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George Beurling’s speech

George Beurling’s speech

Your worship… (inaudible)… And all you people here (laughter and applause). This is no place for me. I’m a fighter pilot, not a speechmaker. Uh, when I started […]
Barbara Ann Scott’s speech

Barbara Ann Scott’s speech

(Barbara Ann Scott) Ladies and gentlemen, I’m so happy to be in Montreal. It was a grand feeling to win the World Championship and the European Championship, but […]
A Verdun hero

A Verdun hero

George Frederick “Buzz” Beurling was born in Verdun on December 6, 1921. From a very young age, he had only one passion: airplanes. He learned how to fly at […]
Dollard Saint-Laurent, a Verdunite among the Montréal Canadiens

Dollard Saint-Laurent, a Verdunite among the Montréal Canadiens

Born in Verdun on May 12, 1929, Dollard Saint-Laurent began his career as a hockey player at the Verdun Auditorium, with the Montréal Junior Canadiens team. A robust […]
Scotty Bowman, a history-making Verdunite!

Scotty Bowman, a history-making Verdunite!

Born in Verdun on September 18, 1933, William Scott Bowman had a passion for hockey, going back to his childhood. He joined the National Hockey League in 1967, […]
Star for a day at the Verdun Auditorium

Star for a day at the Verdun Auditorium

On January 9, 2006, during a Montréal Canadiens’ training session at the Verdun Auditorium, an incredible story unfolded. Taking advantage of an unsupervised moment and a team training […]
Denis Savard, a hockey player who left his mark on Verdun

Denis Savard, a hockey player who left his mark on Verdun

Never has a local athlete been such a focus of attention on the national and international scene as Denis Savard. He is the pride and joy of Verdun […]
Recollections of the “Three Denis”

Recollections of the “Three Denis”

Jean-François Parenteau: Well, the “three Denis”, they are in fact more like memories that I heard about in the community, what people told me about them. Obviously, Denis […]