Council returns in person to discuss borough cleanliness and traffic measures
The borough held its regularly scheduled monthly borough council meeting last Tuesday evening, where...
Park Ex Muslim community celebrates Eid al-Fitr in person
It was all smiles, handshakes and hugs along Jean-Talon on Monday morning as Park Extension’s Muslim...
Residents can now put out their organic garden waste for pick up
The borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension kicked off its at-home green waste collection for the...
Community bureau project hopes to serve underrepresented communities
Starting next week, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will be bringing its community bureaus initiative to Park Extension...
Residents ask for less parking and more vegetation at the park
Approximately one year after the City of Montreal presented its Jarry Park Development Plan,...
Local organization continues to provide free food to in-need residents
Local community group International Cultural Integration Organization distributed food to many in-need Parc-Extension residents last...
The federal liberal government introduced legislation on Tuesday, April 5 to force digital giants to compensate news agencies for using their content. The loss...
The current issue of the Parc-Extension News published April 15th, 2022.Covering Parc-Extension’s local news, politics, sports and other newsworthy events
The current issue of the Parc-Extension News published April 8th, 2022.Covering Parc-Extension’s local news, politics, sports and other newsworthy events
The federal liberal government introduced legislation on Tuesday, April 5 to force digital giants to compensate news agencies for using their content. The loss...
To promote access to healthy, safe and affordable housing, the City of Montreal announced that it wants to make multi-unit owners-landlords more responsible. As...
Quebec extends mask use until end of April
Public Health Director says decision's due to rising COVID cases and hospitalization
Quebec extends province mandate indoors at...
Le conseil discute de la propreté et des mesures de circulation
Mardi soir dernier, l'arrondissement a tenu sa séance ordinaire du conseil d'arrondissement. Les élus...
Council returns in-person to discuss borough cleanliness and traffic measures
The borough held its regularly scheduled monthly borough council meeting last Tuesday evening, where elected...
Quebec budget 2022-2023
Welcome news for Park-Extension and its ever present housing problem is the announcement that as part of the 2022-2023 budget, the Government...
The Parti Québécois and the FROHME want urgent action to prevent the privatization of other social housing
Social housing has always been a lifejacket for...
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mr. André Lamontagne, announced the granting of financial assistance totaling $7.1 million to three organizations involved in...
The Canadian Red Cross continues to provide vital assistance to people in Ukraine and surrounding countries. Red Cross teams are working in Ukraine and...
The economic shock wrought by the pandemic required an unprecedented government response to help Canadians weather its aftereffects. For families in Park-Extension that had...
Federal government launches national consultations
For such a diverse part of Montreal as Park-Extension, racism and hate are problems in the core of its existence....
Sarker Hope Foundation continues its mission overseas
Throughout the pandemic, the Parc-Extension-based Sarker Hope Foundation has worked across the community to aid those most in need. Since March 2020, the organization has helped residents with food, vaccinations, children’s education and aid to seniors. But that has not meant that it...
Local photographer puts neighbourhood front and centre in his work
In one photo, a line of damp clothes runs through the leafy canopy of a green, back alley, crisscrossed by the dark shadows of electricity lines. In another, an elderly man collects cans and bottles in the bins that line...
Éducaloi and CAPE host second renters workshop
Many renters in Park Extension have either already or will soon be receiving a notice that their rent will soon go up. With most leases renewing on Jul. 1, owners often take this opportunity to increase rent prices in their units.
While many questions...
Council returns in person to discuss borough cleanliness and traffic measures
The borough held its regularly scheduled monthly borough council meeting last Tuesday evening, where...
Park Ex Muslim community celebrates Eid al-Fitr in person
It was all smiles, handshakes and hugs along Jean-Talon on Monday morning as Park Extension’s Muslim...
Residents can now put out their organic garden waste for pick up
The borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension kicked off its at-home green waste collection for the...
Community bureau project hopes to serve underrepresented communities
Starting next week, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will be bringing its community bureaus initiative to Park Extension...
Residents ask for less parking and more vegetation at the park
Approximately one year after the City of Montreal presented its Jarry Park Development Plan,...
Local organization continues to provide free food to in-need residents
Local community group International Cultural Integration Organization distributed food to many in-need Parc-Extension residents last...
The federal liberal government introduced legislation on Tuesday, April 5 to force digital giants to compensate news agencies for using their content. The loss...
