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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 […]

The “Three Denis”: three players with different career paths

They were born on the same day, the same year. During the 1970s, they called the shots on the ice rink in the Verdun Auditorium. Their future seemed […]

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 […]

The “No” side supporters at the Verdun Auditorium

On the evening of October 24, 1995, a few days before the referendum on Québec sovereignty, the Verdun Auditorium hosted 12,500 supporters from the “No” side. Despite the […]

The “Yes” side gets its turn

On the evening of October 25, 1995, it was the “Yes” side’s turn to take over the Verdun Auditorium to motivate its supporters one last time before voting […]

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 […]

The evening of October 25, 1995

[…] we sent two-thirds of the representatives from Québec to the House of Commons as sovereigntist representatives. (Applause) In ’94, in ’94, we sent the Parti québécois government […]