The Gazette is a major English-language daily newspaper produced out of Montreal, Quebec. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Please visit and contribute to the Montreal Wikiportal See and add to this ongoing discussion about English Names in Montreal City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 500. ... During the early 1970s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ...

It was founded in 1785 by Fleury Mesplet and was originally a French language newspaper called Gazette du commerce et littéraire de Montréal. 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

For many years, the Montreal Gazette was eclipsed by the city's other English-language daily newspaper, The Montreal Star, which had a considerably higher circulation. However, the Montreal Star was shut down by a long strike action and ceased publication forever in 1979, less than a year after the strike was settled. Open battle between striking teamsters armed with pipes and the police in the streets of Minneapolis, 1934. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

Today, the Gazette's audience is primarily the anglophone and allophone communities which account for about half of the population of the Island of Montreal. Numerous francophones also read English; more than half of the population of Montreal is bilingual. Recently, the newspaper has aggressively targeted bilingual francophone (French mother tongue) professionals and adjusted their "culture" coverage accordingly. An anglophone is someone who speaks English natively or by adoption. ... This is article is about the term used in Quebec and Canada. ... A Francophone is a person who speaks French natively or by adoption (i. ...

It is owned by CanWest Global Communications. CanWest Global Communications Corp. ...

Past and Present Gazette Personalities

• Aislin
• Dave Bist
• Joan Fraser
• William Johnson
• Dane Lanken
• Jack Todd

Terry Mosher is an editorial cartoonist for the Montreal Gazette. ... Dave Bist was a Canadian journalist who covered the John Lennon, Yoko Ono Bed-in at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in 1969 for the Montreal Gazette. ... Joan Fraser (born October 12, 1944) is a Canadian Senator and former journalist. ... William Johnson: There is more than one person sharing this name. ... Dane Lanken (born 1945 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian journalist. ... Jack Todd is a controversial sports writer for the Montreal Gazette. ...

See also

• List of Quebec media

This is a list of media based in the Province of Quebec, Canada. ...

External link

• Official website