Daniel Chartier News Today

Blasting music on the trail is not cool, but what about singing while hiking? Our etiquette columnist weighs in.

The concerns voiced by the mountains landscape architect 150 years ago deserve equal attention today.

“By deciding to permanently close the Camillien-Houde route, the city is acting illegally and contravening the rights of (the cemetery) as well as its contractual obligations.”

Six months before Mayor Valérie Plante announced Camillien-Houde Ways revamp, her administration was also cautioned about a 95-year-old legal document that could throw a wrench into the plan.

Lets take advantage of the controversy surrounding the OCPM to improve its essence and make its role better known.

As landscape architect, I worked 23 years on Mount Royal. The citys latest plan does a disservice to Frederick Law Olmsteds vision.

Urban planners say the committee tasked with evaluating the eastern branch of the Montreal light-rail system should have had a broader mandate to consider alternative projects.

A new report commissioned into the east-end REM line was officially released Tuesday, recommending new stations in Riviere-des-Prairies and connecting the path to Laval and Charlemagne, but with a hefty price tag.

A new report commissioned into the east-end REM line was officially released Tuesday, recommending new stations in Riviere-des-Prairies and connecting the path to Laval and Charlemagne, but with a hefty price tag.

The book, published in French and Inuktitut by seven students from Ivujivik, Que., draws on a local Inuit legend — an initiative that the mayor of Quebec's northernmost community says "will help preserve our language amongst our youth."