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- Radio-Canada says the Barsalou building was inspected by Ville‑Marie borough a dozen times since 2024. And now the building is a heap of ruins.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135126
- Why is it that most politicians making a statement are photographed with a crowd of supporters posed around them? Right now I'm seeing Mayor Martinez Ferrada and PSPP portrayed this way, and even Charles Milliard, hustling to become head of the PLQ. But you... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135118
- Mixed blessings: Simon Jolin-Barrette says he won't be in the running to head the CAQ. That decision, however, leaves us with Christine Fréchette or possibly Bernard Drainville magically becoming premier on April 12. The idea of Drainville running this... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135116
- Weekend notes from Le Devoir, CityCrunch, Montréal Secret, CultMTL, CTV (last one will autoplay video – loudly).... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135112
- A commercial-residential building on Monkland in NDG has been urgently evacuated because of perceived structural instability. Monkland Taverne and the Old Orchard Pub are located on its ground floor, and have also been closed. More than a dozen households... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135100
- A commercial-residential building on Monkland in NDG has been urgently evacuated because of perceived structural instability. Monkland Taverne and the Old Orchard Pub are located on its ground floor, and have also been closed. More than a dozen households... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135100
- A commercial-residential building on Monkland in NDG has been urgently evacuated because of perceived structural instability. Monkland Taverne and the Old Orchard Pub are located on its ground floor, and have also been closed. More than a dozen households... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135100
- A commercial-residential building on Monkland in NDG has been urgently evacuated because of perceived structural instability. Monkland Taverne and the Old Orchard Pub are located on its ground floor, and have also been closed. More than a dozen households... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135100
- Mayor Martinez Ferrada plans to replace Projet's guidelines for including social housing in new developments in hopes of speeding up construction projects. Do governments that promise great things in return for removing regulations ever deliver?... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135105
- Bravo! Quebec has succeeded in deleting the crown from the province's coat of arms. I feel so much happier here now.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135102
- Bravo! Quebec has succeeded in deleting the crown from Quebec's coat of arms. I feel so muchhappier here now.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135102
- A commercial-residential building on Monkland in NDG has been urgently evacuated because of perceived structural instability. Monkland Taverne and the Old Orchard Pub are located on its ground floor, and have also been closed.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135100
- The owner of the Barsalou building destroyed by fire this week had been sent two infraction notices about its condition, but it sounds like there were no consequences to ignoring them, till the building burned down.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135098
- A man who watched an STM bus pass him without stopping has been awarded $2,000 – $1,000 for the inconvenience, trouble and stress, plus $1,000 in punitive damages. Obviously this plaintiff did some serious homework to bring the case to small claims court. I... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135093
- Arthur Galarneau, who killed his parents and his grandmother in a frenzy in March 2023, has been declared not criminally responsible because of mental illness. The Crown wants him also declared a high‑risk offender so his freedom can be circumscribed.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135095
- A man who watched an STM bus pass him without stopping has been awarded $2,000 – $1,000 for the inconvenience, trouble and stress, plus $1000 in punitive damages. Obviously this plaintiff did some serious homework to bring the case to small claims court. I... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135093
- Police have determined that nobody died in the Barsalou fire this week, but how the fire got started is still unknown.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135091
- The investigation into the cause of the fire in the old Barsalou building near the bridge has been transferred to the police arson squad.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135088
- A good piece from The Rover examines how the city has begun to rely on developers to dig it out of the housing crisis, even though the crisis is at least partly their doing. But the three levels of government are also answerable.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135086
- Police are seeking an unknown individual who may be an important witness in a 2018 killing – a shooting in a bar on St‑Laurent. Since this TVA piece gives some details about the man, it seems odd they conceal the name of the bar and blur faces in the... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135084
- A short stop-motion animation from Montreal has received an Oscar nomination. The gala is on March 15.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135082
- Half of the Chinatown population of 2,500 have signed a petition against transforming a heritage building into long‑term housing for the homeless. There's concern that such a project would bring even more homeless people to the small enclave than it already... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135080
- The mayor has spoken about her concerns for the homeless with a deep freeze expected on the weekend. Metro constables have been instructed to be more tolerant of loiterers, and more warming stations are being added.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135078
- In an effort to save money, the city has been using cut‑price chemicals in the east‑end wastewater treatment plant, leading to rising complaints about the bad smell around the plant.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135076
- I missed this one a few days ago: the future of the Falaise nature park in NDG is uncertain, with the budgeted money falling, while the city claims it still needs land from Quebec.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135074
