Tragedy in Training – CFB Wainwright
My heartfelt condolences to the families of the dead and wounded of CFB Wainwright. Seems like this tragedy could've been avoided with better foresight; and that their fates were cast…
Scott in Montreal
Google-oodle-oxenfree
"On November 5, 2026, we’re making some changes to our Google Play Terms of Service. These changes won’t affect the way you use Google Play, but they should help make…
Spirit of Montreal – Original Song #40
https://youtube.com/watch?v=QVcqARdFNT4&si=XrPUfj7cvm0lsFKhEvery day I pedal to the top of the mountainTo counter the weight of being pulled down and downAnd at the top Jacques Cartier left a reminderOf the sacred spot…
Montreal, how misgoverned you (almost) always are
As August dawns, a different kind of perrenial pops up without fail for those of us in the Park Extension neighbourhood of Montreal - and it's not a flower, but…
Wars not make one great
Anyone of a certain age knows that line, delivered by Frank Oz through the character Yoda in the best episode of George Lucas's Star Wars saga, The Empire Strikes Back.Christopher…
Canada Day brain challenge
I have a 12 year-old daughter going into Grade 8 and the usual summer braindead zombieness has struck already.With tomorrow being Canada Day, and some work colleagues gently teasing me…
24 Sussex Drive – Time for Canada to show we are a Big Country
I touched a bit on Prime Minister Mark Carney's Davos speech in my post yesterday. Davos has made a lasting impact on the thinking of world leaders everywhere, per various…
What this humble blogger would have our leaders do
I am Scott in Montreal. I grabbed scottinmontreal.ca last year, but I haven't done anything with it yet but sit on it... I posted online with that tagline for the…
Tears in Montreal – Original Song #39
For Mohamed and Michel Tears in Montreal (on the eve of Saint-Jean) Tears in MontrealOn the eve of Saint-JeanMohamed Lamine Benredouane,A stand-up cop, answering the calL34, a pregnant wife and…
What a Father hopes for on Fathers’ Day
Fathers are tricky businessSome of us love and revere themFeel their presence in all we are as individuals, Or find ourselves bedamned by the weaknesses we see in them that…
Smile, and Greet the Customer
That was the first line on the SOC (Station Observation Checklist) for the position of Cashier at McDonald's Corporation in the 1990s, when I was an Assistant Manager at the…
2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam only made it big because of the path forged by Hüsker Dü, the Replacements, the Pixies and Montreal bands like the Nils, the Asexuals and…
Goin’ South to North Carolina
(Sung to the tune of Hotel California. Apologies to the Eagles)On a flight home from BuffaloAn eighth win in the bankRank smells from the equipment bagsTo remind them of how…
Love these Habs now
Love These Habs Now(apologies to Mon Rovîa) Do you hear the Bell Centre roar?Do you recall when you heard that beforeTimes ain't the same in the AtlanticGot a bunch of…
Deep Playoff Run (apologies to CHappell Roan)
(Sung to the tune of "Pink Pony Club") I know you wanted me to stay Mired in the Atlantic division, out of Bettman’s way And I heard Saint-Louis’s sage conseil…
Notes on a World of Flux
So... Pierre Poilievre doesn't like fast trains that reduce greenhouse gas emissions over jet travel (and free up existing rail infrastructure for freight). And he's against taxing gasoline. And he…
Jimmy Kimmel is 2025’s WTC2
Any of you who were born after, say, 1990 might not get that reference. For those who don't, when the first World Trade Center tower in NYC (WTC1) had a…
Thank you again, Mike Myers #ElbowsUp + which DC/Marvel Universe’s Mark Carney is this anyway?
Frankly, it's pretty crazy. We only learned last Friday afternoon (June 27th, 2025) that the U.S. government is holding 55 Canadian citizens hostage, after the Canadian minister for Foreign Affairs,…
Thank you again, Mike Myers #ElbowsUp + which DC/Marvel Universe’s Mark Carney is this anyway?
Frankly, it's pretty crazy. We only learned last Friday afternoon (June 27th, 2025) that the U.S. government is holding 55 Canadian citizens hostage, after the Canadian minister for Foreign Affairs,…
Sunday Congratulations
Congrats to Kelly Cup champs the Trois-Rivières Lions and MVP goalie Luke Cavallin, whose playoff numbers were killer. .948 save % and 1.53 avg. Equal congrats to 18-year-old Summer McIntosh…