Politics / Politique
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Housing Advocates Squat St-Henri Lot
Since June 1st, social housing activists have been squatting an empty lot on the corner of St-Philippe and Notre-Dame in St-Henri. The movement, which...
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Beyond Street Food, Dépanneur Cuisine
Absence, they say, makes the heart grow fonder, and after 65 years of street food prohibition, Montrealers’ fascination with these illicit eats has...
By Alanah Heffez -
2011 Charbonneau Commission: from scandal to indifference
Last week we learned that Judge Charbonneau would get another 18 months to shed light on the breadth and depth of corruption in Quebec’s...
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1972-84 CECO: “You have all eaten carrion”
Part 4 in our history of corruption in Montreal. Check Spacing Montreal each day this week for the latest “episode” in this century-long soap...
By Alanah Heffez -
1950-54 Caron Inquiry: “Montreal in the grips of the underworld”
Part 3 in our history of corruption in Montreal. Check Spacing Montreal each day this week for the latest “episode” in this century-long soap...
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1924-25 Coderre Inquiry: “Vice stalks through our city”
Part 2 in our history of corruption in Montreal. Check Spacing Montreal each day this week for the latest “episode” in this century-long soap...
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1909 Royal Commission: Montreal “Saturated with Corruption”
Montreal Corruption Retrospectives are all the rage these days, and for the spring 2013 edition of Spacing Magazine, which was released last Saturday, I...
By Alanah Heffez -
Vote in the Potholes vs Corruption Debate!
Calling all Montrealers: get out and vote! Scratch that: stay in and vote! Alas, the municipal elections have not come early, but for the first time in my...
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Montreal Councillors Take Pedestrian Rail Crossing Debate to the CTA
Montreal’s executive committee will seek mediation from the Canadian Transportation Agency in the dispute with Canadian Pacific over creating...
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TODERIAN: Canada needs a federal ministry of cities
Richard Florida called last week for President Obama to create a national US department of cities. When the author of The Rise of the Creative Class and...
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Hippodrome Site Could Become 5-Year, 43-Hectare Urban Farm
The borough of NDG-CDN has big plans to transform the Hippodrome site into a brand new, multi-use urban neighbourhood. The 43-hectare site, equivalent of...
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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...
By Alanah Heffez