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Many restrictions endWith the curfew now lifted and restaurants, cinemas and bars finally allowed to reopen, many Montrealers saw the month of June as the first month of a return to normal. With warm temperatures and low case counts,...

Eid ul-Fitr during lockdown As the month of May began, the surge of COVID-19 cases of April had now stabilized and many across the province began to feel truly hopeful for a near-normal summer. While the situation had improved, many...

Essential workers demand permanent statusWith trees budding, longer days and temperatures regularly above zero, April was the month the city came back to life. On Apr. 10, a group of approximately 100 people gathered at Peace Park in front of...

“Weapons of mass reduction”As the weather began to warm and the streets of Park Extension reawakened from winter, the provincial vaccination campaign kicked off with vigour and the neighbourhood saw a number of local issues and stories come to...

Continued restrictionsAs January turned into February, many realized that the strict health measures imposed at the start of the year were here to stay. As the epidemiological situation improved, the provincial government allowed for a certain relaxation of health...

A year once again dominated by COVID also gave room to many other important storiesAs quickly as 2020 came and went, so did 2021. While many saw the second year of a new decade as a mere continuation of...

Le CAPE fait équipe avec Éducaloi pour offrir un atelier sur les droits des locatairesÉducaloi et l'organisme de défense du logement, le Comité d'action de Parc-Extension (CAPE), feront équipe au début de janvier pour offrir aux locataires un atelier...

CAPE teams up with Éducaloi to host tenants’ rights workshopÉducaloi and local housing advocacy organization Comité d’Action de Parc-Extension (CAPE) will be teaming up in early January to offer a workshop to tenants and renters outlining their housing rights...

New study finds that integration is most successful when basic needs are metA study recently conducted by l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in Parc-Extension found that for many recently-arrived immigrants the most important factor in feeling like they are part...

Long-awaited passage reopens with After months of confusion, frustration and mobilization from residents on both sides of the fence, the crossing at Ogilvy and de Castelnau was finally reopened to the public last Thursday.Since mid-May, the footpath was closed to...