Valerie Plante

• Metro’s blue line expansion once again delayed

  The winning bidder will be announced next year. The blue line is now set to start running in 2030. The delay is disappointing for merchants banking on the project.

  Traffic

  Sep 26
  
• Quebec City mayor calls on others to share anger at increase in homelessness

  The mayor spoke at a summit on homelessness, following recent data that found the number of people experiencing homelessness had nearly doubled over four years in Quebec.

  Politics

  Sep 15
  
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• Quebec invests $1.5 million to promote French language in Montreal

  Although the metropolis is officially a French-speaking city, it's where English is used the most in Quebec and officials want to change that.

  Politics

  Sep 1
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• Montreal developers pay fines instead of building affordable housing

  In 2021, Montreal passed a bylaw to push developers to include social, affordable and family housing in construction projects. It hasn't worked.

  Politics

  Aug 21
• Montreal Pride Parade draws record crowd after abrupt cancellation of 2022 event

  A record 15,500 people took part of Montreal's Pride parade on Sunday after the event was abruptly cancelled at the last second last year.

  Canada

  Aug 13
• Montreal program letting residents plant sidewalk gardens provides numerous benefits

  Just in its second year, the program has been a catalyst for numerous social, environmental and commercial benefits, residents say.

  Canada

  Jul 30
• Major Montreal water-main break causes rushing floods, large sinkhole

  The city issued a boil-water advisory in response to the incident in the boroughs of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie and Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension.

  Canada

  Jul 28
• All aboard! Montreal’s light-rail train network officially inaugurated

  The majority of the rail system, called the Réseau express métropolitain, or REM, will open late next year, with an airport link to come in 2027.

  Canada

  Jul 28
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• All aboard: Light-rail trains between Montreal and south shore to launch on July 31

  The Réseau express métropolitain (REM)'s line to the city's south shore will be operational by July 31, the project's contractor announced Friday.

  Canada

  Jul 7
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• Montreal wants more affordable housing, developers want to make a profit

  The City of Montreal has been sitting on a vast piece of land for six years that could help with the housing shortage, but private developers have so far expressed little interest.

  Canada

  Jul 3