Category: Montreal Mayor

Montreal Invests $5.5 Million to Boost Police Resources to Fight Gang Crime

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says the city will invest an additional $5.5 million in its police force in order to help fight gun crime. Plante said today alongside Chief Sylvain Caron that the amount would to dedicated to the effort to eradicate criminal gangs. The funds will allow the force to hire another 42 officers…


Montreal Mayor Wants Homeless Exempted From Curfew in Wake of Innu Man’s Death

Montreal’s mayor is calling on the provincial government to exempt homeless people from the provincewide pandemic curfew. Valerie Plante made the request today following the weekend death of Raphael “Napa” Andre, a 51-year-old Innu man found dead in a portable toilet not far from a homeless shelter he frequented. Andre often spent time at a…