Yesterday's News #92 - March 17th, 2012

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Show #92 - March 17th, 2012

News from Montreal and Beyond:
March 11 - 17

- 28 die in Switzerland bus crash
- Quebec says it won’t cooperate with enforcement of crime law
- Psychiatrist says man who killed his kids should go free
- Man dies after possible hit-and-run in Montreal North
- Man shot in Montreal North
- Man murdered in Ahuntsic
- Depanneur clerk stabbed in attempted robbery
- Over 200 arrests made during annual anti-police march
- Small fire causes minor damage to St. James United Church
- Section of Metro train detaches
- Option given to opt out of new hydro meters
- BCE acquires Astral Media
- Impact play first MLS home game

History:

-The names of Montreal‘s Metro stations
Orange line: Laurier to Sauvé

- The Richard Riot
57 years later…

Music:
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
Johnny Cash - Danny Boy

Bell acquires Astral Media for $3.38 billion, including debt | CanadianBusiness.com

Bell acquires Astral Media for $3.38 billion, including debt | CanadianBusiness.com

Yesterday's News #91 - March 10th, 2012

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Show #91 - March 10th, 2012

News from Montreal and Beyond:
March 4 - 10

- Concrete falls inside Olympics Stadium parking garage
- Major student protests continue
- Man killed in Plateau car accident
- Man stabbed in attempted carjacking in Cartierville
- Royal Bank settles class action lawsuit with Earl Jones victims
- Plateau passes new patios accessibility bylaw
- Plateau decides not to clear away snow from last storm
- Hydro-Quebec ordered to roll back rates
- Montreal reached new labour agreement with firefighters
- Schwartz's Delicatessen sold

History:

-The names of Montreal‘s Metro stations
Orange line: Place D’Armes to Mont Royal

- Old radio ads
Phonographs, 45s and hats…

Music:
Wilson Phillips - Hold On
Dean Martin - Canadian Sunset

Yesterday's News #90 - March 3rd, 2012

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Show #90 - March 3rd, 2012

News from Montreal and Beyond:
February 26 - March 3

- Three dead after Via train crash in Ontario
- Missing Montreal woman found dead
- Woman murdered in Montreal North
- Man murdered in St. Leonard
- Two men shot in Chinatown
- Man shot during argument
- Student attacked on John Abbott College grounds
- Three arrested after Montreal North kidnapping
- No jail time for Granby man who shot dogs with nail gun
- Elderly man dies in Anjou fire
- Three injured in Rosemont fire
- Asbestos industry asks Feds for help with WHO
- Jean Beliveau recovering from stroke
- Gas prices in Montreal skyrocket
- STM says Opus cards must be periodically replaced

History:

-The names of Montreal‘s Metro stations
Orange line: Villa-Maria to Bonaventure

- The Lindbergh Kidnapping
The Hauptmann Trial

Music:
The Monkees - I’m A Believer
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon

Wonderful documentary about the 1994 Expos

Yesterday's News #89 - February 25th, 2012

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Show #89 - February 25th, 2012

News from Montreal and Beyond:
February 19 -25

- Montreal hit by snowstorm
- Over 50 dead in Argentina train crash
- Three killed and many injured in separate traffic incidents
- Worker rescued from Westmount construction site
- Many homeless after Cote St-Paul fire
- Police arrest 18 in drug busts
- Protesting students block Jacques Cartier Bridge
- Coroner blames faulty dispatch system for deaths in 2010 fire
- Government expanding use of photo radar
- Montreal to honour Gary Carter and Robert Bourassa

History:

-The names of Montreal‘s Metro stations
Orange line: Cote-Vertu to Snowdon

- Walter Cronkite
Historic moments in broadcasting

Music:
Autograph - Turn Up The Radio
Harry Belafonte - When The Saints Go Marching In

Yesterday's News #88 - February 18th, 2012

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Show #88 - February 18th, 2012

News from Montreal and Beyond:
February 12 -18

- Expo great Gary Carter dies
- Hundreds perish in Honduran prison fire
- 11-year-old Laval boy dies after being left alone in bathtub
- Woman hospitalized after fire
- Man dies after being shot by police
- 34-year-old woman stabbed to death in Rosemount
- 23-year-old woman stabbed outside Angrignon Metro station
- Man dies after his car slams into other vehicles
- Pilot killed after small plane crash on South Shore
- Demonstrations lead to violence and many arrests
- Artefacts stolen from Montreal museum
- Feds pass bill to repeal long-gun registry
- Funeral held for Whitney Houston

History:

-The names of Montreal‘s Metro stations
Blue line: Parc to St. Michel

- Remembering Gary Carter
1954-2012

Music:
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
The Eagles - New Kid In Town