayed at, but there didn't seem to be any others, and the closest pharmacy is the one for Chinatown. It's not that far of a walk, though. The city has two IMAX theatres, which is very nifty, and has (of course) the Olympic Stadium. Right under the stadium, in a building that was used for sports like handball and such, is a place called the Biodome. This is now used as an indoor zoo. It's an amazing place. It's set up as forests, each room playing host to a different style of forest. There's an Amazonian type jungle room with crocodiles, tropical birds and fish, and a Laurentian forest room which plays host to North American wildlife. (Including a water area with seagulls… seemed a bit useless to add a room with seagulls, the damn things are all over - like pigeons - but I suppose that's the point.) Another thing to keep in mind, is that sometimes Montreal has what's called Museum Day (not sure how many times a year they do this), and on this day most of the city's museums are free. I think the Biodome has a cost to get in, but it seems that it might be free after a certain hour of the day, since we paid nothing to get in. It costs $10 to go up the elevator in the tower of the Olympic stadium, which might be a bit pricey, but it's really a lovely view of the whole city.

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Queen live at Montreal Forum in Montreal, QC, Canada - July 21, 1982

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Brian May would later recall Hot Space as a "failed attempt at doing funk properly." After listening particularly to side A of Hot Space, many North American fans saw Queen as having shifted from being leaders and trend-setters to being followers, and that they simply no longer rocked. However, the live band Queen (they always were essentially two different bands, as much of their music had to be rearranged to suit the live environment) still did rock, as the Hot Space material translated to the live environment very well. Tonight, and on this tour as a whole, the band put more energy into performing the newer material than the old.

Unlike past tours, most reviews of their concerts on the 'Rock N' America' Tour were very positive, often speaking of the technical aspects of the show. Indeed, Queen continued to be leaders in their stage presentation. The lighting rig had once again been upgraded and was state-of-the-art for the time. The light show worked to its maximum potential during Brian's guitar solo, providing dazzling effects in sync with certain bits of what he was playing.

American rocker Billy Squier would support Queen at every show on what would be their final tour of North America. Brian May would end up playing guitar on Billy's next album, a song called "(Another) 1984." Some people in the crowd booed Squier tonight, but generally speaking the reviews of his set on this tour were complimentary.

On keyboards, Morgan Fisher has been replaced by Fred Mandel. Fred would remain with the band for the rest of the year, and would also play piano on "Man On The Prowl" on Queen's next album, The Works. Interestingly enough, Freddie doesn't introduce Mandel at the first couple shows, while he introduced Morgan Fisher at every show in Europe.

They have dropped The Hero and wisely open with Rock It, as they are well aware of how successful The Game was on this side of the Atlantic. For this opening show of the tour, Queen would show their confidence in the new material by playing six songs from Hot Space.

Brian's opening night jitters kick in early as he begins the concert by playing Rock It in D instead of A. When Freddie sings the first line, he knows it's way too high, and says to Brian, "wrong key!" Brian then seamlessly switches to the arpeggiated A chord and then they get the show rolling. They play the song a key lower than the original probably to ensure Freddie sings it well every night. For much of the tour, the coda of Rock It merges into a brief snippet of the fast version of We Will Rock You. Action This Day follows, making this tour the only time they would effectively open the show with two Roger Taylor songs.

Somebody To Love appears only occasionally on this tour, and Love Of My Life wouldn't be played at all. Calling All Girls, however, has been introduced to the set, as it has recently been released as a single - the first Queen single penned by Roger Taylor. Although this song wouldn't bring them much success, Roger would write two massively successful songs in the next few years - Radio Ga Ga and A Kind Of Magic. The latter would be a number one hit in dozens of countries in 1986, making Queen the only band whose members all wrote a number one song.

Body Language is a huge hit on this side of the Atlantic, so the band feel it's right to use it as the first encore number. It definitely goes down well, unlike its brief stint in the setlist in Europe. They opt for a more concise version of the song without the first verse or the drawn-out ending. I have spoken with many people who saw Queen on this tour, many of whom didn't like much of the Hot Space album - but the common thread between them all was how great the new songs sounded on stage, particularly Body Language.

Megadeth/Eidolon drummer Shawn Drover attended this show, aged 16 at the time.

The show is comparatively shorter than on previous tours, as the band are on stage for about 90-95 minutes each night.

For the rest of 1982, Roger Taylor's bass drum skin would be of the artwork from his solo single My Country.

The first picture was submitted by Maxime Guay. The second one was taken by Tracy Runas.

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Fan Stories

“Hey I forgot to mention...the stub is for rouge 47 loge J siege 9. I was visiting an army buddy on my way to Nova Scotia that lived in Montreal. We were just walking around old Montreal and up St. Catherine’s ave, as we neared the forum we saw this fellow dragging a portable sign out to the street. It said QUEEN concert tonight....tickets available (in French but it was to that affect), the guy said that the stage was all erected and lighting in place and the seats just became avail. I believe he said there were around 200 scattered seats in all. Also I pulled my stub back just as the usher tried to tear it, QUEEN appears in full lol.” - John Kennington