Politics / Politique
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Poor neighbourhoods more dangerous for pedestrians
“Pauvres piétons” exclaimed the front page of La Presse today. Inside the paper, a series of articles look at pedestrian safety in the city...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Seasonal pedestrianization of the Gay Village
Early next month, the Ville-Marie borough council will decide whether or not to go ahead with a proposal to pedestrianize Ste. Catherine Street in the Gay...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Concerns about the east end’s “Decarie expressway”
East end residents will finally get their say on the Notre Dame highway project today, when about fifty groups and individuals submit statements as part...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Big changes ahead for Mile End’s garment district
The old industrial area in the east part of Mile End, between St. Laurent and Henri Julien is set for a makeover. Yesterday, the city announced that $8.8...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Election sign vandalism
In response to our request for election sign photos (we’ve especially interested in photos taken during campaigns in the 1990s or earlier), Kate...
By Christopher DeWolf -
No debate on the Notre Dame highway
This story slipped through Spacing Montreal’s normally impenetrable news-fishing net, but I’ve managed to retrieve it. On Sunday, Bruno Bisson...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Time to bring back trolleybuses?
Before there were bio-buses, there were electric trolleybuses. In 1953, when the above photo was taken at the corner of St. Laurent and Van Horne, many of...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Élections fédérales in March? Federal election en mars ?
The potential federal election last November never materialized, but it is back on the table for political analysts to argue about. We then asked readers...
By Cédric Sam -
The Apple Store is blocking your sidewalk
Mac lovers have been closely following the construction of the new flagship Apple Store on Ste. Catherine St. just west of Mountain. When it opens this...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Terrasse trouble in Ville Émard
Who would have thought that patios could be so controversial? For nearly a year, since the Sud-Ouest borough approved a pilot project that installed...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Should the blue line be converted into a subway/surface tram line?
Underground trams in Boston’s Green Line Today’s Gazette reports that the Montreal agglomeration council’s transportation committee is...
By Christopher DeWolf -
GST cut gives the city a $500,000 windfall
Canada’s GST will be cut by one more percent on Tuesday, bringing the national sales tax down to 5%. Rather than bringing down the price of its...
By Christopher DeWolf