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City workers descended on a homeless camp in Montreal North on Monday evening. The camp had been tolerated, and there was no warning. La Presse says the mayor will soon announce a new policy about encampments.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133895
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
City workers descended on a homeless camp in Montreal North on Monday evening. The camp had been tolerated, and there was no warning. La Presse says the mayor will soon announce a new policy about encampments.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133895
The McCord-Stewart museum has opened a show on the evolution of restaurants in Montreal over the last 60 years.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133893
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The McCord-Stewart museum has opened a show on the evolution of restaurants in Montreal over the last 60 years.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133893
The CBC has a brief history of secularism under the CAQ government. I'm looking forward to police moving in on the Good Friday march and charging everybody with praying in public.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133891
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The CBC has a brief history of secularism under the CAQ government. I'm looking forward to police moving in on the Good Friday march and charging everybody with praying in public.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133891
The city has bought a decrepit cinema, the Cinéma Paradis in Tétreaultville, to tear down and build "affordable and social" housing. The city has acquired various pieces of land and property over the last while with intentions like this. What they should do... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133889
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The city has bought a decrepit cinema, the Cinéma Paradis in Tétreaultville, to tear down and build "affordable and social" housing. The city has acquired various pieces of land and property over the last while with intentions like this. What they should do... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133889
How many of us will be cycling in 2055? The promised new bike path for the Jacques‑Cartier bridge has been put off for 30 years, to be done at the same time as the planned replacement of the entire bridge deck at that time. Can't be pinned on the new city... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133885
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
How many of us will be cycling in 2055? The promised new bike path for the Jacques‑Cartier bridge has been put off for 30 years, to be done at the same time as the planned replacement of the entire bridge deck at that time. Can't be pinned on the new city... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133885
There were three drownings around Verdun beach in summer 2025. The borough is promising to make the area safer, adding new signage, barriers, and maps showing prohibited zones. We've discussed the phenomenon here before. No matter what the authorities do, the... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133882
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
There were three drownings around Verdun beach in summer 2025. The borough is promising to make the area safer, adding new signage, barriers, and maps showing prohibited zones. We've discussed the phenomenon here before. No matter what the authorities do, the... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133882
In July, an evangelical church in the Plateau hosted a concert by right‑wing American singer Sean Feucht, and the city levied a $2,500 fine for not having a permit. Now the church is suing the city, trying to make it a question of freedom of speech.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133880
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In July, an evangelical church in the Plateau hosted a concert by right‑wing American singer Sean Feucht, and the city levied a $2,500 fine for not having a permit. Now the church is suing the city, trying to make it a question of freedom of speech.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133880
Taras Grescoe writes a paean to the REM in Maclean's, although calling it "fast, cheap transit" is a stretch.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133877
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Taras Grescoe writes a paean to the REM in Maclean's, although calling it "fast, cheap transit" is a stretch.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133877
The Siebel Institute of Technology, which has been teaching beer brewing in Chicago since 1872, is picking up sticks and moving to Montreal as of next year. Many of their students are international and can't or won't study in the United States under the... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133872
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Siebel Institute of Technology, which has been teaching beer brewing in Chicago since 1872, is picking up sticks and moving to Montreal as of next year. Many of their students are international and can't or won't study in the United States under the... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133872
A project called Toit à moi is buying condos to combat homelessness. It sounds like the plan is to find sponsors who will help pay rent on these condos to make them accessible for people who would otherwise be unable to afford housing. It's not as if Toit à... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133870
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
A project called Toit à moi is buying condos to combat homelessness. It sounds like the plan is to find sponsors who will help pay rent on these condos to make them accessible for people who would otherwise be unable to afford housing. It's not as if Toit à... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133870
The Guy Street train viaduct was pranged again Tuesday morning, stopping the Exo trains while the structure was inspected for safety. Item reminds us that the REM was stopped last week by a similar accident. Maybe truck drivers need to face a more serious... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133868
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The Guy Street train viaduct was pranged again Tuesday morning, stopping the Exo trains while the structure was inspected for safety. Item reminds us that the REM was stopped last week by a similar accident. Maybe truck drivers need to face a more serious... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133868
A building abandoned since 2012 was the site of a fire last weekend. A representative of the Comité logement Rosemont makes the point that it should be illegal to allow a building to lie empty so that squatters move in and possibly cause fires.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133866
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
A building abandoned since 2012 was the site of a fire last weekend. A representative of the Comité logement Rosemont makes the point that it should be illegal to allow a building to lie empty so that squatters move in and possibly cause fires.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133866
