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montreal election

Almost half of Montrealers don't know who to vote for mayor, but one candidate is leading

Montreal's next municipal election is just a few weeks away. And while many of us have already decided which name we'll tick off on the ballot, a large portion of the city still hasn't.

In fact, a newly released Léger/CTV survey shows that 42% of Montrealers either don't know who they'll vote for or declined to answer, leaving the race wide open as election day approaches on November 2.

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Montreal election 2025: What the 3 main mayoral candidates are actually promising

The battle for Montreal's top job is officially underway.

With Valerie Plante's eight-year tenure as mayor of Montreal coming to an end, the city's 2025 municipal election campaign kicked off on Friday, September 19. Montrealers will head to the polls on November 2 to choose who takes over at city hall, giving candidates just six weeks to make their case.

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Montrealers revealed what they'd do as mayor and some of the ideas are actually genius

What would you do if you were Montreal's mayor for 24 hours (with unlimited power and zero red tape)? That's exactly what we asked MTL Blog readers in a recent Facebook post, and the answers did not disappoint.

From banning orange cones to fixing the STM overnight (somehow), Montrealers had no shortage of bold executive orders they'd pass if given the keys to city hall. Some were funny, some were furious, and others were surprisingly thoughtful.

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Montreal's heat warning is no joke — Here's what the city's doing to protect people

Montreal is baking under a heat wave, and the city has launched special measures to help residents get through the tough weather stretch safely.

On Monday morning, Environment Canada issued a heat warning for the Montreal Island area, in effect through Tuesday, June 24. The federal agency says humidex values could reach as high as 46 on Monday, with highs of 35°C expected today and 34°C on Tuesday. Overnight temperatures won't offer much relief either, staying above 26°C tonight and 22°C on Tuesday night.

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Montreal club owner rips Valérie Plante over new BIXI stations blocking his venues

One clear sign that summer is on its way in Montreal is the sudden appearance of BIXI bicycle stations across the city.

But while the bike-sharing service continues to grow in popularity — with thousands of users and a rapidly expanding network across Quebec — not everyone is thrilled about the new installations. Some local business owners say the placement of BIXI stations is blocking access to their venues and costing them serious revenue.

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Montreal's most popular park is about to get a major $12.8 million makeover

Mount Royal Park is set for a significant transformation as the City of Montreal moves forward with a $12.8 million redevelopment plan.

According to a Wednesday press release, a newly awarded contract for engineering, landscape architecture, and urban design services will pave the way for major changes to the mountain over the next four years.

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Montreal weather: Another 20+ cm of snow is coming — And last week's mess isn't even gone

Montreal is still recovering after being blasted with more than 70 cm of snow in a 72-hour span last week. But the weather may not be kind to us before the ongoing cleanup wraps up.

Nearly two weeks after back-to-back storms buried cars and brought streets to a standstill, towering snowbanks and messy sidewalks remain a common sight in many Montreal neighbourhoods. And now, more snow is on the way.

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Montreal mayor threatens to penalize US suppliers as trade war heats up

Update: On February 3, 2025, Canada and the U.S. agreed to temporarily pause tariffs for at least 30 days.

Montreal isn't taking the Canada-USA trade war lightly.

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Backstreet Boys' AJ McLean Wants To Run For Mayor Of Montreal & Eliminate All Orange Cones

AJ McLean from the Backstreet Boys paid a visit to Montreal this week and even he's had it with the orange cones. With the construction epidemic remaining rampant across Montreal, we don't blame McLean for wanting to eliminate orange construction cones for good and it appears he's already got a plan on exactly how he'll do it.

On Thursday, September 28, McLean was spotted filming on the construction-ridden streets of Downtown Montreal surrounded by orange cones, scaffolding and even a couple of construction workers.

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Montreal's REM Is Officially Rolling — Here's What It's Like To Ride

The world often seems slow to embrace change, but some moments arrive with a surge of speed. That's how it felt at the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) inaugural ceremony on July 28 when a Montreal REM train slid into view at Brossard station, forming the backdrop for federal and provincial leaders to herald the city's new era in public transportation.

The magnitude of the moment wasn't lost on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who declared, "This is the largest public transit project in Quebec in the last 50 years." Taking the stage, he underlined the importance of collective transport in reducing density and improving low-cost housing options.

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A Brief History Of The Montreal Metro's Fantastical, Shape-Shifting, Still Nonexistent Pink Line

A new "pink" Montreal metro line was supposed to one day provide new rapid transit between Montréal-Nord, downtown and Lachine. More than six years after Mayor Valérie Plante and her party, Projet Montréal, began campaigning on the proposal to radically expand the metro network, Plante says the project is beginning to take shape — though it hardly resembles the original plan.

Here's the recent history of the proposal, how it has changed and where it could go from here.

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Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante Shared Her Sud-Ouest Date Night Itinerary

Mayor Valérie Plante often uses social media to showcase the Montreal businesses and institutions she visits, both as part of her duties as the city's chief executive and, occasionally, in her personal life, as just another Montrealer seeking a good time in the buzzing metropolis.

On May 21, she took to the city's Sud-Ouest borough for an apparent date night, "playing tourist," in her words, as she zipped between some of the area's trendiest drinkeries — with some time for architecture gazing along the way.

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