Alan DeSousa

• Saint-Laurent borough gives green thumbs up for front yard vegetable gardens

  A new bylaw in the Saint-Laurent borough allows residents to plant vegetable gardens anywhere on their property, and even build greenhouses in their backyard.

  Environment

  Jun 23, 2023
  
• Opposition party calls for public inquiry into Old Montreal fire

  Ensemble Montréal, the official opposition party at Montreal city hall, is calling for a public inquiry into the fire that killed seven people in Old Montreal.

  Politics

  Apr 3, 2023
  
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• City of Montreal to launch worksite summit to better manage construction projects

  The goal of the summit is to formulate a 'concerted action plan' accompanied by 'concrete solutions' to improve the management and coordination of construction sites in the city.

  Traffic

  Feb 21, 2023
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• Blossoming marriages funding budding gardens in Montreal’s Saint-Laurent borough

  The public garden in Parc Beaudet features a meadow of annual and perennial flowers, to attract and protect pollinators and endangered butterflies.

  Canada

  Sep 2, 2022
• With Denis Coderre quitting politics, Ensemble Montréal announces new leader

  Longtime Saint-Laurent councillor Aref Salem has won the opportunity to lead the official opposition at city hall.

  Politics

  Nov 16, 2021
• Candidates in Montreal municipal election campaign say they’ve been the targets of racism

  One candidate says he received letters laced with death threats and racial slurs. Montreal police say they're aware of the matter.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2021
• Montreal’s Saint-Laurent borough installs recycling boxes for disposable masks

  Borough Mayor Alan DeSousa deemed it a fairly low-tech solution to a very 2020 problem.

  Health

  Nov 11, 2020
• This week on ‘Focus Montreal’: March 7, 2020

  This week on Focus Montreal, Global takes a look at how people are preparing for flood season, a new composting pilot project in Saint-Laurent and how Montreal is doing its part in avoiding the spread of coronavirus.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2020
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• Opposition calls on Mayor Plante to pull plug on Lime scooters, JUMP bikes

  Should dockless electric bikes and scooters be part of Montreal's transit options?

  Traffic

  Jan 16, 2020
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• Saint-Laurent residents upset over icy road, sidewalk conditions

  Between Jan. 1 and Feb. 20 of this year, Urgences-Santé received 710 calls from people who had fallen outside, an increase of more than 200 calls compared to the same period in 2018.

  Weather

  Feb 26, 2019