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42-647: Most of the mall is one storey high, but a section of the mall, which was added in the 1980s, has two floors. Place Versailles is situated next to the Radisson metro station and is less than 2 km south of the Galeries d'Anjou mall. Place Versailles officially opened on November 7, 1963 with 30 stores. Upon its opening, Place Versailles was the first enclosed shopping mall in the Montreal area. Its 30 stores included Steinberg , Miracle Mart and Greenberg . There

84-529: A Canadian institution and a press undertaking, the CBC set out the Journalistic Standards and Practices and works in compliance with these principles. Balanced viewpoints must be presented through on-the-air discussions. As it is with other public and private journalistic undertakings, credibility in the eyes of the general population is seen as the corporation's most valuable asset. The CBC Ombudsman

126-461: A bias towards CBC TV and radio coverage favouring the Liberal party, a view that held consistently across Conservative, Liberal and NDP voters. The CBC News Hall of Fame was established in 2015 to honour men and women who have shaped Canadian journalism. Located in CBC's Toronto headquarters, inductees include: The CBC sets out to maintain its accuracy, integrity and fairness in its journalism. As

168-522: A different day. The mall did however try to make amends to the veterans over this issue in a Facebook post that has since been deleted and apologized for their decision. Radisson (Montreal Metro) Radisson station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal , Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves

210-419: A key battle that took place during World War I . Requests were made for the mall to reschedule Santa's arrival, with some also asking to delay his arrival until once the ceremonies have concluded, but the mall kept his arrival date and time unchanged. Their Santa Claus was scheduled to make his entrance via helicopter and due to logistical concerns beyond the mall's control, his arrival could not be rescheduled to

252-567: A single anchor on Friday and Sunday. In November 2023, the CBC joined with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists , Paper Trail Media  [ de ] and 69 media partners including Distributed Denial of Secrets and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and more than 270 journalists in 55 countries and territories to produce the ' Cyprus Confidential ' report on

294-478: A year later. Popular Quebec sports-themed restaurant chain La Cage aux Sports (later renamed La Cage – Brasserie sportive) opened its 50th restaurant in history at the mall in 2010, on the mall’s second floor. The restaurant can also be accessed from the outside of the mall via an elevator connecting the parking lot to the restaurant. The first sporting events shown at the restaurant were an NHL hockey game between

336-652: Is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television , CBC Radio , CBC News Network , and CBC.ca . Founded in 1941, CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada and has local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations. It frequently collaborates with its organizationally separate French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info. The first CBC newscast

378-518: Is aired on CBC Radio One . All newscasts are available on demand online, via apps or via voice-activated virtual assistants. CBC News Online is the CBC's CBC.ca news website. Launched in 1996, it was named one of the most popular news websites in Canada in 2012. The website provides regional, national, and international news coverage, and investigative, politics, business, arts and entertainment, investigative, politics, business, entertainment, Indigenous, health, science and tech news. An Opinion section

420-463: Is completely independent of CBC program staff and management, reporting directly to the President of the CBC and, through the President, to the corporation's board of directors. CBC has reporters stationed in the following cities. Main cities are listed with the notation (M). Currently vacant: CBC also uses satellite bureaus, with reporters who fly in when a story occurs outside the bureaus. In

462-502: Is expected to be demolished in the coming years and be replaced with condo buildings that can be able to accommodate more than 5,000 people, a school, and a hotel. A design plan illustrating what the future space would look like has not been released yet, and the demolition of the mall to allow for the construction of the condos, school and hotel still needs to be approved by both the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough and

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504-478: Is not expected to begin for another two or three years. That same day, the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough approved of the project proposal, which meant that the proposal was now sent to the OCPM, awaiting its decision. The following day, the first artist rendering of the future space was revealed to the public. In 2017, the mall faced criticism for promoting their Santa Claus ' arrival to be on November 11, which

