By John Kernaghan, Contributor
A visit to the McCord Museum helps uncover the history of two of Montreal’s historic Irish neighborhoods.
In this tale of two Irish neighborhoods, leafy and modest Point St. Charles is in some ways unchanged from its heyday as a gritty Celtic enclave while just across the Lachine Canal, Griffintown bristles with cranes erecting a phalanx of condos from the ashes of factories and working-class residential blocks.
What ties them forever is the canal, almost whimsically named after a time when many of Canada’s inland waters were probed as potential avenues to the Far East, or La Chine, China.
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As for cleaning and disinfection, the “with the exception of frequently touched surfaces, cleaning and disinfection is no longer necessary” in orange zones.
And, in yellow zones, eye protection is no longer necessary when you are interacting with people who are less than two meters away. À partir du palier orange, à l exception des surfaces fréquemment touchées, le nettoyage et la désinfection ne sont plus nécessaires. À partir du palier jaune, le port d’une protection oculaire lors d’interactions à moins de 2 mètres n’est plus nécessaire. INSPQ (@INSPQ) June 10, 2021