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Côte St. Luc VOTE BY MAIL FOR 70+ PASSES, UMQ BLASTED: Côte St. Luc council voted, as have some other municipal councils, to enable voters 70 and older to vote by mail in this November’s municipal election, as allowed by a new Quebec law Bill 85 and in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. All councillors seconded the motion. But Councillor Mike Cohen, who worked on the file, blasted the Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ), calling what he said was their near inaction “shameful. â€...

There will be consultations on the bill this fall. Among the proposals is the expansion of Quebecs language law, Bill 101, to federally-chartered institutions like banks. This could potentially include English media websites, as the federal governments proposed Bill C-10 could conceivably, through the CRTC, cover and censor online Canadian media content. Bill 101 will apply to businesses with 25 employees and more. A permit can be suspended or revoked for non-respect of the language law, and a ...

CDN/NDG ROTRAND UPDATES RESIDENTS ON PARE REDEVELOPMENT: Snowdon councillor Marvin Rotrand provided an update to constituents on a future mixed-use project at 5010 Paré Street. The councillor pointed out that Montreal council approved the purchase of the former CÉGEP Marie Victorin site in August 2019 for $9.1 million. “The city hopes to see this site redeveloped for a mixed-use project that would include housing and an elementary school,” Rotrand explained. “Discussions ar...

Premier François Legault should call off the language hard-liners and let cities like Côte-St-Luc do their jobs. Author of the article: Mitchell Brownstein  •  Special to Montreal Gazette Publishing date: May 10, 2021  •  May 10, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Simon Jolin-Barrette, Quebecs language minister, says he is considering changes to the Charter of the French Language that may cause some municipalities, including Côte-St-Luc, to lose the right to offer services to ...

Ville-MarieINTERNATIONAL ‘FLASHMOB’ TREND RESURFACES:The “FlashMob” trend has resurfaced in major cities worldwide. The idea is that groups of artists come together to perform popup dance and music in public places,

Côte St. Lucers were met with very positive COVID-19 news last week— the number of new cases for the period from April 20 to 26 was 25, compared to an

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Members of the Montreal community took part in the annual Yom Hashoah Holocaust commemoration — last Wednesday during the Montreal Holocaust Museums annual remembrance and on Thursday during the annual Montreal city hall-Bnai Brith Canada ceremony. During Thursdays ceremony, Mayor Valérie Plante denounced anti-Semitism, and referencing the 2020 vandalism and attempted arson at the Shaar Hashomayim synagogue in Westmount, said an attack on the Jewish community is an attack on all Montrea...

Côte St. Luc council voted 4-2 Monday night against the second reading of a rezoning for the Fondation Sepharade Kollel Avrechim project on Mackle Road, on part of the current

Côte St. LucBROWNSTEIN COVID MESSAGE: Mayor Mitchell Brownstein conveyed his latest phone message to residents, with positive and negative news. “Since March 1, hundreds of CSL residents have been vaccinated