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Montreal teen pushing for safer crosswalk after being hit by car on …
1 day ago · Montreal teenager Charlie Shein is not relenting. The 14-year-old is continuing to push for increased safety measures at a Montreal West crosswalk more than one month after being struck by a car. Charlie was on his way to school at Royal West Academy in early November when he was hit at the intersection of Westminster […]
Petition launched calling for halt to expansion of Montreal …
4 days ago · A petition is calling on Transport Canada to prohibit the expansion of the Montreal-Trudeau Airport, as a group claims it will lead to more noise and air pollution. Pierre Lachapelle, the president of Les Pollués de Montréal-Trudeau, says that plans to add a new terminal and 10 gates at the international airport will only worsen […]
Montreal to create 2 pedestrian-only public squares downtown
Nov 27, 2024 · The City of Montreal is planning to build two pedestrian-only public squares downtown — turning parts of the metropolis’ most popular street car free. The future Place McGill, between Robert-Bourassa Boulevard and Mansfield Street, is being touted as a “must-see destination in the heart of the city” by Mayor Valérie Plante. Place Concordia, between Bishop […]
Major water main break being investigated by city of Montreal ...
Aug 29, 2024 · The city of Montreal is conducting an emergency inspection of the water main pipe that burst open almost two weeks ago to determine the cause of the break and to inspect more of the pipe to evaluate its current state. “We’re inspecting right now 2.6 kilometers of the pipe that broke, including where it broke, […]
Montreal city councillors table motion to declare state of …
Nov 16, 2024 · A pair of independent Montreal city councillors have tabled a motion to get the city to declare a state of emergency on homelessness next week. The motion calls on the city to usher in a host of measures including requisitioning private accommodation spaces to shelter the unhoused before winter comes and allocating more resources to […]
Montreal police probe whether incendiary materials, five arrest, …
Oct 3, 2024 · Montreal police (SPVM) arrested five people, including three teens, in possession of incendiary material in Côte Saint-Luc and the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (CDN-NDG) borough early Wednesday morning. An investigation is ongoing and in a press release sent out Wednesday night, SPVM report that “one of its aims is to determine whether these events are local repercussions of […]
3 arrested after multiple shots fired at downtown property …
Oct 9, 2024 · City records show the building is owned by Emile Benamor, who also owns the buildings that burned Oct. 4 on Notre Dame Street East and March 2023 at Place d’Youville in Old Montreal.A total of nine people died in those fires. The building is also listed as Benamor’s law office with the Quebec Bar Association. “We can confirm the event regarding the office of my (client) this morning and ...
Montreal city hall reopens after $211M restoration, 5 years of work
Jun 7, 2024 · Montreal city hall reopened to the public Saturday, after five years of a heritage restoration project — at a cost of $211 million. Long lines of visitors snaked around the revamped heritage building.