THE BAGPIPER IS GONE FROM OGILVY MONTREAL...

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THE BAGPIPER IS GONE... 
By Bernard Bujold -
With a $60-million reno underway to merge with Holt Renfrew, the decision was made to discontinue lunchtime concerts. 
Virtually every day at lunchtime for 72 years, a bagpiper has wandered through the upscale boutiques of the Ogilvy store on Montreal Ste-Catherine St., serenading customers from the fifth floor to street level for about 20 minutes.
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