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Montreal's abandoned Empress Theatre to rise from the ashes as mixed-use development, city says
The City of Montreal is preparing to revitalize the long-abandoned Empress Theatre in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) neighbourhood. The theatre has been boarded up since 1992 after it went up in flames.
As cold weather arrives, Quebec hands out eviction notices at Notre-Dame Street encampment
The Quebec government has given eviction notices to some of the dozens of unhoused people living in tents along Montreal's Notre-Dame Street. This comes as city councillors debate declaring a state of emergency over homelessness.
Armenian Montrealers 'heartbroken' Canada is attending Azerbaijan-hosted COP29
One year after Azerbaijan expelled nearly 120,000 Armenians from the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Montreal diaspora is urging the Canadian government to shed light on human rights concerns at COP29, which is taking place in the country.
STM releases balanced 2025 budget with increased spending on security
Montreal's public transit agency revealed the details of its 2025 budget on Thursday afternoon, with the STM cutting $16 million from an earlier budget projection for the year.
Lockout at Port of Montreal could be 'catastrophic' for economy, port authority says
A lockout at the Port of Montreal began Sunday night. The CEO of the Montreal Port Authority says if the dispute between dockworkers and the Maritime Employers Association drags on, it will have disastrous consequences for the economy.
Veterans will soon get free year-round parking in Quebec City
Mayor Bruno Marchand will soon make good on one of his election promises by offering free parking in the streets of Quebec City for veterans. It begins in the spring of 2025.
Advocates puzzled by police response after Longueuil woman accused of scalding Black child
Many Quebecers still wonder why Stéphanie Borel was released after she allegedly threw boiling water on a 10-year-old Black boy.
More violent crimes, younger offenders: Montreal community workers want to find the cause
Montreal community workers and other experts have been trying to understand a new phenomenon in the city: the age of offenders is lower, and the crimes are more violent.
143 Montrealers still waiting to return home after August water main break
More than 100 Montrealers are still living in hotels after a major flooding incident in the borough of Ville-Marie on Aug. 16.
Sudanese Montrealers grow anxious as Quebec offers no solution to help loved ones flee war
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says it introduced a humanitarian pathway in February to reunite Canadian families with loved ones affected by the war in Sudan. But Quebec has excluded itself from the program.