An emergency shelter at the Hotel-Dieu that opened during the COVID-19 pandemic and is still used by nearly 200 people is being forced to move with no plans yet for a new location.
Valérie Plante s right-hand person will continue to be Luc Rabouin, who was named as president on an interim basis in November in the wake of the scandal-laden resignation of Dominque Ollivier.
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante this week announced that the city’s historic Chinatown became its first area designated as a heritage site, making it part of Quebec province's Directory of Cultural Heritage. What it means: The city broke the news in a press release on Wednesday, declaring its Chinatown as the only “significant historic Chinatown preserved in Quebec and Eastern Canada” and the only French-speaking Chinatown in North America. Officials say its registration into Quebec's Directory of Cultural Heritage creates “a lever for cultural and tourism development."