The recent closure of three metro stations on Montreal's blue line, including those near Parc-Extension, should serve as a wake-up call for the Quebec...
The Bye Bye Béton! initiative, which launched in Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension (VSP) in 2024, is returning for its second year. This program, which focuses on urban...
Quebec’s unveiling of its first-ever action plan to improve abortion access on November 19, 2024, resonates strongly with communities like Parc-Extension, where diverse populations...
The parking saga in Parc-Extension, which our newspaper has extensively covered over the years, is evolving into a city-wide controversy. What began as a...
The Quebec government has stirred strong reactions within the medical community with its plan to require new doctors to start their careers within the...
A new report has thrust Park-Extension, one of Montreal’s most overlooked neighborhoods, into the spotlight, revealing how urban design and public policy choices have...
Parc-Extension, has long been a landing spot for new immigrants. However, recent developments have significantly impacted its housing market, leading to concerns about affordability...
Parc-Extension, has long been a landing spot for new immigrants. However, recent developments have significantly impacted its housing market, leading to concerns about affordability...
The current issue of the Parc-Extension News published November 8th, 2024.Covering Parc-Extension’s local news, politics, sports and other newsworthy events.
Alleys in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension (VSP) borough serve multiple functions, from providing access to residences to being spaces where neighbors interact and children play. However,...
The current issue of the Parc-Extension News published October 25th, 2024.Covering Parc-Extension’s local news, politics, sports and other newsworthy events.
Laurence Lavigne Lalonde, the Mayor of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, has announced the borough’s 2025 budget, presenting what she describes as a balanced and responsible financial plan....
The Mayor of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, Laurence Lavigne Lalonde, has announced a slight reduction in the local tax rate for 2025. The new rate is set...
The current issue of the Parc-Extension News published October 11th, 2024.Covering Parc-Extension’s local news, politics, sports and other newsworthy events.
The current issue of the Parc-Extension News published September 27th, 2024.Covering Parc-Extension’s local news, politics, sports and other newsworthy events.
No Relief Expected Anytime Soon
The traffic situation in Greater Montreal affecting the already crowded borough of Parc-Extension has reached extreme levels this year, with...
The parking saga in Parc-Extension, which our newspaper has extensively covered over the years, is evolving into a city-wide controversy. What began as a localized issue in this densely populated neighborhood is now expanding into other boroughs, drawing greater attention and sparking broader disputes over urban planning and accessibility.The...
Local photographer puts neighbourhood front and centre in his work
In one photo, a line of damp clothes runs through the leafy canopy of a green, back alley, crisscrossed by the dark shadows of electricity lines. In another, an elderly man collects cans and bottles in the bins that line...
Éducaloi and CAPE host second renters workshop
Many renters in Park Extension have either already or will soon be receiving a notice that their rent will soon go up. With most leases renewing on Jul. 1, owners often take this opportunity to increase rent prices in their units.
While many questions...
The recent closure of three metro stations on Montreal's blue line, including those near Parc-Extension, should serve as a wake-up call for the Quebec...
The Bye Bye Béton! initiative, which launched in Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension (VSP) in 2024, is returning for its second year. This program, which focuses on urban...
Quebec’s unveiling of its first-ever action plan to improve abortion access on November 19, 2024, resonates strongly with communities like Parc-Extension, where diverse populations...
The parking saga in Parc-Extension, which our newspaper has extensively covered over the years, is evolving into a city-wide controversy. What began as a...
The Quebec government has stirred strong reactions within the medical community with its plan to require new doctors to start their careers within the...
A new report has thrust Park-Extension, one of Montreal’s most overlooked neighborhoods, into the spotlight, revealing how urban design and public policy choices have...
Parc-Extension, has long been a landing spot for new immigrants. However, recent developments have significantly impacted its housing market, leading to concerns about affordability...
Parc-Extension, has long been a landing spot for new immigrants. However, recent developments have significantly impacted its housing market, leading to concerns about affordability...
The current issue of the Parc-Extension News published November 8th, 2024.Covering Parc-Extension’s local news, politics, sports and other newsworthy events.
Alleys in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension (VSP) borough serve multiple functions, from providing access to residences to being spaces where neighbors interact and children play. However,...
The current issue of the Parc-Extension News published October 25th, 2024.Covering Parc-Extension’s local news, politics, sports and other newsworthy events.
Laurence Lavigne Lalonde, the Mayor of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, has announced the borough’s 2025 budget, presenting what she describes as a balanced and responsible financial plan....
The Mayor of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, Laurence Lavigne Lalonde, has announced a slight reduction in the local tax rate for 2025. The new rate is set...
The current issue of the Parc-Extension News published October 11th, 2024.Covering Parc-Extension’s local news, politics, sports and other newsworthy events.
The current issue of the Parc-Extension News published September 27th, 2024.Covering Parc-Extension’s local news, politics, sports and other newsworthy events.
No Relief Expected Anytime Soon
The traffic situation in Greater Montreal affecting the already crowded borough of Parc-Extension has reached extreme levels this year, with...
The parking saga in Parc-Extension, which our newspaper has extensively covered over the years, is evolving into a city-wide controversy. What began as a localized issue in this densely populated neighborhood is now expanding into other boroughs, drawing greater attention and sparking broader disputes over urban planning and accessibility.The...
Local photographer puts neighbourhood front and centre in his work
In one photo, a line of damp clothes runs through the leafy canopy of a green, back alley, crisscrossed by the dark shadows of electricity lines. In another, an elderly man collects cans and bottles in the bins that line...
Éducaloi and CAPE host second renters workshop
Many renters in Park Extension have either already or will soon be receiving a notice that their rent will soon go up. With most leases renewing on Jul. 1, owners often take this opportunity to increase rent prices in their units.
While many questions...
Rats should be exterminated as soon as the sewers are opened during construction sites and waste management should be reviewed in Montreal to control the population of these rodents, says the opposition as more and more of the pests...
If during a visit to Parc-Extension pharmacy you are met with empty shelves when you need pain medication for your child, you are not alone. This is what parents face when they go to the pharmacy to buy acetaminophen...
As the average Park-extension household struggled with a general increase in prices after the onset of the war in Ukraine, citizens of our borough can finally take a breath as gas prices keep lowering and because of that, the...
As school restarts in Park-Ex, shopping for school supplies is a thrill for all young Park-exers. However, pencils, pens, highlighters, tubes of glue may have hidden health dangers: toxic and carcinogenic chemicals have been found in many school supplies...
For Park-extension’s aging population but also for its young families coming to settle in the borough, it is indeed bad news. In 2023, and for the second consecutive year, Montreal will welcome fewer new family physicians than expected.
In Montreal,...
Quebec extends mask use until end of April
Public Health Director says decision's due to rising COVID cases and hospitalization
Quebec extends province mandate indoors at least until April 30. That was announced on Tuesday April 5th, 2022, by the top...
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mr. André Lamontagne, announced the granting of financial assistance totaling $7.1 million to three organizations involved in the food processing sector. First, the Quebec Food Processing Council (CTAQ) is getting $750,000 to...
On March 21st was be Quebec Food Allergy Day. This was decreed in 2000 by the Ministry of Health and Social Services in order to sensitize the population of Quebec to the importance of the phenomenon. In Park-Extension, home...
Free workshop hosted by Parc-Extension library
Food waste and how to avoid it will be front and centre during a virtual workshop organized by the Parc-Extension library and set to be held next week. On Nov. 23, Florence-Léa Siry, an...
A small plant behind a big problem
Every year at around the same time at the end of the summer people across the country start getting itchy eyes, runny noses and congestion. But unlike the flu, this affliction is not...