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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:02:13 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Police Reassure McGill Ghetto Residents</title>
<description>Montreal police have responded to statements posted&#xA;in a Facebook group that claimed a sexual predator &#xA;was active in the &#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://www.montrealbits.com/plateau_mont_royal/mcgill_ghetto/&#x22;&#x3E;McGill Ghetto&#x3C;/a&#x3E;. This is simply not true, the police said...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>The Twin Towers of Griffintown</title>
<description>All the noise about Devimco&#x27;s Griffintown project&#xA;may have diverted attention away from the fact that there&#xA;is &#x3C;i&#x3E;another&#x3C;/i&#x3E; area project on the table,&#xA;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/columnists/story.html?id=d9b518cc-ff22-4330-ba05-943e61cf6ec1&#x22;&#x3E;writes Henry Aubin&#x3C;/a&#x3E;...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>$3M Upgrade For Norman Bethune Square </title>
<description>Norman Bethune Square (Rue Guy and Blvd de Maisonneuve) is about to get a&#xA;two-phase upgrade, along with a section of Blvd de Maisonneuve, at a total&#xA;cost of $22.4M.&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:50:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>City May Be Ignoring Its Master Plan</title>
<description>Debates continue to rage on the merits (and faults)&#xA;of Devimco&#x27;s &#x3C;b&#x3E;Griffintown redevelopment proposal&#x3C;/b&#x3E;.&#xA;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#xA;In yesterday&#x27;s Gazette, Henry Aubin&#xA;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/columnists/story.html?id=4a740cf7-d1cb-456b-baaa-b2bb9db0d8f8&#x22;&#x3E;argues&#x3C;/a&#x3E; that by&#xA;acquiescing to the developer&#x27;s wishes, the city&#xA;would be ignoring its own master development plan...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Projected Changes in Griffintown</title>
<description>La Presse &#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080131/CPACTUALITES/801310595/5155/CPACTUALITES&#x22;&#x3E;shares some details&#x3C;/a&#x3E; (Fr) of the proposed transformation of Griffintown... &#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>2008 Recommended Rent Increases Announced</title>
<description>The Quebec rental board has issued its recommended rent increases for 2008. For most apartment buildings, the&#xA;increases will fall in the 0.5%-1.5% range.&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>3-Year Upgrade Plan For Mile End</title>
<author>Slavito</author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Montreal Island Loses 20,000 Residents in One Year</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>500 New Cameras on the Métro</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:10:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Apple Store Construction Blocks Sidewalk</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:55:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Bike-Sharing Coming To Montreal</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:10:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Quat&#x27;Sous No More</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Seville Theatre Retouching: Imminent Sale?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>The Starbucks Stimulus</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Pine/Parc Intersection To Stay Green</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Two Sud-Ouest Shootings Investigated</title>
<description>Residents concerned about the increase in drug- and gang-related violence&#xA;in Little Burgundy (Borough Sud-Ouest)...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:39:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Fire At Imperial</title>
<description>A fire broke out yesterday on the roof of unfinished&#xA;Imperial Lofts in St-Henri, The Gazette reported. &#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Vacancy Rate Returns To Normal</title>
<description>Le Devoir reports that recent construction activity in &#xA;downtown Montreal, which is still going &#xA;strong in 2007, has resulted in a signifiant increase in &#xA;rental vacancy rates...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ritz-Carlton To Undergo Extensive Renovations</title>
<description>Le Devoir reports that Ritz-Carlton hotel on Sherbrooke Street will&#xA;soon undergo extensive renovations and conversions, which will reduce&#xA;the number of hotel rooms and add condo residences.&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:58:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>$400 Million Project Around La Gare Viger</title>
<description>La Presse reports that La Gare Viger on &#xA;may very well soon be surrounded by an ensemble of eight buildings &#xA;one of which would be a 60-metre tower. The developers will submit the final&#xA;details of the $400 million project for public review in the Fall...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>St-Denis Fire Destroys L&#x27;Barouf, Le Continental</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>M9-I Update: Residents Moving In</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>McGill Ouest - Phase II update</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Real Estate Resale Market Alive and Kicking</title>
<description>For all the talk of the imminent cooling,&#xA;Montreal&#x27;s real estate market continues unabated.&#xA;At least its resale (secondary) component does.&#xA;The average price of a condo changing hands&#xA;on the island is now $234,000...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Market Expands; Average Condo $226,000</title>
<description>Market expands 11%; Average condo price on Montréal island reaches&#xA;$226,000 (up 3%)...&#xA;</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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