Montreal History

• ‘Heartbreaking’: Montreal’s Stewart Museum closes permanently

  Despite the closure, history buffs will still be able to continue to enjoy the Stewart Museum's vast collection via the McCord Museum in downtown Montreal.

  Canada

  Feb 16
• Online petition demands Montreal’s Lionel-Groulx metro station keep its moniker

  The move comes as another petition calls for the station to be renamed after late Montreal musician Oscar Peterson.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2020
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• ‘Warms my heart’: Oscar Peterson’s widow thrilled by petition to change metro station name

  A petition launched last week to rename the Lionel-Groulx metro station after Oscar Peterson has been gaining steam with more than 15,000 signatures.

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2020
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• Montreal Irish famine victims’ remains found during REM excavation

  The bones' location corresponds to a known cemetery for up to 6,000 Irish immigrants who crossed the ocean only to die in fever sheds erected on the banks of the St. Lawrence River to contain the typhus epidemic.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2019
• Montreal history unearthed at Pointe-Claire Village archaeological dig

  The Village is the most picturesque area in Pointe-Claire and also the oldest. Its history could be traced back to the beginning of the 1700s.

  Canada

  Sep 17, 2019
• Archambault sign returns to downtown Montreal

  The emblem will be reinstalled on the facade of a building on the southeast corner of Ste-Catherine and Berri streets.

  Canada

  Sep 4, 2019
• Montreal’s forgotten tragedy: The 1944 crash of a Royal Air Force bomber

  James Wells had a wife and four children, but they were his second family — his first was killed in 1944 in a tragedy that is largely forgotten today.

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2019
• ‘Everything good comes to an end’: Longtime Chinese restaurant in Montreal to close

  After over three decades in business, L'Orchidée de Chine is closing its doors.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2018
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• Plans unveiled for new public building made with old Montreal subway cars

  Montreal's original subway cars were taken off the tracks two years ago, but local entrepreneurs have unveiled a plan that would see the blue and white cars serving the city for another century.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2018
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• Montrealers brave chilly walk up Mount Royal in honour of cross’ 375th birthday

  Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve, a French military officer, first erected a wooden cross on Mount Royal on Jan. 6, 1643, to thank God for sparing the city from flooding.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2018