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Graeme Decaries discusses what we know and don’t know about the British Royal family (especially as it relates to 1930s)

Over the past year, we’ve had many online conversations with Graeme Decarie, who taught history at Malcolm Campbell High School in the early years of the school’s existence. Graeme has added much to my own understanding of the history of Cartierville and Saraguay among other places. My site would have many fewer page visits, and many […]

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The Rise and Fall of English Montreal (1993) was an NFB film for which Graeme Decarie was historical advisor and occasional commentator

Updates A May 2017 CBC interactive webpage is entitled: “Montreal is 375 years old, but how old are its buildings?” A May 17, 2017 Montreal Gazette article is entitled: “Montreal’s history did not start 375 years ago.” [End]   We have previously featured posts in which Bob Hill’s research about the English presence in Quebec has […]

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Question for Graeme Decarie: Can you explain the Wrong-Way Driving phenomenon in New Brunswick?

I recently (June 6, 2015) came across a CBC article entitled: “Ont. driver says truck going wrong direction in N.B. nearly caused accident: RCMP say vehicles travelling in the wrong direction is a common problem on New Brunswick highways.” Some of the quotations include: “Vehicles travelling in the wrong direction is a common problem on New […]

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Tim Hewlings has shared two great maps highlighting the history of Bois Franc – a topic Graeme Decarie had asked about

Tim Hewlings writes: “Here are a couple of maps of the area that might help the discussion. Maybe you can upload them.” You can click on each image to enlarge it. The discussion about Bois Franc is at these posts, to which I’ve now added the maps: Graeme Decarie has a question about the old […]

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MCHS Bio for Graeme Decarie, who taught for three years at Malcolm Campbell High School

Born into pretty severe poverty in Montreal’s Villeray district. (1933 was a bad year to be born.) Attended Crystal Springs School, a four-room school built to the same design as the original version of Cartierville School. Failed grade 10, was failing grade 11 when principal called me down to say, “Let’s face it, Decarie, you […]