Montreal City Council

• Montreal City Hall reopens after 5-year restoration project

  Montreal City Hall will be open to public visits starting Saturday after been closed for five years during a massive $211-million restoration project.

  Canada

  Jun 7, 2024
  
• Montreal-based Royal Canadian Navy unit honoured on 100th anniversary

  HMCS Donnaconna has been in Montreal for 100 years, and was honoured with a Freedom of the City parade in Old Montreal on Saturday.

  Politics

  Sep 23, 2023
  
• Advertisement
• Montreal city council passes motion to make May Jewish Heritage Month

  Sonny Moroz, Montreal opposition city councillor for Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, tabled a motion to have the City of Montreal recognize May as Jewish Heritage Month.

  Canada

  Apr 25, 2022
• Advertisement
• Montreal’s official opposition party announces shadow cabinet

  Ensemble Montréal says its priorities are the files of housing, homelessness and public security and has appointed the party's critics on those files.

  Politics

  Nov 29, 2021
• New, more diverse Montreal city council seen as positive step

  Following Sunday's municipal elections in Montreal, many are lauding what could be the most diverse municipal council elected in the city's history.

  Politics

  Nov 11, 2021
• Marvin Rotrand set to retire after nearly 4 decades in Montreal politics

  'I have been at work every single day for the last 39 years,' said Marvin Rotrand in announcing that he will not seek re-election as councillor of the Snowdon district.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2021
• Montreal city council adopts motion to beef up SPVM’s hate crimes unit

  Created in 2016, the SPVM's hate crimes unit currently operates with five people: three detectives and two specialized agents, according to Montreal Police.

  Canada

  Apr 21, 2021
• 25-storey office building atop longstanding Montreal The Bay store gets city approval

  Montreal city council has approved plans to build a 25-storey office building atop The Bay store in downtown Montreal.

  Economy

  Feb 24, 2021
• Advertisement
• Experts call for Quebec to tax sugary beverages as Montreal council weighs motion

  When factoring in existing sales taxes, a 20 cent per litre tax would raise the price of a $2.09, 591-millilitre bottle of Diet Pepsi to $2.52.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2020
• Advertisement
• Montreal delays decision to rename Place des Festivals after jazz legend Peterson

  Montreal city council has decided to delay its decision to rename Place des Festivals after Oscar Peterson while further information is gathered from family.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2020