Our favourite things: Made-in-Quebec athletic apparel is a great motivator
"When you put on the right clothing, it motivates you to train," says one of the former elite speed kayakers behind Tesca Sport.
View ArticleEnsemble Montréal demands changes to 'greedy' municipal budget
Opposition party proposing an amendment to lessen the tax hit in Mayor Valérie Plante's 2023 $6.76-billion municipal budget.
View ArticleMontreal's 'accounting gymnastics' turn projected deficit into surplus: critics
The 2023 municipal operating budget forecasts the agglomeration will end 2022 with a surplus of $129.4 million, but in reality there is a projected operating deficit of over $80 million, the city has...
View ArticleMontreal opposition pushes for representation on city council committees
Ensemble Montréal is to table a motion on Monday calling for changes to ensure "the necessary checks and balances."
View ArticleMontreal saying 'Do as I say, not as I do' with car ownership, critics say
City's fleet has grown since Projet Montréal entered office five years ago, an examination by the Montreal Gazette reveals.
View ArticleCaught in a condo nightmare, losing sleep over noise next door
As buildings get taller and more closely packed in Montreal, the risks of construction disturbances “become more and more significant."
View ArticleProjet Montréal 'isn't setting the example' on car use, opposition charges
The Plante administration is defending new leasing agreements for more than 4,600 municipal vehicles on top of the city's growing permanent fleet.
View ArticlePointe-Claire to hold special council meeting on Cadillac Fairview development
Councillors are divided over the issue to develop areas around the mall, which includes natural habitat.
View ArticleQuebec must address systemic racism in schools: researchers
Black students — many streamlined into special ed and behavioural classes — are treated differently in classrooms, a recent study shows.
View ArticlePlan for mini-casino at Bell Centre has to achieve 'social acceptability':...
Plans remain in the discussion stage for slot machines, sports betting kiosks and poker tables inside the former 1909 Taverne Moderne.
View ArticleOne in two people in need around Place Dupuis are asylum seekers, Plante says
Montreal mayor says her visit with intervention workers around Place Dupuis on Wednesday confirmed her concerns.
View ArticleShould the mayor of Ville-Marie borough be elected? Residents to be consulted
Ville-Marie is the only one of Montreal's 19 boroughs that doesn't elect its local mayor or two of the borough's councillors.
View ArticleSchemers are getting more sophisticated, city watchdog says
Annual report by Montreal's Inspector General Brigitte Bishop notes use of new measures, including on the legal front where "we are seen as trailblazers," to catch schemes.
View ArticleOld Montreal fire: Building owner in trouble in Westmount
Tenants of a suspected rooming house on St-Antoine St. complained of insalubrity, a deficient emergency exit and too many tenants in a unit — and the leases they signed were not valid.
View ArticleQuebec ice storm: Where to find emergency shelters, warming centres in Montreal
Montreal shelters for residents will remain open Sunday night, says Mayor Valérie Plante.
View ArticleHow did the city of Montreal end up paying a private developer’s mortgage?
The 40-year deal to house the Sanaaq centre downtown includes an arrangement for $21.25 million in direct payments to Devimco’s bankers.
View ArticleMontreal's unusual Sanaaq centre deal gives developer a tax break
The city waived key rights in an agreement described as "immoral from A to Z."
View ArticleWho had the authority to approve the $68.6M Sanaaq centre deal?
Ville-Marie borough council bound the central city to pay for what it never vetted.
View ArticleOld Montreal fire: Years of infractions, inspection reports reveal
Violations between 2009 and 2018 included blocked and "dead-end" secondary exits on two floors and a non-compliant fire alarm system.
View ArticleOld Montreal fire: Inspectors found Airbnbs, rooming houses at owner's other...
The fire department returned to three problem properties belonging to Emile H. Benamor after the deadly blaze in March.
View ArticleQuebec group launches online rent registry to promote transparency in housing...
A Léger poll commissioned by Vivre en Ville has found that when tenants move, their rent soars by an average of nearly 19 per cent.
View ArticleMill St. at heart of tug of war between Montreal and Crown corporation
The city claims it's negotiating with Canada Lands to acquire all of Mill St., but Canada Lands says it's selling a part to a developer.
View ArticleCommunity groups risk being squeezed out of downtown
Gentrification, condo-ization and rising rents are pushing out non-profits from their once affordable rental spaces in Peter-McGill district.
View ArticleEasier to sell than stay: Women's Y an example of pressures on downtown...
Costly maintenance and repairs plus low rents equal few options for non-profit spaces in Peter-McGill district, an area of the city with dire needs.
View ArticleDowntown Montreal YMCA building is idling while community groups need space
The YMCAs of Quebec says either all or part of the downtown Y will be sold, though it wants to maintain a social impact in the city centre.
