By Robert Frank Vancouver’s new urban planning leadership has made spectacular advances, John Stovell acknowledged, but still-stovepiped processes hav...
Court confirms Cannavino as victor
It has taken several court proceedings and began with a painstaking recount in a Montreal courtroom, but Agostino Cannavino’s paper-thin victory in th...
West Island population shrinking
By Robert Frank www.newscoverage.org Fast-aging demographics and municipal resistance to development have seen the number of residents of West Island ...
Shale oil producers defy shakeout
By Robert Frank Plummeting oil prices have put unprecedented pressure on energy producers in Canada and around the world. The shale oil revolution has...
Maccarone: QESBA to defend minority rights
By Robert Frank The new head of the Quebec English School Board Association (QESBA) wants to forge a broad-based coalition to protect minority rights ...
Police investigate alleged fatwa against Conservative candidate
By Robert Frank An alleged threat against a Conservative candidate has left campaign workers fearful in the final days of the federal election campaig...
Lebel promises peace on Quebec front
By Robert Frank With the NDP tanking and some polls showing the Conservatives taking the lead in Quebec when this week’s edition of the newspape...
Laval dumps wastewater into St. Lawrence
By Robert Frank The City of Laval has acknowledged that it has been dumping untreated water into the Mille Îles River, whence the current carries the ...
Provincial byelection to overlap federal vote
By Robert Frank Quebec has called a byelection, Nov. 9, to elect a successor to Gilles Ouimet in Fabre riding in west end Laval. Ouimet quit politics ...
Laval home sales up another 10%
By Robert Frank Demand for single family homes continued to soar in September. It was the second month in a row that the Greater Montreal Real Estate ...