Politics / Politique
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Marché Central going green? Yeah, right
Marché Central, the big box power centre that has emerged recently around the corner of Acadie and Chabanel, just north of the Metropolitan, is installing...
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Is Montreal once again bulldozing neighbourhoods?
Montreal has lost a lot of neighbourhoods over the years, thanks mostly to postwar mega-projects. In 1964, Goose Village, a working-class Italian...
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South Shore politicians want their light rail
Earlier this fall, on Car Free Day no less, the Journal reported that the South Shore light rail project was dead. It would cost too much, said the...
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Montrealers: Gérald Tremblay is good enough
La Presse reports this morning that, according to a new opinion poll, Gérald Tremblay is more popular now than at any time since he was elected in 2002...
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We need more legal space for postering
Posters on a traffic control box, including an election sign The ongoing school board election in Montreal has revealed, as with every election, an...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Will the UN move to Montreal — and how will it affect the waterfront?
Last week, La Presse reported quite breathlessly that the federal government, which owns the Port of Montreal and much of the land along its waterfront...
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Election signs: “So let me get this straight…”
You know, I always wonder if politicians actually pay attention to the many ways in which their election signs are defaced. Often enough, the vandalism...
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Montreal’s bike-rental program: will it work?
Parisians enjoy their city’s Vélib’ bike-sharing program. Photo by malais Earlier this month we found out that Montreal plans to be the first...
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Election signs: Vote Votez Votate ψήφος
We when launched our election sign project last weekend, we did so with the potentially imminent federal election in mind. But it turns out there’s...
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Election Signs: Winner Every Time
Although most election signs for last month’s by-election in the federal riding of Outremont were vandalised in some way or another, this one on...
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Outremont scotch and the City Hall schism
You must have already heart of the Outremont booze scandal. No? Well, let me refresh you: on September 27th, Le Devoir and La Presse revealed that...
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Election Signs: Votez bleu!
Vous voyez rouge? Votez bleu! It was a catchy PQ electoral slogan that tried to capitalize on Jean Charest’s profound unpopularity in late 2005...
By Christopher DeWolf