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Ruba Ghazal to become female co-spokesperson for Québec …
18 hours ago · Posted October 16, 2024 9:17 am. Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois announced on Tuesday evening that Québec Solidaire (QS) MNA Ruba Ghazal will become the female co-spokesperson for the party in November. “On Nov. 16, we will experience a historic moment,” wrote Nadeau-Dubois on social media. “For the first time in our history, a ‘child of Bill ...
Montreal police arrest 18-year-old and 20-year-old in fatal Old ...
5 days ago · Last Updated October 11, 2024 1:53 pm. A week after a fatal fire in an Old Montreal building killed two people, Montreal police (SPVM) say they arrested two suspects Friday in connection to the blaze. Léonor Geraudie, 43, and her seven-year-old daughter Vérane Reynaud-Geraudie died in the blaze in the three-storey building on Notre-Dame Street E.
One year since Oct. 7: heavy police presence in downtown …
Oct 7, 2024 · There was a heavy police presence downtown on Monday as Montrealers gathered on the first anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and some isolated incidents of vandalism. Police say at around 4:20 p.m., some of the participants of a pro-Palestinian march started throwing paint, doing graffiti and breaking windows of a McGill ...
Man dead after stabbing on downtown Montreal metro station …
3 days ago · Montreal police say a man is dead following a fatal altercation on a downtown metro station platform late Saturday. Const. Jean-Pierre Brabant says a 37-year-old man was stabbed in the upper body during a fight at about 11:20 p.m. with another person on the eastbound train platform. The victim was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
SPVM arrest two in connection to fatal Old Montreal fire on Oct. 4
5 days ago · Latest Videos. “The common goal of all the partners is to bring justice to the deceased,” says SPVM Inspector David Shane, as Montreal police arrested two suspects Friday in connection to the Oct. 4 fatal fire in Old Montreal. Alyssia Rubertucci reports. “A place of transformational research,” says Anne-Marie Withenshaw, who is set to ...
Montreal expands student safety program to 32 schools, 5 parks
Sep 4, 2024 · Montreal says 32 high schools, elementary schools and daycares, as well as five parks – across 10 boroughs – will share $14 million in 2024 as part of the Programme de sécurisation aux abords des écoles (PSAÉ). Those measures can include widening sidewalks, building speed bumps, improving visibility at intersections, ensuring speed ...
Montreal residents speaking out against repeated sewage …
Aug 3, 2024 · The Playback API request failed for an unknown reason. "After three years, enough is enough," says Alessandra Pasteris, a Montreal resident speaking out against repeated sewage flooding in her home in Town Mount Royal. Johanie Bouffard reports. Residents in the Town of Mount Royal in Montreal say their homes have been flooded multiple times and ...
Montreal unveils $6.7B budget: more taxes, bigger police force
Nov 29, 2022 · The City of Montreal unveiled its $6.76 billion budget Tuesday morning. It represented an increase of $300 million compared to last year. Residential taxes are going up an average of 4.1 per cent. That’s below the current rate of inflation, which is estimated at 6.9 per cent. Commercial taxes are going up 2.9 per cent.
Montreal declares state of emergency, as cases of COVID-19 rise
Dec 21, 2021 · It’s the first time Plante has spoken to the media after she announced she tested positive for COVID-19. “The state of emergency is an additional tool that will allow us to face with agility this period of instability that affects vulnerable people, merchants, businesses, and Montreal families,” Plante said.