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linda gyulai has covered municipal affairs for different media in montreal for 29 years. recognitions include the 2009 michener award for meritorious public service journalism.

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dunham house executive director victoria della porta says that dunham house, a non-profit treatment centre in the eastern townships, is seeing increased admission requests from montrealers. yet it receives no funding from the health and social service agencies on the island of montreal.
dunham house ‘is a saviour’ for many trying to beat addiction. so why is it so underfunded?
in mid-july, the montreal public health department said it had seen an increase in non-fatal overdoses in the city over three to four months, as well as 22 overdose deaths in june. yet there are only 55 treatment beds available at a government-run centre on the island of montreal.
montreal anglos left with fewer addiction treatment options after shakeup
cars line up to merge eastbound onto the metropolitan expressway from the décarie expressway in montreal in may 2022.
part of metropolitan expressway to close for weekend to allow contractor to redo botched paving job
the suspect in the côte-des-neiges shootings is seen on monday, june 22, 2026.
‘salad bar extremism’: incel manifesto connected to montreal gunman picks and chooses grievances
marc-Étienne lévesque, the president of the condo board of rouge 1, across the street from the proposed complex's site, said the triangle neighbourhood in côte-des-neiges—notre-dame-de-grâce borough is already turning into another griffintown. hundreds more units would only increase congestion, he said.
c.d.n.-n.d.g. neighbourhood wants school, park, shops — not developer’s scaled-back project
in a decision published on june 1, the autorité des marchés publics (amp) concluded that the chum was unable to demonstrate that it was justified in invoking an exception to the rule of holding a call for tenders.
quebec watchdog orders chum to nix plan to award contract to tech firm without competition
cyclists riding along camillien-houde way this week had to contend with the road's poor condition.
montreal in a time crunch to repave camillien-houde way
interviewers out on oct. 11, 2022, counting the number of unhoused people in montreal. the visible unhoused population nearly doubled across the province from the 2018 head count to the count in 2022.
health network scrambles with ‘ band-aid’ in milton park — for a crisis that is  ‘everywhere’
 
a syringe amid the trash and leaves in milton park last fall. in mid-april, word passed among intervention workers that dealers were giving out free fentanyl to unhoused people in an attempt to hook them.
milton park is a symptom of a broken system: dealers give away fentanyl as rehab waits grow
charlotte thibault, president of the syndicat de copropriété de la communauté milton-parc, has lived in a milton park co-op for decades with her husband, richard phaneuf. "it challenges our very beliefs to have installed cameras,” she said. “but when people’s lives are in danger, i have no choice.”
who will save milton park?
"we are non-profit and asked for a lower evaluation so that we can house homeless people," says richard phaneuf, president of the yellow door housing corp., seen in may 2024.
montreal beats yellow door’s bid to lower property assessment in court
sally richmond, executive director of logifem, a montreal-based not-for-profit organization established in 1988 that provides, emergency shelter, transitional housing, and comprehensive support services to women and children in difficulty.
'consequences are very dire' for unhoused quebecers after groups' funding is cut
sally richmond, executive director of logifem, a montreal-based not-for-profit organization established in 1988 that provides, emergency shelter, transitional housing, and comprehensive support services to women and children in difficulty, says quebec's cut to funding for the unhoused will have dire consequences.
‘consequences are very dire’ for unhoused quebecers after groups’ funding is cut
an artist's rendering of the proposed cap nature pierrefonds ouest development project. photo courtesy of cohn & wolfe.
west island road study offers glimmer of hope for pierrefonds development project
patrick préville, executive director of the fédération de l'habitation coopérative du québec (fhcq).
quebec getting it wrong on co-operative housing, groups say
an older man talks as he closes his eyes and clasps his hands on the edge of a bed.
unhoused montrealers discharged from hospital have a pathway to recovery in pilot project
 
a man leans on a doorway in the foreground while a man inside a room with two single beds speaks.
quebec's approach to homelessness needs to change, welcome hall mission ceo says
left to right: montreal 2025 mayoral candidates gilbert thibodeau, jean-françois kacou, soraya martinez ferrada, luc rabouin and craig sauvé.
3 of 5 montreal parties have blown the deadline for election spending report
non-profits demand property tax relief
non-profit and co-op housing directors seek clarity on quebec law lowering valuations
a man in a branded jacket sits on a couch, looking at the camera with an earnest expression.
quebec government's cash-flow problems are hurting community groups, advocates say
benoit dagenais, director general of the city of montreal, listens as montreal mayor valerie plante presents her last city budget.
montreal police cutting expenses after going $60 million over budget
montreal mayor soraya martinez ferrada unveils her administration's first budget.
montreal's credit card 'maxed out' and city must lower debt burden, mayor says
Émile boucher, a community organizer with the regroupement des comités logement et associations de locataires du québec, stands outside rental units in villeray on dec. 10, 2025.
are new realities in montreal's rental market making age-old vacancy rate obsolete?
pedestrians and cyclists alike use the bike path west of atwater market in montreal.
winter boon: sud-ouest borough to clear snow from 5 kilometres of lachine canal paths
 
a man and woman stand next to a poster smiling while she shows a bottle of wine in her hands
what to know about the quebec liberal party crisis
a for rent sign outside an apartment building in the lasalle borough of montreal thursday june 26, 2025.
growing divide between affordable and luxury apartment vacancies, montreal survey shows
tudor diaconu, left, and nicholas reich are on the condo board of rouge 5 and rouge 6, 12-storey buildings across the street from the proposed complex. "we're not fighting growth, we’re fighting excess," diaconu said. the height of the project would block the view of mount royal and st. joseph's oratory for those condos.
another griffintown? development battle brewing in fast-growing c.d.n.-n.d.g. neighbourhood
police visit a beach and speak to lifeguards.
sign incorrectly said verdun beach was being monitored when man drowned: coroner
voting in montreal
montreal's voter turnout was only 37% this municipal election. what's behind the decline?
a voter fills out a ballot behind an elections montreal box
montreal election 2025: get ready for recounts in neck-and-neck races
left to right: montreal 2025 mayoral candidates gilbert thibodeau, jean-françois kacou, soraya martinez ferrada, luc rabouin and craig sauvé.
montreal one of three quebec municipalities where mayoral candidates have running mates
culvert over the de montigny creek
roadwork redo case no. 5: new sidewalks stand in the way of maurice-duplessis revamp