Jacques Viger News Today

Montreal’s newest hotel overlooks the St. Lawrence River and is a ten minute stroll from the charming old town with its cobbled streets, shops and cafes.

Most of the 13 new names will pay tribute to women, including Kathleen Fisher and Thérèse Daviau.

"Saint-Denis" isn't actually named after a saint and though "Rosemont" might suggest the existence of a "pink mountain," no such thing exists. These are just a few of the oddities that dot Montreal's cityscape. Street names are an integral part of neighbourhood identities, though their origins often pass unexamined. In the case of Montreal, our street names form a paved tableau honouring the people that literally gave shape to the city, mostly rich egotistic...

Article content They came in great, dusty columns trudging north; the persecuted refugees of a new country founded on freedom and liberty. These were the United Empire Loyalists; the thousands of men, women and children loyal to the Crown who were forced into Canada by the victory of rebel forces in the American War of Independence. “Neither confiscation of their property, the pitiless persecution of their kinsmen in revolt, nor the galling chains of imprisonment could break their spirits,”...