Dorval excluded company from contract bid, entrepreneur claims
An entrepreneur says the city of Dorval went out of its way to prevent him from knowing it was accepting bids to renew his expiring container transportation contract and to block him from bidding as...
View ArticleLow unemployment rates in Quebec mask systemic discrimination, experts say
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View ArticleMontreal's decade of economic growth, police scandals and corruption
Only in Montreal could orange traffic cones inspire so many playful tourist item effigies, from T-shirts to fridge magnets to salt and pepper shakers. Read More
View ArticleLack of consular services an added complication for Montreal Iranians
While he grieves for the victims of the plane crash in Iran that claimed 57 Canadians on Wednesday, Hossein Pourshafiey says he also worries for the family members of those who were lost as they now...
View ArticleCouncil motion calls on city of Montreal to name public place after Warren...
Warren Allmand championed different causes during his 50 years of public service, and now a slew of his former collaborators are championing a cause to have the city honour him. Read More
View ArticleLand in new Grand parc with links to Mafia to remain private — for now
It looks like a strip of land that slices through Montreal's new Grand parc de l'ouest and that's owned by a group of people and companies that have links to a who’s who of the Montreal Mafia will...
View ArticlePQ wants to fight "rapid anglicization" of Laval and South Shore
The Parti Québécois caucus is talking again about a need to counter the "rapid anglicization" of Montreal, as well as Laval and the Montérégie. Read More
View ArticleC.D.N.—N.D.G. trying to block developer's housing project with zoning change
Disputes over municipal zoning requests often unfold like this: A developer gets the local council's support for a zoning change for a project that raises hackles in a neighbourhood, so residents sign...
View ArticleWe won't use overhauled Green Fund to cover REM deficit, CAQ government says
A sharp-eyed transportation expert has found wording in the Coalition Avenir Québec government's bill to overhaul the Green Fund that would enable the province to use the billion-dollar environmental...
View Article'Papa, are we going to leave?' So many families facing eviction in...
When the eviction notices arrived for all six apartments in Mohammed Amfizguy's building on Dec. 27, he and most of his neighbours resolved to challenge them so they could stay. Read More
View ArticleComptroller general has four reports on work atmosphere in C.D.N.–N.D.G.
Sue Montgomery says the Montreal comptroller general's office wouldn't give her a copy of its report concluding psychological harassment by a member of her staff in Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce...
View ArticleRent subsidies and social housing among solutions proposed for Parc-Ex
Some say rent subsidies might help ease the effects of the rapid gentrification of Parc-Extension, others say the answer is more social housing coupled with more creative solutions, such as...
View ArticleN.D.G. station closing raises question whether Montreal police still answer...
A controversial plan to merge police stations in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Côte-St-Luc isn’t the Montreal police department's first attempt to fold the two stations into one, an examination of station...
View ArticleBoroughs, suburbs ready for battle amid rumours of four police station closings
Rumours are swirling that Notre-Dame-de-Grâce's police station is the first of four stations the Montreal police department is planning to close across the island this year. Read More
View ArticlePolice plan to close N.D.G. station renews concerns in R.D.P.
No one remembers how the rumour about a Montreal police plan to close Station 45 in Rivière-des-Prairies began in 2014. Read More
View ArticleRotrand calls on Norris to resign as head of Montreal public safety committee
Opposition councillor Marvin Rotrand says he's calling on the chair of city council's public safety committee, Alexander Norris, to resign from the position over the way he has handled the closing of a...
View ArticleQuebec needs drive-through coronavirus testing facilities, doctor says
Quebec could expedite the screening process for the novel coronavirus if it set up drive-through testing sites as have Ontario and New York State, says a physician who had to wait more than 10 hours to...
View ArticleScientists welcome Quebec’s aggressive coronavirus measures. Here’s why
The critical number in Quebec right now isn't how many people have the new coronavirus, but how many other people they and perhaps others who are not yet showing symptoms will infect, experts in...
View ArticleCoronavirus: McGill students stuck in Morocco, Canadian embassy blamed
A group of geology students from McGill University say they're stranded in Morocco amid the deepening global coronavirus crisis, and their professor who is with them says the Canadian government and...
View ArticleSpring flooding: West Island communities keep eye on water levels
The borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro says that even with the coronavirus pandemic, it's preparing for spring flood season. Read More
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