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The WWII Axis powers first ran into serious resistance in Greece in 1940Patriotic Greeks from all over Montreal joined elected officials along with leaders from the Hellenic community for a ceremony on October 26 at the Embassy in Chomedey...

Veteran Parc Ex city councillor says she’s ‘not going out without a fight’Veteran Parc Extension city councillor Mary Deros, who was hoping to win a record-setting eighth term, says she will be asking for a vote recount after falling...

In the neighbourhood of Parc‑Extension, the very diversity that supports its reputation as one of Montréal’s most multicultural areas now collides with persistent income and housing challenges that risk undermining community stability. A recent demographic profile paints a clear...

In the vibrant heart of Montréal’s Parc-Extension neighbourhood, Sunday’s municipal election delivered a drama worthy of the theatrical stage.When the ballots were counted after the Nov. 2, 2025 vote, the city-council seat for the district of Parc‑Extension came down...

In its 2025 election campaign platform, Projet Montréal says it is setting aside slogans in order to offer the centre city’s voters concrete solutions for priority problems.The most pressing of these, according to the party’s 2025 campaign platform, is...

In a preamble to Ensemble Montréal’s 2025 electoral platform, the party’s mayoralty candidate, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, says she dreams of an accessible and inclusive city.“A city where everyone has a roof over their head and can thrive,” states the...

Fears Parc Ex voters will be disoriented without their usual info cardsWith the postal service labour dispute still unresolved and door-to-door mail delivery uncertain, incumbent Parc Extension city councillor Mary Deros is worried that confusion resulting from Canada Post’s...

The summer of 2025 was one of the hottest Montréal has ever recorded, and nowhere was that heat felt more acutely than in Parc-Extension. With dense construction, limited vegetation, and a high concentration of paved surfaces, the neighbourhood once...

Parc-Extension is one of the most densely populated and culturally rich neighbourhoods in the city. For tenants living here amid small plexes, apartment buildings and mixed-use blocks the rules around what a landlord can and cannot do carry particular...

What began as two short stretches of painted asphalt in Parc-Extension has turned into one of Montreal’s most politically charged street fights — pitting cyclists, drivers, and candidates against one another over how the city’s arteries should breathe.At the...