546-664: Is responsible for the news programs on CBC Television and CBC News Network , including national news programs like The National , Marketplace , The Fifth Estate , and The Investigators with Diana Swain. It is also responsible for The Weekly with Wendy Mesley until its cancellation in September 2020. They are also responsible for news, business, weather and sports information for Air Canada 's inflight entertainment. Most local newscasts on CBC Television are branded as CBC News: [city/province name] , such as CBC News: Toronto at Six . Local radio newscasts are heard on

588-467: Is the only terminus where STL and RTL bus routes meet. On December 13, 2021, as part of mitigation measures related to major repairs of the nearby Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel undertaken by the Quebec government, three new Exo buses as well as one new RTL bus connecting the bus terminus to the south shore were added. The announcement was made by Transport Minister and Minister Responsible for

630-508: Is to ensure that the information that we put out is fair and unbiased in everything that we do." The study suggests Canadians perceived the CBC as having a more left-of-centre bias than other Canadian news organizations. A 2017 survey of Canadians suggested that CBC TV was the most biased national news media outlet (perceived biased by 50% of Canadians overall, tied with The Globe and Mail ) followed closely by CBC Radio (perceived biased by 49% of Canadians overall). Respondents predominantly saw

672-516: Is when Remembrance Day is observed in Canada. Furthermore, their Santa would be arriving at 10 a.m., one hour before the 11 a.m. Remembrance Day ceremonies would take place in Ottawa . Local veterans were quick to shun the mall for their decision, claiming that it showed a "lack of respect" towards Canadian veterans, especially given that 2017 marked the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele ,

714-556: The Green Line . It is in the district of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu. It opened on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand station . Designed by Papineau, Gérin-Lajoie, Le Blanc, Edwards, it is a normal side platform station built partly in tunnel , with a very tall, vaulted volume over the eastern part of the platform. This contains the transept and a tall escalator shaft rising unsupported to

756-642: The Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators , followed by the martial arts event UFC 121 , whose main card was highlighted with a clash between Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez . During the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament in which Canada was the host nation, the La Cage of the mall was featured on Fox Sports ’ Garbage Time with Katie Nolan as a popular sports bar for U.S. soccer fans. Zellers closed its doors in 2012 and

798-912: The CBC. It began broadcasting on July 31, 1989, from several regional studios in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary. It was revamped and relaunched as the CBC News Network in 2009 as part of a larger renewal of the CBC News division. Current programs include CBC News Now (based in Toronto with Heather Hiscox, Suhana Meharchand, Carole MacNeil, John Northcott, Andrew Nichols (weekdays) and Aarti Pole and Michael Serapio (weekends), Power & Politics (based in Ottawa with host David Cochrane ), and The National (with Adrienne Arsenault (Toronto), Ian Hanomansing (Vancouver) and Rosemary Barton hosting

840-644: The Montreal Region, Chantal Rouleau , and Justice Minister , Attorney General , and Minister Responsible for the Montérégie region, Simon Jolin-Barrette . New bus quays would be added to the terminus as well. The new buses connect Montreal to Boucherville , Varennes , Sainte-Julie and Beloeil . The Exo buses to the South Shore operate on weekdays and holidays only, with reduced service being offered on holidays. CBC News CBC News

882-456: The Office de Consultation Publique de Montréal (OCPM). Shortly after the news of the mall’s future demolition broke, the mall released a statement on Facebook saying that it was “regrettable” that multiple media outlets reported “erroneous” information about the condo construction project being the end of Place Versailles, stating that the mall was entering a period of “renewal” and “innovation”. It

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924-571: The co-anchor format in favour of single anchor everyday. Adrienne Arsenault continues to host the show Monday through Thursday with Hanomansing hosting on Friday and Sunday. In November 2005, the CBC News Weather Centre was established to cover local and international weather, using in part data provided by Environment Canada . Claire Martin was hired to serve as the primary face of the Weather Centre. In April 2014,

