No, this was Montreal's first hacker space: http://notman.org

Foulab looks cool too, and I can't wait to check it out, but they should get their story straight.

how is notman Montreal's hacker space?

notman is just a coworking space with an accelerator. it doesn't mean it's a hacker space. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackerspace

Also historically, Foulab opened before notman

notman is as much a hackerspace as noisebridge is a flower shop.

Also, we were running as early as October 24th 2008.

Here's a mini documentary about us which we went back in time to publish in 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOTw_PkK_SU

Ok, my bad. The article makes it sound like it just opened.