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Journalist @ The Montreal Gazette. Runner/Triathlete. 🏊🏻‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️Fan of mysteries. Spike’s employee of the month. 🐈
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Winter just became more interesting for walkers, runners and cyclists who use the multifunctional paths along the Lachine Canal in summer. montrealgazette.com/news/sud-oue...
Winter boon: Sud-Ouest borough to clear snow from 5 kms of Lachine Canal paths
Winter just got more tolerable for walkers and cyclists who use the multifunctional paths on Lachine Canal through the Sud-Ouest borough.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Another Griffintown? Development battle brewing in fast-growing C.D.N.-N.D.G. neighbourhood

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Another Griffintown? Development battle brewing in fast-growing C.D.N.-N.D.G. neighbourhood
Opposition is mounting to the proposed complex in the borough: "Can the neighbourhood support another 570 families? You can't cram so many people in."
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December 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Some media outlets are harping on the high proportion of undecided in the polls leading up to the Nov. 2 Montreal election, as if these votes were up for grabs. In reality, most eligible voters are apathetic. They stay home. .../2 #MontrealElection
November 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Outraged by what they say is a punitive law that threatens to claw back their pay, 20% of the family physicians at Montreal's Queen Elizabeth health clinic have already applied to practice medicine outside the province, The Gazette's Aaron Derfel reports. #Law2
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One-fifth of doctors at Queen Elizabeth clinic plan to quit Quebec over new law
"This is the best gift to Ontario they've had since the first (Quebec sovereignty) referendum," Dr. Mark Roper said
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October 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Roadwork Redo Case No. 5: New sidewalks stand in the way of Maurice-Duplessis revamp montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...
Roadwork Redo Case No. 5: New sidewalks stand in the way of Maurice-Duplessis revamp
As the city goes "back to the drawing board" to redevelop the boulevard, some sidewalks built in 2022 will be ripped out and replaced by bike paths.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Roadwork Redo Case No. 4: The $5-million mobility corridor on St-Urbain is temporary
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Roadwork Redo Case No. 4: The $5-million mobility corridor on St-Urbain is temporary
The "light" project, to be completed in December 2026, removes nearly 450 parking spaces but leaves a 140-year-old underground water main untouched.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Roadwork Redo Case No. 3: Below new Jean-Talon REV lies water main from 1911
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Roadwork Redo Case No. 3: Below new Jean-Talon REV lies water main from 1911
The city of Montreal will have to come back at some point to address the underground rehabilitation of that water main as well as sewer and lead service lines.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Roadwork Redo Case No. 2: Christophe-Colomb bike path created twice in three years montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
Roadwork Redo Case No. 2: Christophe-Colomb bike path created twice in three years
The 2025 version is more of a "Cadillac" compared to the first — a wasteful example of poor planning and illogical work sequence, critics say.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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'There is no big picture' for roadwork in Montreal
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'There is no big picture' for roadwork in Montreal
How many times can one stretch of road be ripped up? A Gazette investigation looks at several streets where the answer is: too often.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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The truth about Montreal's credit rating: A fact check
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The truth about Montreal's credit rating: A fact check
Outgoing Mayor Valérie Plante claims the city's rating is recognition of her administration's sound financial management. Some context is in order.
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October 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Drug dealers have taken over downtown public low-income housing building, residents say By T'Cha Dunlevy montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
Drug dealers have taken over our downtown Montreal building, residents say
"I came here to live in peace. There is no peace," says one resident of the public housing complex Manoir Charles Dutaud, near Cabot Square.
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October 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Montreal limited competition on technology contract that received a single bid, firms say montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...
Montreal limited competition on technology contract that received a single bid, firms say
One financial constraint in particular imposed by the city was called "insane" by a businessman who intended to bid, but said he gave up because he felt the requirements were dissuasive.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Montreal inspector general stopped city from awarding contract without plans or specifications

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Montreal inspector general stopped city from awarding contract without plans or specifications
In a bid for greater transparency, Montreal’s inspector general says he’s going to start disclosing the details of wonky calls for tenders that he and his investigators stopped before it was too late.
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September 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Mount Royal revamp was doomed even before delay was announced, union leader says

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Mount Royal revamp was doomed even before delay was announced, union leader says
The $89-million redo of Camillien-Houde Way was “heading for a wall because it wasn’t well planned” and the city needs to cut costs, says the union representing Montreal’s municipal engineers.
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August 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Runner-up in Projet Montréal leadership race collected most donations, financial reports show

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Runner-up in Projet Montréal leadership race collected most donations, financial reports show
Gracia Kasoki Katahwa lost in the fourth round of voting though she raised $96 more than winner Luc Rabouin during the campaign.
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August 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Victoria Mboko wins National Bank Open, first Canadian champion since 2019
The wild card from Toronto defeated Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final at IGA Stadium in Montreal.
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August 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ contractor GardaWorld greenlighted to bid up to US$138M on new ICE contracts: By my Gazette colleague Harry North

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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ contractor GardaWorld greenlighted to bid up to US$138M on new ICE contracts
In July, The Gazette reported that the Montreal company was seeking armed guards for “a remote part of southern central Florida,” offering US$25 per hour, plus travel, meals and accommodation.
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August 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Westmount qualifies for exemption from high-density development requirements, former mayors say www.montrealgazette.com/news/local-p...
Westmount qualifies for exemption from high-density development requirements, former mayors say
The redevelopment plan for its southeast sector, bordering downtown, might be tweaked before it goes to a final vote of council on Sept. 8, Mayor Christina Smith says.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Changing estimates after bids close is illegal, but Montreal did it anyway

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Changing estimates after bids close is illegal, but Montreal did it anyway
The city department that awarded a $3.4-million traffic light contract last year lowered its estimate after the sole bid came in 51 per cent higher.
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July 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Montreal’s skyrocketing engineering costs are of its own making, study’s author says

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Montreal’s skyrocketing engineering costs are of its own making, study’s author says
Colin Pratte says city’s costs have risen well beyond inflation because it hasn’t heeded the recommendations of the Charbonneau Commission.
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June 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Montreal overspending on engineering contracts, union charges, with study pegging extra cost at $40M in 2024

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Montreal overspending on engineering contracts, union charges, with study pegging extra cost at $40M in 2024
City could have avoided the explosion in fees if it had followed the recommendations of the Charbonneau Commission, study adds.
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June 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Yes, there are good, positive things happening in the world, too.
May 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Trip of a lifetime to Montreal and Ottawa for Nunavik students who ‘deserve the world’
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Trip of a lifetime for Nunavik students who ‘deserve the world’
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May 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Quebec government ordered to pay $164 million plus interest in ‘historic’ class-action ruling for justice denied

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Quebec government ordered to pay $164 million plus interest in ‘historic’ class-action ruling for justice denied
A judge has ordered the Quebec government to pay $164 million plus interest in a ‘historic’ class-action ruling for years of violating rights to a court hearing within 24 hours of arrest.
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May 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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A bright idea for creating more social and affordable housing slips through the cracks: ‘Montreal isn’t ready for it’

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A bright idea for housing slips through the cracks: ‘Montreal isn’t ready for it’
A West Island charity’s novel project to integrate social housing into a fire station was dismissed by municipal authorities here — but it might just be the way of the future.
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May 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM