Happy Birthday to a Fine Gentleman

 


It's a huge "happy birthday" to legendary Hull, Que., police detective, Zotique Laframboise. 60 years on and he hasn't aged a day.

If you're having a WTF moment, there's some information here.  He was a legend in every newsroom in the Ottawa valley. Even after the passage of so many decades his memory lives on.

As for Joe Finn, as colourful a journalist as any in the history of Ottawa, there's this:

“Perched at the corner of Daly Avenue and Nicholas Street, for more than 135 years the Albion was as much a part of the community’s judicial system as the courthouse across the street and the police station and jail around the corners. It housed the bar that wetted the legal system’s whistle.

“The lounge was divided in two by a louvered wall. The tin that lined the 18-feet-high ceilings had been painted red. Red vinyl benches lined the walls along one side, and tables – some with high-backed oak chairs – filled the other. A red and black rug covered the floor on both sides. The place had been decorated with department store remainder bins in mind. But no one went there for the decor.

“One of those tables belonged to legendary Citizen reporter Joe Finn.

“Joe used to sit there, drinking CC, and wait for the visits from the lawyers, judges and cops. They fed him everything he needed to write his stories.”

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    1. And the same very much to you, John. Thanks for stopping by.

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