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At Los Tabernacos in Playa del Carmen, the owner and staff were gearing up Monday afternoon for a match between the Montreal Canadiens and the Detroit Red Wings.

It was business as usual for a sports bar run and frequented by Quebecers — thus the name — in a part of Mexico that has largely been spared the violence that has rocked the rest of the country, as the war between the drug cartels, police and army forces continues to claim thousands of victims elsewhere.

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But the mass shooting at the popular Blue Parrot nightclub two blocks from Los Tabernacos – and also formerly owned by a Quebecer – may signal an end to that sense of calm for tourists and locals alike.

Police reports out of Mexico Monday suggested there were no Quebecers among the fatalities.

The one Canadian killed (among five dead) at the Blue Parrot was said to be Kirk Wilson, a security guard for the BPM electronic music festival brought in from Hamilton, Ont. Several other Canadians were reportedly injured.