Politics / Politique
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Council gives green light to Griffintown project
Monday’s municipal council meeting was the night when Griffintown’s future was finally decided. Despite recent pleas from experts to stop the...
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Saint Paul: so much for pedestrianization
Ville-Marie mayor Benoît Labonté has shelved plans to pedestrianize the portion of St. Paul Street between Place Jacques-Cartier and St. Laurent Blvd...
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Student fined $628 for sitting in a park
Lawbreakers? Photo by Karu-san Watch out, Montrealers: if you sit anywhere in a park other than on a park bench, you could be risking a $628 fine. At...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Notre Dame opponents will protest tomorrow
The snow has mostly melted and the temperature has climbed above the freezing mark — what to do? Protest, of course. Tomorrow, east end residents...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Gaz Métro to the Main: we’re sorry for ripping you apart
If you’ve been following the news over the past few days, you’ll know that, just as the nearly two-long makeover of St. Laurent Boulevard...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Ville-Marie’s war on the homeless
Mario Paquet, target of a law preventing people from walking more than two dogs at once in Ville-Marie; photo by Ben Soo Under the leadership of mayor...
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Toronto putting out Montreal’s fires
This city has a tendency to be one of those places where, so often, you will see something that just doesn’t seem to make any sense whatsoever...
By Chris Erb -
City Hall wants to pedestrianize St. Paul Street
Despite the political storm brewing over the seasonal pedestrianization of Ste. Catherine Street in the Village, city officials has their eyes set on...
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City cut corners in “Red Light” demolition
I’ve only been glancing at the Montreal headlines since I’ve been in Hong Kong, but this one caught my eye: it seems that the city was in such...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Sammy Forcillo dead set against pedestrianization
When Ville-Marie mayor Benoît Labonté came up with a plan for the seasonal pedestrianization of Ste. Catherine Street in the Gay Village, between Berri...
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Norman Bethune Square’s makeover confirmed
Pretty much anyone who spends time in the west end of downtown will agree that Norman Bethune Square, at the corner of Guy and de Maisonneuve, desperately...
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POLL: Are Montreal’s boroughs too big?
One of my professors at McGill used to refer jokingly to “NDG angst,” which is what people who lived in NDG felt when they compared their...
By Christopher DeWolf