966-701: The development of the Hudson's Bay Company . The adjoining bus terminus , located on the west side of Sherbrooke Street, is owned and operated by the Réseau de transport métropolitain , with all bus traffic entering and leaving through the rear at Faradon Street. Several regional MRC de L'Assomption and MRC Les Moulins routes of the CRT Lanaudière use the terminus, as well as Société de transport de Laval and Réseau de transport de Longueuil buses, and local services provided by Société de transport de Montréal . It

1008-527: The financial network which supports the regime of Vladimir Putin , mostly with connections to Cyprus, and showed Cyprus to have strong links with high-up figures in the Kremlin, some of whom have been sanctioned. Government officials including Cyprus president Nikos Christodoulides and European lawmakers began responding to the investigation's findings in less than 24 hours, calling for reforms and launching probes. The Television News section of CBC News

1050-683: The first newscast, part of CBC Newsmagazine , was given on September 8, 1952, on CBLT (Toronto), the only English station then telecasting. Later that year CBC National News was introduced (anchors: Larry Henderson , Earl Cameron , Stanley Burke ), then changing its name to The National in 1970. The CBC began delivering news online in 1996 via the Newsworld Online website. The CBC News Online site launched in 1998. In 2017, CBC News relaunched its flagship newscast, The National , with four co-anchors based in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver and later two anchors Monday through Thursday and

1092-411: The half-hour during morning and afternoon drive shows and on the hour at other times during the day. The Radio News section of CBC News produces on-the-hour updates for the CBC's national radio newscasts and provides content for regional updates. Major radio programs include World Report , The World at Six , The World This Hour and The World this Weekend . The majority of news and information

1134-486: The last stores in Montreal to transition to the new nameplate. In the late 1980s, Place Versailles expanded again and a new section was built with two floors, instead of one floor as in the rest of the mall. On May 16, 1991, the Pascal's hardware chain went bankrupt. The store at Place Versailles closed at the end of July 1991. Except for three other locations, the vast majority of the Pascal's chain had already shuttered by

1176-481: The latter's website. CBC News provides the following television programs. Current programs: Former programs: CBC News provides the following radio programs. CBC Digital provides the following services: Public surveys in 2002 suggest that the CBC was viewed with potential left-wing bias. In 2009, CBC President Hubert Lacroix commissioned a study to determine whether its news was biased, and if so, to what extent. He said: "Our job — and we take it seriously —

1218-439: The national weather centre was effectively disbanded due to CBC budget cuts (Martin had left the CBC a few months prior). Weather presenters at local CBC stations were retained but with the added responsibility of supplying reports for The National and CBC News Network . In November 2014, citing difficulties implementing this new system, the CBC announced a one-year trial content sharing partnership with The Weather Network ,

1260-414: The privately owned cable specialty channel, which went into effect on December 8. Under the partnership, in exchange for access to weather-related news coverage from the CBC, The Weather Network provides the national weather reports seen on The National and CBCNN daytime programming, as well as local forecasts for CBC Toronto 's weekend newscasts. Apart from Toronto, weather coverage during local newscasts

1302-430: The service includes About That , a daily news and interview show hosted by Andrew Chang ; Planet Wonder , an environmental news series hosted by Johanna Wagstaffe; Big , a documentary series about industry; and This Week in Canada , which highlights local news stories from the CBC's local news bureaux in various cities. CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) is an English-language news channel owned and operated by

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1344-457: The ticket hall above. The latter gives access to three entrances. The station serves a metropolitan bus terminus and a park and ride lot. In 2022, the STM's Universal Accessibility Report noted that preliminary design work to make the station accessible was underway. The station is named for rue Radisson. Pierre-Esprit Radisson (c. 1640–1710) was a French explorer who was instrumental in

