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India Canada Association celebrates India’s 73rd anniversary

(PXN) Members of the India India Canada Association of Montreal celebrated India’s 73rd Independence Day, as well as 550 years of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, and 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi, in Montreal on Saturday Aug. 24. The colourful and exciting 7 pm...

Celebrating Greek culture and identity in Park Ex

Martin C. Barry The usually tranquil corner of d’Outremont Avenue and St. Roch Street in Park Extension was enlivened by traditional Greek music and dancing on the evening of Aug. 17 for the annual Park Extension Greek Cultural Festival. Religious significance Held around the same date...

Himalaya Seniors hold second meeting on discrimination

Martin C. Barry Music, dance as well as some very thoughtful comments were on the order the day during the second instalment of the Himalaya Seniors of Quebec’s two-part conference to raise awareness and start people in the local cultural communities talking about...

Racism discussed during Himalaya Seniors workshop on discrimination

Martin C. Barry Bill 21, the controversial legislation passed by the province’s Coalition Avenir Québec government banning the display of religious symbols, came up as an issue during a seminar and workshop on the impact of racism on cultural minorities held by the...

Federal ruling clears the way for Park Ex to have two level crossings

Martin C. Barry Borough Mayor Giuliana Fumagalli delivered very good news at the July 2 meeting of the Villeray/St-Michel/Parc Extension borough council meeting. After more than a decade of lobbying and legal wrangling with CP Rail and railway regulators, the borough mayor announced at the...

Park Exers treated to a BIG Canada Day celebration

Martin C. Barry One of the biggest Canada Day celebrations Park Extension has seen in years took place in Place de la Gare at the corner of Jean Talon St. and Hutchison Ave. on Monday July 1. What a difference It was a party that...

Himalaya Seniors president honoured as ‘Citizen of the Year’

Martin C. Barry More than 30 people were invited by the Himalaya Seniors of Quebec to the William Hingston Centre on Saint Roch St. on June 15 for a special celebration to mark Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim “breaking of the fast” at the...

Place de la Gare fire was a call to duty for civic-minded Park Exer

Martin C. Barry Although it may not have been a three-alarm blaze, a minor fire that broke out in a tree-bed in Place de la Gare on Hutchison Ave. last Sunday afternoon demonstrated the importance placed on civil responsibility by a longtime Park Ex...

Virtual Kidnapping: Extortion Scam Now in Montréal

The Équipe Cyberenquête of the Section des crimes technologiques of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) calls on the vigilance of the Montréal citizens regarding an increasingly frequent extortion scam in Canada. Virtual kidnapping is not a new...

VSP borough says farewell to longtime D-G Stéphane Chénier

Martin C. Barry At the beginning of the June 4 Villeray/St-Michel/Parc Extension borough council meeting, the mayor and councillors paid homage to all the young athletes who participated in the 42nd Jeux de Montréal which took place in April. From April 3-9, more than...