Mont-St-Hilaire is a small town in the province of Quebec. This small city is along the Richelieu River on the south shore of Montreal city. In 2011, Mont-St-Hilaire had a population of 18 000 citizens. There are many new neighborhoods on the mountain side.
The first Lord of Mont-St-Hilaire was Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville in 1694. Mr. Hertel bought the mountain before anyone was living there. In 1745, the first village was built. In 1768, the first road "Chemin de La Montagne" was built to give access to the first citizens.
In 1837, the Mont St-Hilaire’s church was built. In 1898, a famous painter named Ozias Leduc painted the church. The sculptor Jodi Bonnet and the painters Ozias Leduc and Paul-Émile Borduas lived in the town.
Many activities are available in this small city. You could hiking in the mountain, picking apple, or to get one the bicycle on the cycle track
The Weeknd
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), better known by his stage name The Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is notable for his influence on contemporary R&B and pop music. Tesfaye's work has been categorized as alternative R&B.
Tesfaye began his career by anonymously uploading several songs to YouTube under the name "The Weeknd" in 2010. A year later, he released the positively reviewed mixtapes "", "", and "". The mixtapes were later remastered and re-released on the compilation album "Trilogy" (2012), after he signed with Republic Records and created his own record label XO. His debut album, "Kiss Land", was released in September 2013. In 2015, Tesfaye released "Beauty Behind the Madness." It ended up being one of the top-selling albums of 2015. That same year, Tesfaye became the first artist to hold the top three positions on the "Billboard" Hot R&B Songs chart at the same time, with "Can't Feel My Face", "Earned It", and "The Hills". His third album was released in 2016. It was called "Starboy" and was also very successful. The song of the same name reached the number-one spot in many countries. He released his first EP, "My Dear Melancholy", in 2018. It topped the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums charts in the US, the Canadian Albums Chart, and also topped charts in the UK, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and South Korea.
The Weeknd has won three Grammy Awards, nine "Billboard" Music Awards, five American Music Awards, two MTV Music Video Awards, nine Juno Awards, and has been nominated for one Academy Award. In an interview in 2013, Tesfaye said his vocals were inspired by Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, and Prince.
Abel Tesfaye was born in Toronto, Ontario. He grew up in Scarborough, in the city's east end. He is the only child of Makkonen and Samra Tesfaye, who were Ethiopian immigrants to Canada in the late 1980s.
Tesfaye's father left the family when he was a toddler. So, Tesfaye was cared for by his grandmother and mother. While living with his grandmother Tesfaye learned Amharic, which he also spoke with his mother, and attended Ethiopian Orthodox church services.
In an interview regarding his father, Tesfaye said: "I saw him vaguely when I was six, and then again when I was 11 or 12, and he had a new family and kids. I don't even know where he lived — I'd see him for, like, a night. I'm sure he's a great guy. I never judged him. He wasn't abusive; he wasn't an alcoholic; he wasn't an asshole. He just wasn't there."Tesfaye describes his teenage years as the film ""Kids" without the AIDS". Tesfaye states he began smoking marijuana at age 11, and later moved on to harder drugs. Tesfaye claims he often shoplifted to supplement his use of ecstasy, oxycodone, xanax, cocaine, psilocybin, and ketamine.
Tesfaye attended West Hill Collegiate Institute and Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Toronto. At age 17 he got kicked out halfway into his junior year while at West Hill and transferred to Birchmount Park. He dropped out in 2007, six months after transferring schools. Tesfaye also left his home shortly after that and moved into a small apartment in the Parkdale neighborhood of Toronto, along with some friends. Tesfaye has credited his stage name as being inspired by his high school dropout status, saying he "left one weekend and never came back home", although producer Jeremy Rose claims the name was his idea. The spelling was modified in order to avoid trademark issues with the Canadian band The Weekend. He also said that his stage name was going to be the title of his mixtape, "."
Tesfaye met Jeremy Rose in 2010, a producer who had an idea for a dark R&B musical project. Rose played one of his instrumentals for Tesfaye, and then Tesfaye freestyle rapped over it. This led to the two collaborating on an album. Rose produced three songs: "What You Need", "Loft Music", and "The Morning", along with others that were ultimately scrapped. Rose let Tesfaye keep the tracks he had produced under the condition that he would be credited for them. In December 2010, Tesfaye uploaded "What You Need", "Loft Music" and "The Morning" to YouTube under his stage name, although his identity was initially unknown. The songs drew some attention online, and were later included in a blog post from Drake. Drake's blog post helped the songs receive coverage from various media outlets, including "Pitchfork" and "The New York Times". Before adopting the stage name "The Weeknd", he worked under the aliases of "The Noise" and "Kin Kane", and was also in a group with JessieRay called "Bulleez n Nerdz."
On March 21, 2011, Tesfaye self-released his debut mixtape "House of Balloons". The mixtape included production from Canadian producers Illangelo and Doc McKinney, and included the tracks produced by Rose, although he did not receive production credits like he told Tesfaye to do. When Rose found out about this, he told Tesfaye that he didn't want to work with him anymore. Rose also told VICE that he wasn't paid by Tesfaye. "House of Balloons" was met with positive reviews. It was named as one of ten shortlisted nominees for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.
Tesfaye began a tour of Toronto in July, with his first ever live performance at the city's Mod Club venue. He performed "High for This", "Wicked Games", and "The After Party". Fellow Toronto rapper Drake was in attendance to view the performance. It ran for a total of ninety minutes, and was sold-out. Drake later approached Tesfaye for a potential musical collaboration between the pair. They had both met in 2009 when Tesfaye and his producers wrote a song called "Birthday Suit" while Drake was putting together his debut album Thank Me Later. Although the song never made it to the album, Drake still kept an eye on Tesfaye. Tesfaye later accompanied Drake at many shows, as well as making an appearance at the second annual OVO Fest. Over the summer of 2011, Tesfaye contributed to five songs on Drake's "Take Care" as a writer, including an appearance on "Crew Love" as a featured artist.
Tesfaye avoided participating in interviews and chose to communicate through Twitter after the album was released. Tesfaye also chose to communicate through Twitter before releasing his second mixtape "Thursday", which was released on August 18, 2011. It was produced by Doc McKinney and IIIangelo, just like "House of Balloons" was, and features Drake in one song. Tesfaye's third mixtape "Echoes of Silence" was released on December 21, 2011, a year after his debut singles. It also received positive reviews from Pitchfork, Billboard, and other websites.
After this release, the three mixtapes were known together as the "Balloons Trilogy."