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Published February 9, 2010

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Published August 24, 2009
Unity Day in Park Extension
By Martin C. Barry
In terms of celebratory marches held each year in Park Extension, the India Unity Day Parade must surely rank as one of the Big Two, along with the Greek Independence Day Parade.

Published August 10, 2009
Plan to expropriate St. Sophie’s site
By Martin C. Barry
City council has reaffirmed its commitment to transform the vacant St. Sophie’s Church property at the corner of Saint Roch St. and Stuart Ave. into a public park — against the wishes of a group of loyal St. Sophie’s parishioners

Michael Ignatieff on compulsory census
By Martin C. Barry
“It’s especially important for immigrants who sometimes don’t speak one of your official languages yet,” Ignatieff told a room full of supporters who turned up at the Dera Restaurant on Jarry St. West to hear him and Papineau Liberal MP Justin Trudeau speak.

Sadness hangs over Pakistan Day celebrations
By Martin C. Barry
While speeches at the annual Pakistan Day event in Park Ex tend to focus on progress made in the homeland, this year’s discourses were much more centered on the flood situation

Published July 13, 2009
Year-long Park Extension centennial is kicked off
By Martin C. Barry
A year-long celebration to mark the centennial of Park Extension as a community got underway in Athena Park on July 3,

Sklavounos honored by U.S. Greeks as top under-40
By Martin C. Barry
The Greek America Foundation recognizes young Greek scientists, businesspeople, politicians and researchers, among others, and promotes their success by means of the Greek America Magazine whose readership is over 250,000.

Published June 29, 2009
Temporary residence for Inuit patients
By Joanne Penhale
David Levine, president of the Montreal health authority, explains why the empty Chinese Hospital on St. Denis Street is favoured to be renovated to house patients from Nunavik who come to Montreal for temporary, specialized medical care
 Police station 33 reopens
By Martin C. Barry
After years of being located on Park Avenue on the fringe of Park Extension, the Montreal Police Department’s Station 33 has a new home on Beaumont
PEYO info meeting
PEYO
By Joanne Penhale
more than $1.5 million. “Our main mission is to improve the quality of life for people in the neighbourhood,” Hébert said


Park O Fêtes
Park O Fête
By Martin C. Barry
For much of the day on June 19, the weather was hot and sunny and more than 1,000 people, especially children, from the neighbouring area turned up to enjoy the sports, games and musical entertainment

Published June 15, 2009
Launch of Park Ex’s 100th Anniversary Celebrations


Neighbourhood centennial celebrations kick off July 3 & 4



Published June 29, 2009
Park Ex documentary
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In early 2010, local resident Joanne Penhale, who also writes for the Park Extension News, interviewed more than 30 Park Exers. The results have been editted into a one-hour documentary that will screen this Sunday, July 4 at 4 p.m.

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