Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante
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Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante won’t seek re-election in 2025Valérie Plante was first elected to the city's top job in 2017, beating out then-mayor Denis Coderre. In 2021, she won a second mandate.CanadaOct 23, 2024
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Valérie Plante sworn-in for second term as mayor of MontrealMontreal has renewed Valérie Plante’s mandate as mayor and sworn-in its new council, one that’s being touted as the most diverse in the city’s history.PoliticsNov 18, 2021
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Backlash continues at National Assembly against Quebec’s education reform bill: ‘A huge mistake’The government invoked closure on Friday to pass Bill 40, which will abolish school boards and replace them with service centres.EducationFeb 11, 2020
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Montreal apartment vacancy rates hit 15-year low: reportThe findings show that the average rent that tenants paid in 2019 was $841, a 3.6 per cent increase from the year before.NewsJan 15, 2020
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Montreal pedestrians look forward to new safety measures at intersectionsIn 2019, 24 pedestrians died in accidents — an increase from 18 fatalities in 2018, and 16 in 2017.CanadaJan 6, 2020
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Calèche owners and Montreal headed toward showdownA Montreal calèche owner has filed an injunction against the city to stop a calèche ban from being enforced.CanadaDec 16, 2019
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Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante will require households to replace lead water pipesIn a joint interview with Global News and Le Devoir, Plante said her administration plans to aggressively test the drinking water in more than 100,000 homes over the next three years for lead.CanadaOct 22, 2019
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Quebec committing millions to study Montreal metro overcrowdingThe Quebec government is committing $5 million to study the overcrowding issue on the metro's Orange Line and Berri-Uqam station.CanadaMay 23, 2019
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Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante speaks at Bill 21 parliamentary hearingsIn her speech, Plante challenged several aspects of the proposed law, particularly its application.PoliticsMay 14, 2019
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‘Time is running out and we need to act’: Montreal wants to ban single-use plastics by 2020The ban would include plastic straws and cutlery, plastic and Styrofoam glasses and Styrofoam packaging.CanadaApr 24, 2019
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