1386-517: The time the Place Versailles store closed. Fabricville opened its current store May 13, 1992. Following the bankruptcy and liquidation of the M retain chain in June 1992, the Place Versailles store was closed on August 29, 1992. Mirroring what had happened to Pascal's a year before, the M store at Place Versailles was among the last four locations to close chainwide. Also in 1992, Steinberg

1428-543: The weekly At Issue panel (Ottawa)). The network dropped the four-anchor format on January 22, 2020, and had Arsenault and Chang co-anchor from Monday through Thursday with Hanomansing as solo anchor for the Friday and Sunday editions. Barton became the chief political correspondent for CBC News; she continues to host The National' s weekly "At Issue" political panel along with her own politics based program, Rosemary Barton Live which airs on Sundays. In early 2023, CBC dropped

1470-649: Was a bilingual radio report on November 2, 1936. The CBC News Service was inaugurated during World War II on January 1, 1941, when Dan McArthur, chief news editor, had Wells Ritchie prepare for the announcer Charles Jennings a national report at 8:00 pm. Previously, CBC relied on The Canadian Press to provide it with wire copy for its news bulletins. Readers who followed Jennings were Lorne Greene , Frank Herbert and Earl Cameron . CBC News Roundup (French counterpart: La revue de l'actualité ) started on August 16, 1943, at 7:45 pm, being replaced by The World at Six on October 31, 1966. On English-language television

1512-492: Was also in the parking the Cinema Versailles with its two theatres, one for English films and the other for French ones. The stores of Place Versailles totalized 350,000 square feet and the land of the complex was 2,000,000 square foot. Today, the original section of Place Versailles can be recognized as the corridor of Canadian Tire and Maxi. Pascal's opened a new store on August 21, 1969. At 91,000 square feet, it

1554-473: Was converted to Maxi. From then on and until about 2003, Place Versailles was anchored by The Bay, Maxi, Zellers and Rona - Le Quincailler . Hudson's Bay Company closed its The Bay store at Place Versailles during the last quarter of 2003. The Bay's anchor space has since been dismantled by Winners/Homesense, Globo, Style Exchange (today Urban Depot), Safari, Sports Experts , Dollarama and McDonald's . Rona closed in 2005 and Bureau en Gros took its space

1596-704: Was not affected, and CBC Vancouver meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe continues to provide weather coverage for the Vancouver-based (primetime) editions of CBC News Now on CBC News Network. Most local CBC stations have retained their weather team to provide local weather information, including: The content partnership with the Weather Network has continued beyond the original one-year period, and has been expanded. The weather section of CBC.ca has been phased out in favour of forecasts from The Weather Network, and local CBC news headlines are displayed on

1638-497: Was reintroduced in November 2016. Many reports are accompanied by podcasting, audio and video from the CBC's television and radio news services. CBC News content is available on multiple platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. In November 2022, the CBC launched CBC News Explore , a free ad-supported streaming television service. In addition to existing CBC news and information programming, new original programming on

1680-591: Was replaced by Target on September 17, 2013. Target did not want the former Zellers entrance that connected directly to Place Versailles' food court and, as a result, it was replaced by a graphic water fountain that the mall claims on its website to be the first in North America. Target closed in 2015 and lease sold to Canadian Tire in May 2015. On June 1, 2024, it was reported in La Presse that Place Versailles

1722-420: Was the largest of Pascal's stores and one of the biggest locations of any hardware outlet built at the time. On March 15, 1973, the Hudson's Bay Company opened a The Bay department store of 134,500 square feet. From 1973 to 1987, Place Versailles was anchored by The Bay, Miracle Mart, Steinberg and Pascal's. Miracle Mart at Place Versailles was rebranded under the M brand name on August 19, 1987; one of

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1764-483: Was then later reported in CBC News that only 516,000 square feet, corresponding to slightly under 30% of the mall’s current surface area, would remain for commercial use once the demolition and construction work is completed. On June 3, 2024, La Presse later reported that the total cost of the demolition and construction work is expected to amount to roughly $ 2.2 billion, with the work being divided into phases, and

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