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Martin C. BarryMore than a decade after the University of Montreal pledged to use their vast teaching resources to improve life in Park Extension while building a new satellite campus, U of M officials honored the promise earlier this week with the opening...

Martin C. BarryVilleray/St-Michel/Parc Extension Borough Mayor Giuliana Fumagalli announced near the beginning of the year’s last borough council meeting that VSP will be adding $316,000 to its budget for social housing needs.For social housing“What is interesting about this fund is that the amassed sums...

Martin C. BarryHeld on Oct. 16 at the St. Pius X Career Centre, the English Montreal School Board’s 2019 Career Fair drew hundreds of potential students, including many EMSB secondary five undergraduates, looking for promising new careers.Job boom underwayAll were eager to improve...

Martin C. BarryElected officials in Villeray/St-Michel/Parc Extension are greeting the opening of Vanier College’s new satellite campus on Beaumont Ave. as a watershed moment in the history of the borough – one that is almost certain to contribute to the cultural and...

Martin C. BarryThere has been a significant increase in the number of user complaints filed at the CIUSSS Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal over the past few years.However, the hike may have been at least partly the result of the CIUSSS having a wider mandate and more...

Martin C. BarryAs only seems fitting for an interview centered largely on a new Greek cookbook and Hellenic food, the conversation with Christos Sourligas opens with a quick review of foods typical of Montreal, followed by restaurants owned by Greek Montrealers over...

Martin C. BarryDuring a citizenship ceremony held at the Patro Le Prevost Centre in Villeray on Oct. 29, 150 recent newcomers to Canada became full-fledged citizens as they took an oath to be loyal to the Queen, while observing the laws of...

Martin C. BarrySocial housing – specifically the lack of it in many areas of Villeray/St-Michel/Parc Extension – dominated a good deal of the borough council’s November public meeting last Tuesday evening at VSP headquarters on Ogilvy Ave. in Park Extension.Social housing crisisNot only...

Martin C. BarryThe Himalaya Seniors of Quebec continued a theme begun several months ago, with a third conference/seminar held at the William Hingston Centre on Sept. 29 on discrimination and racism and the possible impact they have on people living in highly...

Martin C. BarryPapineau NDP candidate Christine Paré, whose main adversary is Justin Trudeau, took major swipes at the incumbent Liberal Prime Minister during her campaign launch last week – at one point even calling him “a liar” during an interview.Proudly feministAccording to a...