Local News

The Parti Québécois and the FROHME want urgent action to prevent the privatization of other social housingSocial housing has always been a lifejacket for many families and individuals with financial difficulties especially in our borough of Park-Extension. On March...

As the population of Montreal ages, more and more seniors in Park Extension are looking for home care. This is not a Park-Ex phenomenon only and it represents part of the major shift towards home care that the government...

The Canadian Red Cross continues to provide vital assistance to people in Ukraine and surrounding countries. Red Cross teams are working in Ukraine and neighbouring countries to provide urgent items in an effort to alleviate human suffering caused by...

The economic shock wrought by the pandemic required an unprecedented government response to help Canadians weather its aftereffects. For families in Park-Extension that had to navigate the difficult economic situation, a new survey showed that the government assistance programs...

Federal government launches national consultationsFor such a diverse part of Montreal as Park-Extension, racism and hate are problems in the core of its existence. However even though in our borough different races manage to coexist, hate crimes in Canada...

After the unveiling of its 2022-2023 budget, the Government of Quebec detailed this March 28th the aid of more than $117 million that it grants to the City of Montreal to support it in its efforts to fight against...

Office de consultation publique de Montréal issues report on MIL campusOn Mar. 22, the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM), the independent body which oversees public consultation mandates assigned by the City of Montreal, issued a report on the Université de...

L'arrondissement demande l'avis des citoyens sur les mesures proposéesAprès des mois d'étude et de planification, l'arrondissement de Villeray–Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension a rendu public lundi son plan d’apaisement de la circulation pour le quartier de Parc-Extension.Dans ce plan, l'arrondissement énumère de nouvelles...

Borough asks for citizen input on proposed measuresAfter months of study and planning by local officials, the Villeray—Saint-Michel—Parc-Extension borough released its traffic calming plan for the district of Park Extension on Monday.In the plan, the borough lists several new...

The electronic bracelets to protect victims of domestic violence will begin to be put in place at the end of the spring 2022 in Quebec. The measure, covered extensively by Park-Extension News via our interviews with Melpa Kamateros from...