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Rétrospective de l’année 2013
Spacing Montréal dévoile son palmarès 2013 des éléments qui ont marqué l’actualité montréalaise en urbanisme, aménagement, transports et politique. Ils...
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Party’s Over Politics in Montreal
After watching what amounts to a slow-motion train-wreck between City Hall and the Charbonneau Commission on corruption, it’s little surprise to see...
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Montreal, the forgotten election issue
Former federal Prime Minister Kim Campbell was once infamously quoted (supposedly out of context) as saying that “an election is no time to...
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Montreal’s election prospects
In the federal election of May 2011 Montreal’s political geography was rewritten as the orange wave knocked out long established incumbents from...
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“Innovation District” latest attempt at Griffintown development
A special contribution by Henry Gass The former Dow Brewery, at Peel and Notre-Dame. … A new project designed to ignite a lucrative innovation...
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Rosemont-Petite-Patrie mayor crosses floor to Projet Montréal
Yesterday Rosemont-Petite-Patrie borough mayor announced in a press conference that he is leaving Louise Harel’s Vision Montréal and will be...
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“Mixité sociale” in defence of gentrification
The Ville-Marie borough’s decision to approve a 300-unit condo project in the Centre-Sud is creating controversy. The project, to be built on the...
By Devin Alfaro -
Moins d’automobiles et plus de déplacements verts sur le Plateau-Est
Une collaboration spéciale de Julien Cayer. Mercredi matin, le Plateau-Est a emboité le pas aux arrondissements de Mercier-Est et de Parc-Extension en se...
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Ville-Marie Borough presents new plan for Downtown West End development
Downtown’s West End. The West End of Downtown is a study in contrasts. Its residents are varied: from low-income recent immigrants, working-class...
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Passage à niveau sur la voie ferrée : les négociations sont entamées entre les arrondissements et le CP
Le Canadien Pacifique (CP) et les arrondissements du Plateau-Mont-Royal et de Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie ont finalement entamé les discussions pour trouver...
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Université de Montréal expansion raises concerns in Parc-Extension
The site of UdeM’s new Outremont campus. The past decade has seen the construction of major university building projects at Montreal universities...
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City Hall veteran Michael Fainstat passes away
Michael Fainstat and Mayor Jean Doré upon the RCM’s victory in 1986 (photo links to La Press obituary). The passing of 2010 also saw the passing of...
By Devin Alfaro