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(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...

Martin C. BarryThe 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 significanceHeld around the same date...

Martin C. BarryMusic, 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...

Martin C. BarryBill 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...

Martin C. BarryBorough 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...

Martin C. BarryOne 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 differenceIt was a party that...

Martin C. BarryMore 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...

Martin C. BarryAlthough 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...

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...

Martin C. BarryAt 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...