From: Infrastructure Canada
As the pandemic has made us more aware of the importance of having a healthy population, the governments of Canada and Quebec are proud to support close to 200 recreational and sports infrastructure projects across Quebec. Through these investments, Quebec municipalities will have modern and safe facilities that are easily accessible, thus creating winning conditions for physical activity in our communities.
Today, the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and Isabelle Charest, Minister for Education and Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, announced funding of close to $70 million for ten projects in the Montreal Region. They were joined by the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services and Member of Parliament for Ville-Marie-Le Sud-Ouest-Île-des-Soeurs, Chantal Rouleau, Minister Responsible for Transport, Minister Responsible for the Metropolis and Montréal Region, and Member of the National
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After a hiatus in 2020, the Canadian Automobile Association is once again accepting votes for the worst roads in Quebec for 2021.
In 2019, Gouin Blvd. running for a total of 50 kilometres on Montreal Island from Senneville in the west to Pointe-aux-Trembles in the east topped the list.
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Voting is open from now until May 17 with results to be revealed in early June, and requires participants to include location information along with as many as five damning photos.
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A 28-year-old Laval resident pleaded guilty Tuesday to being in possession of more than 60 kilograms of brown sugar that police had swapped in place of cocaine.
Patrick Simionescu was scheduled to see his trial begin at the Montreal courthouse this week, but he instead opted to plead guilty to one of the two charges he faced since his arrest in 2019.
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According to a joint statement of facts presented to Quebec Court Judge Alexandre St-Onge before Simionescu pleaded guilty to being in possession of cocaine with the intent to traffic, a shipment of the drug, packed in plastic drawers stacked on 22 pallets, was detected by Canada Border Services Agency at the port. Almost all of the cocaine was switched with brown sugar at the port, and authorities waited to see who it was destined for.