MONTREAL COUNCIL PASSES AMENDED PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOTION 54–6 AFTER CITY ADMINISTRATION REMOVES KEY ISRAEL-TIES PROVISION MONTREAL — Montréal City Council has adopted an amended version of Project Montréal’s controversial Israel–Palestine motion by a 54–6 show-of-hands vote, following an intense debate at City Hall Monday night. The final vote, however, was not on Project Montréal’s original proposal as written. Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada’s Ensemble Montréal administration introduced major amendments, including the […]

By Joecel Trinidad Montréal, August 18, 2025 History was made Monday as Stephanie Valenzuela, city councillor for the Darlington district, was officially announced as the first Filipino-Canadian candidate for borough mayor in Montreal. Valenzuela will lead Ensemble Montréal’s slate in Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (CDN–NDG), the city’s most populous borough and one of its most culturally diverse. Breaking Barriers in Montreal Politics Valenzuela’s candidacy marks a milestone for Montreal’s Filipino community, one of […]

Montreal, April 4, 2023 - Leaders of several racial and religious minorities gathered today in front of the historic Bagg Street Synagogue to denounce a recent act of desecration that saw a vandal or vandals spray paint the building with swastikas. The building, dating from 1899, is Quebec’s oldest living synagogue, continually hosting the Beis Shloime Congregation since March 1921. “We want to thank the neighbours and community organizations from across Montreal who have rallied […]