Politics / Politique
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Opposition showdown in Rosemont on the horizon
Vieux-Rosemont council district. Last week Vieux-Rosemont city councillor Pierre Lampron resigned, citing personal reasons. Having previously been the...
By Devin Alfaro -
Mind the Marsh (Or how the CN-MTQ dispute may alter the future of the Turcot Interchange)
The buried Otter Lake occupied a good deal of the present-day Turcot Yards (courtesy of Walking Turcot Yards) The Ministry of Transport has hit a major...
By Jacob Larsen -
Battleground Montreal, round two
The provincial electoral map of the Montreal region. Last spring during the federal election I wrote an article about the possibility of Montreal becoming...
By Devin Alfaro -
Meet Liza Frulla, Mayoress-in-the-Making
The rumor has been circulating for a while among the city’s politicos, and since there’s been no denial on her part, we can only assume...
By Joel Thibert -
L’adoption du PMAD à la quasi-unanimité: un faux consensus?
La nouvelle n’est plus très fraîche, mais cela ne peut pas faire de tort que de le répéter: le Plan métropolitain d’aménagement et...
By Joel Thibert -
Sad End in Sight for the Lower Main
This week the the Lower Main redevelopment saga is drawing to a sad and quiet close: on December 21st, the Ville-Marie borough ordered the demolition of...
By Alanah Heffez -
Comment rendre ta rue plus sécuritaire (en 10 étapes faciles)
De menaçant à vivable — un court tronçon de goudron à Montréal est devenu plus sécuritaire pour tous ceux qui habitent dans (et transitent par) mon...
By Émile Thomas -
The Regionalist: Are cosmopolitanism and regionalism fundamentally at odds?
___ There is an apparent contradiction, some would say, between the philosophical/ethical regionalist stance and cosmopolitanism. Regionalism, after all...
By Joel Thibert -
Legault peut-il mettre fin a plusieurs décennies de “montréalophobie” en politique provinciale?
___________ On croirait parfois, en observant le comportement des politiciens de la scène politique provinciale québécoise, que Montréal est une maladie...
By Joel Thibert -
Photos du Jour: Occuper vs vivre Montréal
Zoom sur Square Victoria, le 5 novembre, 2011. Plus de photos ici.
By Alanah Heffez -
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...
By Devin Alfaro -
What’s wrong with this picture?
It’s amazing what a few hours poking around the Ministry of Transport’s website can reveal. What does this province spend on new highway...
By Jacob Larsen