View ArticleDowntown YMCA's uncertain future 'scandalous,' community groups say
If the city and province bought and repurposed the building, it "could solve a big part of the problem" with the space crunch facing non-profits, they argue.
View ArticleSale of Montreal Children’s Hospital site shrouded in secrets and falsehoods
In what was described as an "open and transparent" process, there was no public call for tenders and details remain undisclosed seven years later.
View ArticleThere are no rules for selling government real estate in Quebec
A call for tenders is not required, a market appraisal is not required, and the identities and prices of other bids don't have to be revealed publicly.
View ArticleDecaying historic Côte-St-Paul ex-town hall for sale for $1
After leaving it vacant for a decade, the City of Montreal is selling the 1910 building. The buyer would have to shoulder the costs to repair and preserve its historic nature.
View ArticleQuebec's refusal of its own English certificate 'complete nonsense,' Liberals...
"An official document that was issued by the government of Quebec should always be accepted by the government of Quebec," says Liberal MNA Madwa-Nika Cadet.
View ArticleWeekend traffic: Bridges among trouble spots for drivers
The Jacques-Cartier Bridge and its access ramps will be closed during the fireworks competition Thursday and Sunday nights.
View ArticleMontreal can temporarily bar entrepreneurs from getting contracts, court rules
The Quebec Superior Court ruling against a snow-removal entrepreneur is considered an important test of the city's power to regulate contracts.
View ArticleMontreal to honour pioneering women with room names in city hall
Most of the 13 new names will pay tribute to women, including Kathleen Fisher and Thérèse Daviau.
View ArticleClosing Camillien-Houde Way would be unsafe, fire department tells Montreal
A document reveals the city is studying a potential ban on cars and trucks for a segment of the Mount Royal through road. The fire department says the proposal would complicate rescue operations.
View ArticleWhen the Van Horne mansion fell 50 years ago, citizens stood up
Anglophones and francophones united to save the city's distinct heritage.
View ArticleRecalling the wrecker's ball: A Q&A on the Van Horne mansion's legacy
Fifty years later, seven people who were part of the nascent preservation movement reflect on the demolition’s lasting impact.
View ArticleMcGill guts row houses on Pine Ave., exposing holes in heritage protection
Mayor Valérie Plante and the Quebec Culture Department permitted McGill University to partially demolish a row of 120-year-old buildings at the foot of Mount Royal despite heritage classification.
View ArticleOld Montreal fire started with gasoline in basement stairwell, report reveals
In an internal document, firefighters recount in harrowing detail what they saw when they arrived on the scene of the March blaze that killed seven.
View ArticleNordelec project leaves many questions unanswered, residents tell public meeting
"Are you going to allow a project, in the middle of a housing crisis, to have zero housing?"
View ArticleUpdate: Laval extends water warning for Ste-Dorothée sector
City is distributing water and making showers available for residents of affected areas.
View ArticleObituary: Photographer Brian Merrett, quiet saviour of Montreal heritage, was...
His photos — and the architectural subjects he showcased — are celebrated, but the man was not. And he was fine with that.
View ArticleProjet Montréal withholding report on affordable housing 'fiasco,' opposition...
If a report card on the city's much-vaunted 2021 housing bylaw is not presented to citizens, "it's a big problem," says Ensemble Montréal.
View ArticleOpposition accuses Plante administration of circumventing democracy with...
City executive committee member Robert Beaudry urged caution and said the project followed the correct process.
View ArticleMontreal rally planned in support of hostages kidnapped in Israel
Members of Montreal's Jewish community say that many have a connection to someone killed or kidnapped in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.
View ArticleQuebec's Palestinian community worried about family in Gaza
"The messages I get daily are 'We're really scared.' This feels like Armageddon for them. Like the end of times."
View ArticlePlante administration plans to show housing-bylaw report card to the public
The Plante administration's 2021 bylaw was supposed to spur social housing construction. A public hearing on the report card will be held Nov. 10.
View ArticleQuebec backed Hôtel-Dieu housing plan, but 'nothing is happening'
After waiting years for a widely supported plan to redevelop the site, "the level of frustration is very, very high."
View ArticleIn wake of Côte-St-Luc suicide, coroner calls for action on workplace bullying
A Quebec coroner is reminding employers of their legal obligation to address workplace harassment and bullying in the wake of a 2021 death
View ArticleReport card into Montreal housing bylaw prompts calls to suspend it
Using words like "could" and "should," Montreal's long-awaited report card on its two-year-old housing bylaw forecasts the Projet Montréal administration's regulation will eventually surpass the...
View ArticleDominique Ollivier resigns from Montreal executive committee, remains councillor
Ollivier has faced controversy over expenses she filed while she was head of the city's public consultation office.
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