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Annual Distribution of Free Flowers and Vegetable Plants Enhances Park-Extension’s Beauty and Promotes Urban Gardening

Residents of VSP, and specifically Park-Extension, can look forward to the annual distribution of free flowers and vegetable plants on May 20, organized in collaboration with partner organization Ville en vert. The event is aimed at enhancing the beauty...

The City of Montreal begins its major spring cleaning

The City of Montreal is launching its major spring cleaning operation, which will last approximately six weeks and which will restore the city's luster, in particular by eliminating the abrasives used during the winter. The City is reminding residents...

Sharp increase in the number of feminicides in Canada: 184 women killed in 2022

Nearly 60% of the victims were killed by their partner or by an ex. The number of feminicides is on the rise in Canada and is far higher than the numbers before the COVID-19 pandemic with a woman killed every...

Record number of resignations at the SPVM

Montreal police officers are going through difficult times: after a record number of 78 resignations in 2022, no less than twenty have been added since the start of the year. This was indicated by the president of their union,...

A summit to improve construction site management

How can we reduce the impacts of construction sites on economic activities and on the daily life of the population? The new City of Montreal press release asks the question answering it with the announcement of a Summit on...

The director of the Montreal PD increases the hiring salary of all his new police officers

The director of the SPVM, Fady Dagher, took a first step to show that he cares about the working conditions of his young police officers which keep our borough of Park-Extension safe. These young officers were underpaid compared to...

Paid parking everywhere in Montreal, a new report recommends

New measures are being proposed which will alter even more Park-Extension and access to the small businesses as well as residential units are being proposed in a white paper tabled Tuesday March 7th by the Montreal Regional Council for...

Internet prices to drop

CRTC launches review of approach to Internet services competition and lowers some wholesale rates effectively immediately.On March 8th 2023, the CRTC launched a consultation on the Internet services market to increase competition, create more choice and lower prices. For...

Hundreds of real estate brokers ready to call quits

In Parc-Extension as well as all over Quebec real-estate brokers are feeling the effects of a slowdown in the market whish was predicted after the abnormal situation during the pandemic. After a lean winter and a market that continues to...

Darkness shades Montreal highways

The network on the island of Montreal suffers from a lack of lighting this winter Nearly a quarter of the lights on Montreal highways are out this winter due to breakage or lack of maintenance, according to local media. For...