Big election promises have little sway on undecided voters
Many question how the city will pay the inevitable, eventual price tag of projects pitched by Plante and Coderre.
View ArticleMayoral candidates should talk about constitutional recognition for cities,...
"The problem is the status quo" of how municipalities are funded.
View ArticleHead of Lachine Hospital physicians' council calls on Legault to keep ER open
The partial closure of the hospital's ER and intensive care beds "will cause unprecedented damage to local citizens and overwhelm the already overcrowded emergency rooms on the island of Montreal," Dr....
View ArticleHolness makes final pitch to voters: 'A unique opportunity to leave the past...
Mayoral candidate Balarama Holness called on voters to choose him and his Movement Montreal party as "a viable and credible" third option.
View ArticleAfter mayoral defeat, Holness vows Movement Montreal will continue
Running on the motto "People Before Politics," Movement Montreal mayoral candidate Balarama Holness waited with his troops for the people to give their answer on Sunday night.
View ArticleTwo recounts sought in tight T.M.R. council races
Two candidates who ran with Town of Mount Royal's mayor-elect, Peter Malouf, in Sunday's municipal election are seeking recounts in their districts.
View ArticleAnomalies found for mail-in and rejected ballots in Montreal
Ensemble Montréal announces it has filed applications in court for recounts in two borough mayoral races: C.D.N.–N.D.G. and R.D.P–P.A.T.
View ArticleJudge grants Ensemble Montréal requests for vote recounts in two boroughs
The recounts, which are to begin on Monday, include the seat of borough mayor in Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
View ArticleJudge denies recount requests in T.M.R. election
Équipe Peter Malouf candidates Sarah Morgan and Robert Tannous's requests lacked evidence that ballots were illegally counted or rejected or that the returning officer's official count is inaccurate,...
View Article71 rejected ballots in C.D.N.-N.D.G. borough mayor race are missing
Four court-ordered recounts in Montreal's Nov. 6-7 municipal election are set to begin on Monday, but anomalies in the voting results continue to accumulate.
View ArticleRecounts confirm three Projet Montréal wins
Gracia Kasoki Katahwa (Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough mayor), Despina Sourias (city councillor in Loyola district) and Lisa Christensen (city councillor for Pointe-aux-Prairies district)...
View ArticleMasked voters legally denied ballots, election authorities say
Despite a doctor's letter, "I was told, 'You either remove your mask or you leave'. So I left."
View ArticleWinners confirmed in final Montreal municipal election vote recounts
The latest recounts involved candidates in Outremont, Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles and the Tétreaultville district.
View ArticleAccess commission dismisses Gazette appeal to see police "petty cash" claims
Quebec's access to information commission has dismissed the Montreal Gazette's appeal to see Montreal police department expenses it labeled as "petty cash."
View ArticleÉlections Montréal says no anomalies found, no way to examine rejected ballots
The office says that while no anomalies occurred in Montreal's November municipal election, it is nonetheless calling for a "modernization of the electoral process."
View ArticleOpposition councillor's motion seeks answers for low voter turnout
Montreal city hall's opposition wants to summon election officials to a plenary to explain the low voter turnout in the last election.
View ArticleSnowflakes for Seniors brings a blast of holiday cheer in T.M.R.
The project distributes holiday bags to residents over 80 living alone or as a couple where one member is a caregiver to the other.
View ArticleMontreal suburbs cry foul over decree cementing transfer payments equation
Money sent to the agglomeration council, the body that finances such services as public transit, police and fire departments, is a bone of contention.
View ArticleREM de l'Est runs up against Morgan Park area's heritage
Will historic designation be enough to protect sightlines and buildings from elevated rail project?
View ArticleSuburbs denounce 'abusive' payment increases in 2022 Montreal budget
The Association of Suburban Municipalities said it "vigorously denounces" the Plante administration's decision to increase transfer payments to the agglomeration by an average 10.9 per cent.
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