4 ? THE SUBURBAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2009 It has been an eventful 2009. As we head towards a new year, lets take our look back at some of the headliners who have graced the pages of this paper and others. Politics Down in Flames: St. Laurent Cartierville MP Stéphane Dion went from leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, possible Prime Minister of a coalition government to the Invisible Man after Michael Ignatief assumed the helm... Political scandals spelled the end of Benoit Labonté?s career and any attempt by Frank Zampino to one day return to the municipal scene? Mayor Gérald Tremblay won a third successive mandate? Former CTV reporter and news director Bob Benedetti was a high profile and visible rookie mayor of Beaconsfield for four years. But he was defeated by Councillor David Pollock. David Sternthal lost a nasty campaign in Hampstead to incumbent Mayor William Steinberg? The Action Democratique de Québec (ADQ) took a year to elect a new leader, Gilles Taillon, to replace Mario Dumont. Taillon won by a tiny margin and soon after resigned, leaving the ADQ looking like a bunch of amateurs? The Tories welcomed some new local Senators, including Leo Housakos, former St. Eustache Mayor Claude Carrignan, hockey coach Jacques Demers and educator Judith Seidman. Yoine Goldstein had to face mandatory retirement as a Liberal Senator after turning 75. Look for more appointments soon. Sports Farewells: The former Blue Bonnets Raceway was officially given its death sentence. What will now become of this valuable land on Décarie after U2 holds two giant concerts there in July?... The Molson brothers bought the Canadiens, the Bell Centre and the Gillett Entertainment Group from George Gillett Jr. Gillett bought the whole operation for a song less than a decade ago. This time around the Molson?s engaged in a bidding war with Pierre Karl Peladeau, who now seems intent on bringing an NHL team back to Quebec City? Canadiens General Manager Bob Gainey did not re-sign any of his 10 free agents. He did sign a bunch of new players and got suckered into taking on forward Scott Gomez?s obscene $8 million annual salary. Comebacks: The Grand Prix Formula One race was pencilled back into the schedule in Montreal for June. The behind the scenes unsung hero in all of this? Former federal cabinet minister Michael Fortier... The soccer Impact went from a horrible start to winning the league championship? The Alouettes finally won another Grey Cup.
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