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In a preamble to Ensemble Montréal’s 2025 electoral platform, the party’s mayoralty candidate, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, says she dreams of an accessible and inclusive city.“A city where everyone has a roof over their head and can thrive,” states the...

Fears Parc Ex voters will be disoriented without their usual info cardsWith the postal service labour dispute still unresolved and door-to-door mail delivery uncertain, incumbent Parc Extension city councillor Mary Deros is worried that confusion resulting from Canada Post’s...

The summer of 2025 was one of the hottest Montréal has ever recorded, and nowhere was that heat felt more acutely than in Parc-Extension. With dense construction, limited vegetation, and a high concentration of paved surfaces, the neighbourhood once...

Parc-Extension is one of the most densely populated and culturally rich neighbourhoods in the city. For tenants living here amid small plexes, apartment buildings and mixed-use blocks the rules around what a landlord can and cannot do carry particular...

What began as two short stretches of painted asphalt in Parc-Extension has turned into one of Montreal’s most politically charged street fights — pitting cyclists, drivers, and candidates against one another over how the city’s arteries should breathe.At the...

As Montreal grapples with an escalating housing crisis, a deeper question has emerged: where, and how, should the city grow? From forested plots on the West Island to densely packed blocks in Park Extension, the debate over land use...

Montreal has just unveiled a sweeping new Public Leisure Policy, the first of its kind in Quebec, built on a simple but radical idea — that leisure is not a luxury, but a right.The city now officially considers recreation...

In the heart of the Parc-Extension district, Parc Bloomfield is preparing to turn a new page. This autumn, the 24,000-square-metre green space will undergo a substantial makeover — one intended to revitalize its infrastructure, enhance safety, and reimagine its...

‘It’s not normal to have a city where citizens don’t feel safe,’ says mayoralty candidateOn opening day last week of the campaign for the City of Montreal’s municipal elections scheduled around a month from now, Ensemble Montréal mayoralty candidate...

A Quebec judge has ruled that Sergio Yanes Preciado, the 23-year-old man accused of attacking a father in Parc-Extension this summer, was not criminally responsible for his actions due to a mental disorder. The decision means Preciado will not...