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‘A critical step towards a more connected health care system,’ says Papineau Liberal MPThe Carney government in Ottawa has introduced a new bill, the Connected Care for Canadians Act, which is part of the Liberals’ strategy to build up and...

Youths from Centre Jeunesse Unie on Bloomfield seek funding for renovationsIn his opening remarks during the February 3 meeting of the Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc Extension borough council, Mayor Jean-François Lalonde noted that the council was moving forward to authorize the construction...

Montreal’s borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension is preparing for a weekend of sport, fun and community engagement as it hosts the Festival Sportif de Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension on Saturday, February 14 and Sunday, February 15, 2026. The annual event, now a fixture in...

Parc-Extension continues to reflect the contradictions shaping Montréal’s housing market: rents that remain comparatively moderate by national standards, paired with persistent volatility and mounting pressure on local households.According to recent rental market tracking by Zumper, the median monthly rent...

In Parc-Extension, Brique par brique has emerged as a key community anchor, offering programs that combine economic participation, social integration and neighbourhood engagement.Operating out of its Beaumont Avenue community centre, Brique par brique serves immigrants, refugees and long-time residents...

As grocery prices continue to rise across Canada, residents of Park-Extension are feeling the impact more acutely than most, according to food security advocates and recent reporting from Montreal-based media.Statistics Canada’s latest food price index, published within the last...

By Dimitris Ilias — Park Extension NewsThe Borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension has tabled its 2026 Operating Budget and its 10-year Capital Works Program (PDI), laying out an ambitious roadmap touching nearly every aspect of daily life in our neighbourhoods, from...

In a neighbourhood like Park Extension, where life is packed into every street and every storefront window, it is rarely the loudest voices that keep things moving. It is the volunteer who organizes food boxes quietly behind a curtain...

Residents of Parc Extension will soon have the chance to explore two striking photographic universes under one roof. From December 3 to January 25, the Maison de la culture de Parc-Extension will present Six Steps and The Show Must...

Proposed Quebec constitution law would prioritize French, secularism and collective rightsAfter reading and analyzing the Legault government’s Bill 1, the Task Force on Linguistic Policy has concluded the proposed constitution legislation “is a threat to the 1.25 million English...