Heavier fines, stricter regulations for negligent building owners under new Montreal bylaw

Downtown merchants are fuming after a section of Ste-Catherine Street remains closed. They say their businesses are affected by the street closure, which happened in March. It’s all because an empty, derelict building is deemed dangerous. But the owner has done nothing to secure it. Global’s Amanda Jelowicki reports.

• Sales dwindle, frustration mounts after crumbling building closes stretch of busy Montreal street