Ville-marie Expressway

• Homeless encampment dismantled under Montreal expressway as repair work begins

  July 11was the date ordered by a Quebec judge for those experiencing homelessness to vacate and clean up the expressway encampment where they have been living since November.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2023
  
• Campers living under Quebec expressway given ultimatum. Man calls it ‘not fair’

  An eviction order for those living under the Ville-Marie Expressway follows a Quebec court of appeal ruling, ending a long legal battle between advocates and Transports Quebec.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2023
  
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• Lawyers for Ville-Marie expressway campers to appeal court decision to force them out

  Lawyers representing campers underneath the Ville-Marie expressway will appeal a Quebec Superior Court decision to not renew an injunction to stop the eviction of site residents.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2023
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• Montreal homeless camp to be dismantled by June 15 after judge refuses to extend injunction

  A first eviction notice was issued last November, but the provincial Transport Department postponed its plans so it could reach a compromise with the residents.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2023
• Judge again grants eviction delay to unhoused Montrealers living under highway

  Monday's ruling extends an injunction granted earlier in April to the Mobile Legal Clinic, a law firm trying to find a resolution with the government on where to house the campers.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2023
• Quebec judge grants injunction halting eviction of homeless camp living under highway

  Justice Masse ordered the Quebec Transport Ministry, which owns the area below the city's Ville-Marie expressway, to cease preparatory work that would disrupt the encampment.

  Canada

  Apr 16, 2023
• Focus turns to finding housing for campers living under Montreal expressway

  Donald Tremblay and other advocates fighting on behalf of the unhoused are disappointed that a solution still hasn't been found since last fall.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2023
• Unhoused Montrealers living under Ville-Marie Expressway back in court over encampment eviction

  Lawyers for the campers were back in court again Monday trying to quash efforts by Transports Québec to move the group, something the ministry has been trying to do for months.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2023
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• Group of Montrealers living in encampment under Ville-Marie Expressway wins first legal step

  A group of people encamped under the Ville-Marie expressway have scored a small victory against the Quebec government after the province made plans to evict them.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2023
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• Transport Quebec cancels plans to evict homeless encampment under Ville-Marie expressway

  The homeless encampment underneath the Ville-Marie expressway can stay for now. Quebec's Transport Ministry has postponed the eviction that was scheduled for Thursday.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2022