Since we have no other problems in Quebec, J‑F Roberge is presenting his new secularism bill this week, making it illegal to have prayer rooms in postsecondary educational establishments or offer "religion‑based meals". Le Devoir's wording here is pretty... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133857
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Since we have no other problems in Quebec, J‑F Roberge is presenting his new secularism bill this week, making it illegal to have prayer rooms in postsecondary educational establishments or offer "religion‑based meals". Le Devoir's wording here is pretty... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133857
Mayor MF is opposed to the principle in the proposed Quebec constitution that cities would mostly lose the right to contest the constitutionality of new laws. She's not the only person who has a problem with the proposed constitution. Objections are cropping... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133855
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Mayor MF is opposed to the principle in the proposed Quebec constitution that cities would mostly lose the right to contest the constitutionality of new laws. She's not the only person who has a problem with the proposed constitution. Objections are cropping... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133855
Fifteen cars were set on fire in a lot in St‑Laurent early Tuesday, in a location where a similar incident happened in 2023.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133852
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Fifteen cars were set on fire in a lot in St‑Laurent early Tuesday, in a location where a similar incident happened in 2023.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133852
Monday evening is the first city council session for the new administration, the mayor starting out with new funding for the boroughs.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133848
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Monday evening is the first city council session for the new administration, the mayor starting out with new funding for the boroughs.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133848
There was a massive fire overnight in Sud‑Ouest borough – another empty building. On Streetview you can see that the printing company used to have residential spaces upstairs, but like so many, presumably they had been left unoccupied.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133843
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
There was a massive fire overnight in Sud‑Ouest borough – another empty building. On Streetview you can see that the printing company used to have residential spaces upstairs, but like so many, presumably they had been left unoccupied.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133843
Three major real estate promoters are proposing a big residential project offering 2500 units for the homeless. The article addresses the inevitable question: what's in it for the developers? A professor of urban studies at UdeM says they may not profit, but... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133838
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Three major real estate promoters are proposing a big residential project offering 2500 units for the homeless. The article addresses the inevitable question: what's in it for the developers? A professor of urban studies at UdeM says they may not profit, but... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133838
There were reports of shots fired near the prison in Rivière‑des‑Prairies on Saturday. Radio‑Canada says shells were found on the ground, TVA that a weapon was found with photos of four possible targets among the inmates – Leonardo Rizzuto and... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133836
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
There were reports of shots fired near the prison in Rivière‑des‑Prairies on Saturday. Radio‑Canada says shells were found on the ground, TVA that a weapon was found with photos of four possible targets among the inmates – Leonardo Rizzuto and... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133836
A second young man has died after the REM track incident early Saturday. Possibly worse: the two dead young men were brothers.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133833
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A second young man has died after the REM track incident early Saturday. Possibly worse: the two dead young men were brothers.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133833
Le Devoir seems to feel that there's a rapprochement between Martinez Ferrada and Legault that might make the CAQ government more benevolent towards Montreal. But the mayor must have in the back of her mind that Legault may not be premier for most of her term... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133830
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Le Devoir seems to feel that there's a rapprochement between Martinez Ferrada and Legault that might make the CAQ government more benevolent towards Montreal. But the mayor must have in the back of her mind that Legault may not be premier for most of her term... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133830
Le Devoir has a feature on Park Extension mostly considering its food offerings.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133827
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Le Devoir has a feature on Park Extension mostly considering its food offerings.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133827
Time Out magazine has consecrated Sherbrooke Street as among the coolest streets in the world. They list its museums, architecture, hotels, universities, and even Chalet BBQ as reasons for the classing.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133824
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Time Out magazine has consecrated Sherbrooke Street as among the coolest streets in the world. They list its museums, architecture, hotels, universities, and even Chalet BBQ as reasons for the classing.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133824
The crisis in the PLQ was a big topic this week, especially captivating in that nobody's certain what happened. Brownies, by the way, refers to $100 bills, as also mentioned in Chapleau's drawing about the crisis. Ygreck too saw a break for the other parties... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133797
November 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The crisis in the PLQ was a big topic this week, especially captivating in that nobody's certain what happened. Brownies, by the way, refers to $100 bills, as also mentioned in Chapleau's drawing about the crisis. Ygreck too saw a break for the other parties... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133797
Vincent Marissal has parted ways with Québec Solidaire, claiming he left voluntarily. The party says they threw him out because he's been schmoozing up to the PQ, who look like they may be in power after next year's election.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133817
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Vincent Marissal has parted ways with Québec Solidaire, claiming he left voluntarily. The party says they threw him out because he's been schmoozing up to the PQ, who look like they may be in power after next year's election.... https://mtlcityweblog.com/?p=133817