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Under Nicolae Ceaușescu’s communist rule, even a Romanian-made Pegas was out of reach for most people. Adrian Niculcea had to wait for communism to fall and Western products to flood the market before he could own a bike, a grey racer. His love affair with cycling has continued. Now, at 48, Adrian rides an iGo electric fat bike in the streets of Montreal, no matter the season.

As temperatures drop in Montreal, homeless shelters are overcrowded and warming stations — furnished with chairs, not beds — are at capacity. Unhoused people wander around subway stations, while others sleep standing up in 24-hour restaurants. Many are pitching tents to survive the winter.

As Montreal grows and changes, a growing number of its residents are advocating for better urban infrastructure, including expanded quality bike lanes, more green spaces and enhanced public transportation. These cries reflect a broader movement calling for a more accessible city that prioritizes the needs of people over motor vehicles — and in doing so, fights the drivers of climate change while adapting to a warmer world.

Trudeau has not yet commented on the loss, but it is the second time in three months that his party lost a stronghold in a byelection. In June the Conservatives defeated the Liberals narrowly in Toronto-St. Paul's.

New Democrats are huddling in Montreal to strategize a new path forward ahead of the fall parliamentary session — one that doesn't include the Liberals at their hips and ideally makes them a credible alternative to the Conservatives at the next election.

With the Liberals lagging in the polls, LaSalle—Émard—Verdun could be up for grabs this time around, with one survey suggesting both the NDP and the Bloc are competitive. Voters will go to the polls on Sept. 16.

At least 91 candidates will be on the ballot for the Sept. 16 byelection in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, according to Elections Canada. Seventy-nine of them are linked to the Longest Ballot Committee, a group protesting Canada’s first-past-the-post voting system.

If Pierre Poilievre wants to become Prime Minister, then he still needs to educate himself about First Nation Peoples, says a former Chief.

Northvolt says it will continue construction of a $7-billion factory on Montreal's South Shore "as planned" — hours after its CEO said the Swedish battery manufacturer would hit the brakes on its international development plan to refocus on its plant back home.

Seniors in both Montreal and Toronto had higher rates of deaths due to respiratory causes on extremely hot days.  

The city has banned the use of 32 highly toxic pesticides on golf courses due to the risk they pose to human health and the environment, including several considered safe by Canada's pesticide regulator. The ban extends to glyphosate, a controversial and widely-used herbicide that is neurotoxic, disrupts the endocrine system and can cause cancer. 

Shir Gruber helped lead the 2019 climate student strikes. Now she has parlayed that experience into a leadership role with Sustainable Youth Canada.

Montreal is often praised for its green initiatives but people in disadvantaged neighbourhoods often get short shrift when it comes to green spaces.

As of 11 p.m., a little more than 60,000 homes and businesses in Quebec were without electricity. The province's power utility said the affected area ranged from Gatineau in the west to Montreal's suburbs, with strong gusts and broken tree branches bringing down power lines. 

The BC Utilities Commission has dealt a blow to efforts by the province’s gas utility to expand natural gas infrastructure in the province.