Local News

Parc-Extension Housing CrisisEvictions and harassment are occuring at increasingly alarming rates across the Parc-Extension neighbourhood, according to figures recently released by Comité D’Action de Parc-Extension (CAPE).The local housing group, which works on advocacy issues for local tenants, recorded 71...

Tablets For StudentsThe Sarker Hope Foundation, a local Parc-Extension community organization distributed tablets to local primary and secondary students on Saturday.Five local students were awarded brand-new tablets in an effort to make at-home learning and virtual classes easier and...

Protesters gathered on Saturday to demand that the provincial government regularize the status of all migrant workers.“We are essential, we are not disposable,” shouted a spokesperson for Pinay Quebec, one of the many organizations present at a rally held...

Veteran educator becomes school board’s chief administrative officercare, will delay balancing budgetThe Council of Commissioners of the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) has announced the appointment of Nicholas Katalifos as its Director General effective March 29.Given the fact he...

Foundation hopes to raise $24 million for innovative $50.7 million projectThe Giant Steps Foundation has launched a $24 million fundraising campaign to build the future Giant Steps Autism Centre in eastern Montreal, with the ultimate goal being to position...

Parc-Extensions only vaccination clinic moved to OutremontA mass-vaccination center set to open in Parc-Extension was unexpectedly moved to a location in neighbouring Outremont on Mar. 19, worrying many about the effect it will have on vaccine accessibility.Originally meant to...

Anti-police-brutality protesters march through Parc-ExtensionApproximately 150 demonstrators took to the streets in Parc-Extension on Monday night to protest against police brutality and to call for the abolishment of police forces. The group was met with heavy police presence both...

Employees of Saint-Roch pool strike for a higher salary and better working conditionsAt the eastern end of Ball street on a cold Saturday, lifeguards and labour union representatives from Parc-Extension’s Saint-Roch municipal pool gathered to strike for a better...

Borough council announces construction timeline for a pedestrian overpassCity officials met for their monthly borough council meeting on Tuesday, Mar. 9 to adopt several motions, answer resident’s questions and update citizens on initiatives in Villeray, Saint-Michel and Parc-Extension.Present were...

Local family could be evicted for an administrative mistakeA family of 5 may soon be evicted from their apartment on Beaumont Avenue because of a filing error with the Tribunal administratif du logement (TAL), Québec’s provincial housing authority.“I forgot...