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Local landlord hikes rents to astronomical proportions
Shortly after purchasing an apartment building on Bloomfield in Park Ex, a new landlord hikes the rent way up, over a hundred dollars more per month, and all without improving living conditions.Tenants in a building on Bloomfield in Park...
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A Molotov Cocktail thrown in the wee hours in Park Ex
Montréal—Thursday night, a Molotov Cocktail (a crude incendiary device typically consisting of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and with a means of ignition. The production of similar grenades was organized by Vyacheslav Molotov during World War II, as...
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Exposé—The state of Place de la Gare Park
Taking a look at the park … the state of it and what’s needed by the members of the community who spend their days and nights thereMany also refer to it as Jean Talon Park, but there it sits...
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Borough Council looks to 2021 with hope
Following a year that perhaps no one will ever forget, the Borough Council of Villeray/St Michel/Park Extension looks to the future with new plans and takes a look at what we as a community have accomplished in 2020Of course...
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Park Ex Streets—still very much in disarray
A brief update for the construction on Park Extension streets—as it stands right now & when will it all end?As we’ve been reporting for the last few weeks, Park Extension is certainly in a state of borough-wide bouts of...
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Local church powers through era of pandemic
A look back at what KOIMISIS TIS THEOTOKOU church and its community went through in the last few decades and how its dealing with the pandemic moving forward—w/ in depth comments by City Councilor, Mary DerosI was interviewing Mary...
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Park Extension T-Shirts spread a wave of Patriotism on Social Media
A line of T-Shirts available on-line have sparked a new interest for Park Extension and its storied historyWhere we come from defines us; where we’re born and bred … it stays within the confines of our souls way after...
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Cross at your own risk
Non-official EXO Pedestrian train crossing at end of Ogilvy is safer than you’d think, states City Councilor Mary DerosIt’s at the East End of Ogilvy that an EXO train crossing sits, an unofficial one according to signs posted there,...
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Local churches asking to be exempt from new crowd restrictions
Local places of worship want the same treatment that theaters and reception halls are receiving as Covid-19 cases are on the rise and we slink closer to the redLocal places of worship have asked the government to change their...
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Two Tablets Featuring The Ten Commandments Found In Park Extension
While doing some construction, workers find tablets containing the Ten Commandments at Park Extension synagogue.It was earlier this month that a demolition crew was working on the Beth Aaron Synagogue found on Stuart Street in Park Extension. During the...



