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Confusion, anger and 5 minutes to avoid eviction: A day at Quebec's jammed rental tribunal
At Quebec's rental tribunal offices in Montreal's east end, tenants and landlords were visibly frustrated by the limited scope of their hearings and the time it takes to be heard as the number of cases skyrockets.
Taxes, spending going up in Montreal as Plante delivers her final budget
In her final budget as mayor, Valérie Plante tried to limit property tax increases even as Montreal's expenses climbed to more than $7 billion.
Completion of Montreal's new light-rail lines pushed to fall 2025
The completion of the light-rail network spanning Montreal's West Island and the North Shore to downtown has been pushed back again to the fall of 2025, the project's managers announced.
Quebec urged to reach deal with Ottawa to help fight homelessness
The mayor of Montreal and the city's homeless shelters are calling on the Quebec government to make a deal with Ottawa for more money to help people living in encampments in the city.
Canada prepares for a rise in border crossings with threat of mass deportations under Trump
In 2017, in the months after Donald Trump was elected, thousands of people crossed into Canada at Quebec's Roxham Road. Now, community groups and authorities are preparing for another increase.
A Montreal shelter is giving people a room of their own: 'It's just a sense of dignity'
The Old Brewery Mission, Montreal's largest emergency shelter, has transformed its dormitories into small rooms. One outreach worker says many would rather stay in encampments than dorms, and that the private rooms help meet a person's "basic needs."
How high-speed rail would change Ontario and Quebec — if it actually happens
A high-speed rail line linking Canada’s two largest cities, Montreal and Toronto, has been the stuff of dreams — and political campaigns — for decades. But will it actually happen any time soon? And what could it look like if it does?
Quebec moves ahead with allowing advanced requests for assisted dying
Starting next week, the province will begin accepting requests for medically assisted dying before a person's condition, such as Alzheimer's, renders them incapable of giving consent.
Finally, Montreal has its own composting plant
Montreal has finally opened an organic waste treatment plant. For years, the city has been trucking food scraps more than 100 kilometres away — often to a facility in Ontario.
Two years ago, the world promised to protect nature. Pressure is mounting to deliver
Two years ago in Montreal, almost 200 countries signed a landmark agreement to reverse the loss of nature by the end of the decade. This week in Colombia, delegates will meet once again — and advocates are hoping to see them make good on their promises.