Linda Gyulai
The Montreal Gazette
Montreal, QC, Canada
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How Black students in Quebec are treated differently by the system
Researchers studying anti-black racism in Quebec schools are calling on the province to recognize that systemic racism exists in schools. → Read More
Montreal opposition pushes for representation on city council committees
Ensemble Montréal is to table a motion on Monday calling for changes to ensure "the necessary checks and balances." → Read More
Projet Montréal 'isn't setting the example' on car use, opposition charges
The Plante administration is defending new leasing agreements for more than 4,600 municipal vehicles on top of the city's growing permanent fleet. → Read More
Caught in a condo nightmare, losing sleep over noise next door
As buildings get taller and more closely packed in Montreal, the risks of construction disturbances “become more and more significant." → Read More
Montreal saying 'Do as I say, not as I do' with car ownership, critics say
City's fleet has grown since Projet Montréal entered office five years ago, an examination by the Montreal Gazette reveals. → Read More
Montreal saying 'Do as I say, not as I do' with car ownership, critics say
City's fleet has grown since Projet Montréal entered office five years ago, an examination by the Montreal Gazette reveals. → Read More
Montreal's 'accounting gymnastics' turn projected deficit into surplus: critics
The 2023 municipal operating budget forecasts the agglomeration will end 2022 with a surplus of $129.4 million, but in reality there is a projected operating deficit of over $80 million, the city has confirmed. → Read More
Ensemble Montréal demands changes to 'greedy' municipal budget
Opposition party proposing an amendment to lessen the tax hit in Mayor Valérie Plante's 2023 $6.76-billion municipal budget. → Read More
Our favourite things: Made-in-Quebec athletic apparel is a great motivator
"When you put on the right clothing, it motivates you to train," says one of the former elite speed kayakers behind Tesca Sport. → Read More
Montreal suburbs' 8% payment increase to agglomeration is 'abusive,' mayors say
"We're disgusted by this," said Montreal West Mayor Beny Masella. "With every budget that they put out, it's more and more obvious to us that they have absolutely zero respect for us as duly elected officials." → Read More
Projet Montréal is playing dirty with bocce proposal, opposition charges
Ensemble Montréal councillor Giovanni Rapanà says Projet Montréal is making seniors pay for political discord as the debate over the Club de bocce l'Acadie's centre heats up. → Read More
Montreal's underground bus depot doubles initial price
The Plante administration said the Bellechasse depot could be constructed underground for the same price as an above-ground facility. → Read More
Punctuality rate for STM buses hits lowest since 2020, data shows
Public transit buses in Montreal are late one out of four times, according to the data from the Société de transport de Montréal. → Read More
'We feel betrayed': Seniors implore mayor to save Ahuntsic bocce club
The Club de bocce l’Acadie has the support of the opposition at Montreal city hall and several Italian-Canadian associations in trying to reverse the borough's decision to stop renting the centre where the club has played for 20 years. → Read More
Ste-Anne mayor urges Quebec to ban hunting on island of Montreal
"Hunting is allowed because the municipality cannot legislate in that area," Paola Hawa says after court strikes down parts of a Mascouche bylaw banning the practice. → Read More
Montreal's cash conundrum: Dreaming up new fees, but who pays?
The question of how to generate revenue beyond property taxes is at the heart of the Plante administration’s financial reckoning. Where will the city find the money? → Read More
Long-discussed Cavendish extension plan unravelling, critics say
Montreal's administration allowed a reserve on land to lapse, likely increasing the project's cost, and the final route is not yet set. → Read More
Bocce club in Ahuntsic getting the boot, and seniors are the losers
Citing high rent, the borough has offered another space for "golden-ager" activities. But the club's 86-year-old president says: "We want to do sports. We don't want to play cards." → Read More
Côte-St-Luc plots a shift to '15-minute city' featuring transit, new housing
The redevelopment of the municipality's three major shopping centres is key to the coming overhaul of Côte-St-Luc's master plan. → Read More
Calling on citizens to help shape the Montreal of 2050
The city wants the public's input as it drafts its first master plan in nearly two decades. → Read More