Weekend 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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