- Early Tuesday morning, an SUV driver embedded his vehicle into a corner of the ground floor of the castellar Trafalgar building that looms over the western part of downtown. The driver and a woman who was inside the building were both injured. Another report,... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135052
- The Jacques-Cartier bridge is closed because of a massive fire in an empty building on de Lorimier near the access road. CTV has a backgrounder on the building's history. 3:30, the southbound side of the bridge is partly open. Interesting details on radio... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135062
- The Jacques-Cartier bridge is closed because of a massive fire in an empty building on de Lorimier near the access road. CTV has a backgrounder on the building's history. 3:30. the southbound side of the bridge is partly open. Interesting details on radio... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135062
- The Jacques-Cartier bridge is closed because of a massive fire in an empty building on de Lorimier near the access road. CTV has a backgrounder on the building's history..... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135062
- Rosemont borough is planning to open the old Piscine St‑Denis building – out of commission for its original purpose for a year – as a warming station for the homeless. Borough mayor François Limoges is clearly braced for push‑back from denizens of... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135067
- Rosemont borough is planning to open the old Piscine St‑Denis building – out of commission for its original purpose for a year – as a warming station for the homeless. Borough mayor François Limoges is clearly braced for push‑back from denizens of... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135067
- Quebec's toponymy commission has added a dozen new names to the map, including Place du Pain‑et‑des‑Roses in eastern Ville‑Marie.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135065
- The Jacques-Cartier bridge is closed because of a massive fire in an empty building on de Lorimier near the access road.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135062
- The Jacques-Cartier bridge is closed because of a massive fire on de Lorimier near the access road.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135062
- A man was shot dead in Kahnawake on Tuesday afternoon. Kyle Chad Grabowski was not Mohawk, and his history is described tersely under "Plusieurs antécédents" in the La Presse piece.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135057
- Investigators looked into the details of a cold case, and now a man is on trial for the murder of Patricia Ferguson in 1999. Serge Audette, 72, has a record of sexual assaults; his lawyer tried to have the case thrown out this week, but it's going ahead.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135059
- A plan to convert the old Van Horne warehouse into artist studios and a hotel has been given the nod by the OCPM. With a diagram showing how the space will be allotted. Video report from CBC. Friday morning, La Presse has some negative reactions, particularly... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=134788
- Early Tuesday morning, an SUV driver embedded his vehicle into a corner of the ground floor of the castellar Trafalgar building that looms over the western part of downtown. The driver and a woman who was inside the building were both injured. Another report,... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135052
- Two years ago, a language interpreter at the Longueuil courthouse was the victim of a savage attack which he survived against long odds. The alleged attacker's trial has begun. No link has been mentioned between the two men, so the motive for the attack by a... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135028
- Early Tuesday morning, an SUV driver embedded his vehicle into a corner of the ground floor of the castellar Trafalgar building that looms over the western part of downtown. The driver and a woman who was inside the building were both injured.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135052
- The EMSB is suing the CAQ government again over its tinkering with its committee that manages school tax revenue. Previously, elected officials were included, but not any more under CAQ's system of direct control.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135050
- The entire REM network is down as I type, at 9 on Tuesday morning. The REM site just has the laconic message Ensemble du réseau – Interruption de service. More on this in La Presse.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135044
- The entire REM network is down as I type, at 9 on Tuesday morning. The REM site just has the laconic message Ensemble du réseau – Interruption de service.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135044
- Shots were fired Monday evening at a bar in St‑Léonard which was open, with customers inside. Nobody was injured. La Presse names the establishment, the Beaches Pub, tells us that it was the target of arson last month, and links its ownership to the mob.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135042
- Shots were fired Monday evening at a bar in St‑Léonard which was open, with customers inside. Nobody was injured. La Presse names the establishment, the Beaches Pub, tells us that it was the target of arson last month, and links its ownership to the mob.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135042
- The entire REM network is down as I type, at 9 on Tuesday morning. The REM site just has the laconic message Ensemble du réseau – Interruption de service.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135044
- Shots were fired Monday evening at a restaurant in St‑Léonard which was open, with customers inside. Nobody was injured.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135042
- The trial of Salim Touaibi and Aymane Bouadi for murder in the first degree has begun. Five years ago, Meriem Boundaoui, a teenager sitting in a car in St‑Léonard, was shot dead in what this article says was a feud over parking spaces between two... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=134897
- Under the Plante administration, the city had hoped to make restaurants and grocery stores donate all unsold but edible food to organizations feeding the hungry. But it turns out that cities don't have the legal power to compel merchants in that way. So now... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135034
- A recycling company with a lot of contracts with Montreal is visibly failing Rosemont, where rejected paper and plastic are visible on many streets.... mtlcityweblog.com/?p=135037