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A 55-year-old woman hit a Hydro-Québec pylon with her SUV Tuesday afternoon in Boucherville, on Montreal’s South Shore. Longueuil police (SPAL) received a call to 911 after 4 p.m. about a collision... Three young people aged 17, 19 and 20 were arrested after shots were fired late on Tuesday near Old Montreal.
2024 budget: Montreal residential property taxes increasing 4.9% ...
Nov 15, 2023 · Tina Tenneriello reports. Posted November 15, 2023 11:06 am. The City of Montreal unveiled its 2024 budget on Wednesday morning, announcing a residential property tax increase of 4.9 per cent – the highest the city has seen in 13 years. Commercial building owners will also see their property taxes increase by 4.6 per cent.
'Geyser' in Montreal after major water main break floods streets …
Aug 16, 2024 · A break in a major underground water main near Montreal’s Jacques-Cartier Bridge sent water gushing down streets and inside homes on Friday morning, forcing the evacuation of nearby buildings.
Major water main break being investigated by city of Montreal ...
Aug 29, 2024 · On August 16th, a water main break occurred near the Jacques Cartier bridge east of downtown Montreal flooding the surrounding streets, homes, and businesses, and forcing a preventative boil water advisory for about 150,000 people. The emergency inspection of this water main is over three days. However, regular inspections of other water pipes ...
Montreal among the worst air quality in the world - CityNews …
Jun 30, 2023 · Montreal started Friday morning off ranked number two for worst air quality in the world due to smoke from ongoing forest fires in the province by IQAir’s online platform – with Toronto at number one and New York at three. This, as the long weekend gets started and unsettled weather is in the forecast. The city’s air quality index stood ...
Violent night in Montreal, three shootings - CityNews Montreal
Dec 5, 2022 · A violent night in Montreal, three shootings in a matter of hours on Sunday – and one person injured. The first, around 7 p.m., a 38-year-old man shot in the upper body at the Atwater metro station. It happened during an altercation involving about 10 people inside the metro station’s kiosk on de Maisonneuve Blvd. in Westmount.
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.
Montreal says it will end state of emergency in place since start …
Aug 23, 2021 · Montreal is not renewing the state of emergency that has been in place since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The city said today in a news release that starting Friday, it will instead be in “alert mode.”
Downtown Montreal having busy summer, like pre-pandemic …
Posted August 15, 2023 1:55 pm. Last Updated August 15, 2023 1:57 pm. Montreal’s downtown activity returned to pre-pandemic rates this summer. The city saw its lowest inactivity rate since before the pandemic – dropping from 24 to 16 per cent. “We have a strong and kicking downtown that is back stronger than ever and that will continue to ...