Changing the names of streets has sometimes been the subject of controversy, there is always a political intention behind such action and, as expected, some feel offended by the removal of the honour bestowed to the person after which the street was named, or by the recognition that is now given to someone else. Jean…
From the day it was announced in February of 2018 by Projet Montreal’s Luc Ferrandez, the mayor of the Plateau Mont-Royal borough and member of the city’s executive committee responsible for large parks, that the city would be holding a pilot project starting in June, banning most vehicles from crossing over Mount Royal – it…
It was the first year for Mayor Valerie Plante, the first female to hold the position in the city, and the assessment of her administration and her Projet Montreal party tends to be mixed. At the beginning of 2018 a convoluted explanation for the fact that city taxes have had an increase larger than the…
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