Montreal Fire Chief Richard Liebmann denies reports his inspectors ever stopped checking on building evacuation routes, although he says there was a moratorium on certain types of legal recourse. This comes after Montreal's mayor said she'd just learned inspections had been temporarily suspended in 2018.
The mayor of Montreal is calling on the city s comptroller general to shed light on fire safety practices after a media report suggested investigations of evacuation routes had been halted for years.
There are reportedly hundreds of vacant buildings in Montreal, many of which are heritage sites. A proposed by-law from the city aims to turn up the heat on the owners of those buildings to make sure they re being taken care of.
The City of Montreal has decided to pause incoming changes to paid parking until the end of the summer – Mayor Valerie Plante told reporters Wednesday her administration doesn’t want to “rush into anything.” Downtown business owners were “flabbergasted” in April to discover extended parking meter hours without notice.