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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...

June will mark a very important moment for Info-Crime Montréal (ICM), since it will give place to the largest visibility campaign in its history.In fact, a partnership between the Montreal Transit Corporation (STM) and ICM will enable citizens to...

(PXN) The Montreal Police Department, in conjunction with the Laval and Longueuil police forces, announced earlier this week that they are working together on a new program called RADAR to detect and prevent sexual exploitation in areas where there...

Martin C. BarryDuring the May 7 public meeting of the Villeray/St-Michel/Parc Extension borough council, Mayor Giuliana Fumagalli read out a statement explaining her views on a number of current issues in the borough, including a pledge to introduce a wide-ranging action plan...

Martin C.BarryThe 19th annual fundraising dinner held on May 2 by the Centre d’activités récréatives et éducatives (C.A.R.E.) was the first ever to be held by the group at the Hellenic Community Centre in Côte des Neiges, while also possibly the beginning of...

(PXN) A human skull that was found last week among the belongings of a resident who was being evicted from his Wiseman Ave. dwelling because of a compulsive hoarding habit was apparently stolen from a cemetery three decades ago.Held in custodyThe resident, Michael...