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As Montreal settles into the coldest stretch of winter, homelessness continues to rank among the city’s most urgent and visible challenges. Recent reporting and municipal data confirm what many residents already see daily, more people are living without stable...

By mid-July in Park-Extension, you do not need a thermometer to know it is hot. The sidewalks radiate heat well into the evening, the air barely moves between tightly packed buildings, and shade is something you look for, not...

As winter settles in, tenant advocates in Parc-Extension are warning that a more silent seasonal pressure is also returning: the spike in “reprise de logement” claims, landlord moves to repossess units, that tenants’ groups say are too often used...

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...

But not everything is covered, Marjorie Michel admits after announcing additional fundingWhile acknowledging that Ottawa’s Canadian Dental Care Plan may be leaving some users with a relatively small sum to pay off whenever they go to the dentist, Health...

Park Extension’s commercial arteries, Jean-Talon, Ogilvy, Querbes and Beaumont, have long been defined by immigrant-owned small businesses: South Asian grocers, Greek bakeries, textile shops, halal butchers, cafés, repair shops and family restaurants that open early and close late. Together,...