The current issue of the Parc-Extension News published April 15th, 2022.Covering Parc-Extension’s local news, politics, sports and other newsworthy events
The current issue of the Parc-Extension News published April 8th, 2022.Covering Parc-Extension’s local news, politics, sports and other newsworthy events
The federal liberal government introduced legislation on Tuesday, April 5 to force digital giants to compensate news agencies for using their content. The loss...
To promote access to healthy, safe and affordable housing, the City of Montreal announced that it wants to make multi-unit owners-landlords more responsible. As...
Quebec extends mask use until end of April
Public Health Director says decision's due to rising COVID cases and hospitalization
Quebec extends province mandate indoors at...
Le conseil discute de la propreté et des mesures de circulation
Mardi soir dernier, l'arrondissement a tenu sa séance ordinaire du conseil d'arrondissement. Les élus...
Council returns in-person to discuss borough cleanliness and traffic measures
The borough held its regularly scheduled monthly borough council meeting last Tuesday evening, where elected...
Quebec budget 2022-2023
Welcome news for Park-Extension and its ever present housing problem is the announcement that as part of the 2022-2023 budget, the Government...
The Parti Québécois and the FROHME want urgent action to prevent the privatization of other social housing
Social housing has always been a lifejacket for...
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mr. André Lamontagne, announced the granting of financial assistance totaling $7.1 million to three organizations involved in...
The Canadian Red Cross continues to provide vital assistance to people in Ukraine and surrounding countries. Red Cross teams are working in Ukraine and...
The economic shock wrought by the pandemic required an unprecedented government response to help Canadians weather its aftereffects. For families in Park-Extension that had...
Federal government launches national consultations
For such a diverse part of Montreal as Park-Extension, racism and hate are problems in the core of its existence....
Sarker Hope Foundation continues its mission overseas
Throughout the pandemic, the Parc-Extension-based Sarker Hope Foundation has worked across the community to aid those most in need. Since March 2020, the organization has helped residents with food, vaccinations, children’s education and aid to seniors. But that has not meant that it...
Local photographer puts neighbourhood front and centre in his work
In one photo, a line of damp clothes runs through the leafy canopy of a green, back alley, crisscrossed by the dark shadows of electricity lines. In another, an elderly man collects cans and bottles in the bins that line...
Éducaloi and CAPE host second renters workshop
Many renters in Park Extension have either already or will soon be receiving a notice that their rent will soon go up. With most leases renewing on Jul. 1, owners often take this opportunity to increase rent prices in their units.
While many questions...
Hours extended at Parc-Extension testing clinic
Amid growing worries over the increasing scope and reach of the COVID-19 and its Omicron variant, health authorities across the island of Montreal have started adapting both testing and vaccination measures to respond to...
Many claim a disorganized and messy rollout
The past week not only marked the first full week of school for many elementary and high school students across Parc-Ex but also the first week of the deployment of rapid COVID-19 tests...
CNW/ - The Government of Canada is prioritizing the health and safety of everyone in Canada by taking a risk-based and measured approach to re-opening our borders. Thanks to the hard work of Canadians, rising vaccination rates and declining...
VacciVan takes to streets and parks of Park Extension
Montreal parks usually garner ideas of days out with the family or playing sports with friends, but rarely that of vaccinations. Health authorities changed that this week by approaching their vaccination...
Newest pop-up clinic serves northern end of Park Ex
Another pop-up vaccination clinic was opened at the Howie-Morenz Arena over the weekend, allowing people to get a dose without an appointment. This was one of several such pop-up clinics in...
The entire province will shift to yellow or green zones next week
The provincial government updated Quebecers on further relaxation to COVID-19 measures at a press conference held on Tuesday afternoon. As of Monday, Jun. 14 all regions of Quebec...
Provincial government announces further relaxation to measures as cases plummet
The provincial government updated Quebecers on further relaxation to COVID-19 measures at a press conference held on Tuesday afternoon. As of Monday, Jun. 7 all regions of Quebec will turn...
Mobile vaccination clinic held at local Hindu temple over the weekend
Another mobile vaccination clinic was held over the weekend at Shree Ramji Hindu Temple, in an effort to increase immunization rates in Park Extension. The clinic was open Friday...
How one Park Extension resident is living it half a world away
For most people during the pandemic, physical proximity with family has taken a toll. But for others, that separation has been made even worse due to the sheer...