The Montreal Star was an English-languageCanadian newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec. It folded in 1979 after a eight-month pressmen's strike. It was founded on January 16, 1869 by Hugh Graham and George T. Lanigan as the Montreal Evening Star. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article needs cleanup. ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan of Huntingdon (born July 18, 1848 - died January 28, 1938) was a Canadian publisher of Scots-Quebec ancestry. ...
The Canadian Census records the numbers of Chinese in Montreal to be 1,608 in 1921, 1,705 in 1931, 1,884 in 1941, 1,272 in 1951, 3,998 in 1961, and 10,655 in 1971.
The MontrealStar reported that there were twelve hand laundries in 1888 (August 19, 1888), but the number increased to seventy in 1894 (Montreal Gazette, June 13, 1894).
The earliest Chinese political party formed in Montreal was the Reformist party; its aims were to preserve the Manchu monarchy and to reform the political, economic and social systems of the home country.
Montreal West is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Island of Montreal.
The population later voted to demerge and Montreal West was re-established as a town on January 1, 2006.
Montreal West is notable for having Quebec's highest rated Anglophone public high school in Royal West Academy (ranked 39th overall in 2005 by the Fraser Institute).