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Life, the city | Solar Uniquartier in Brossard: urban life thanks to the REM
Our journalist travels around Greater Montreal to talk about people, events or places that make the heart of their neighborhood beat. Posted at 1:23 a.m. Updated at 12:00 p.m. “Yesterday,…
Beauty, a neglected key to acceptability in urban development
Since the start of the housing crisis, we have named many obstacles to urban development: inflation, labor shortages and unproductive barriers in construction, excessive bureaucracy… However, the elephant in the…
13 examples in Quebec and around the world of car-free urban landscapes
ENVIRONMENT CENTER April 22, 2024 What if we finally learned to live in the city without depending on the car? If this in-depth transformation of the North American urban landscape…
New Yorkers divided over the creation of an urban toll in Manhattan
You will have to pay 15 dollars to access the center of Manhattan. The measure has been discussed for decades and divides the inhabitants of the metropolis. Published on 04/20/2024…
An RN deputy will table a bill on Tuesday to relax the Solidarity and Urban Renewal law
This law requires most cities to devote 20 to 25% of their real estate to social housing by 2025. Published on 04/16/2024 07:57 Reading time: 1 min The Bouches-du-Rhône National…
a police officer injured after being hit by a minor during an urban rodeo, a 17-year-old in police custody
The minor hit a police officer who was trying to arrest him while he was backwheeling out of a school, franceinfo learned on Monday. Published on 04/16/2024 00:17 Reading time:…
a police officer injured after being hit by a minor during an urban rodeo, a 17-year-old in police custody
The minor hit a police officer who was trying to arrest him while he was backwheeling out of a school, franceinfo learned on Monday. Published on 04/16/2024 00:17 Reading time:…
Urban Report | The average rent in March was up 8.8% across the country
(Toronto) A new report shows residential rent asked in Canada in March was up 8.8% from a year ago, but down from February. Posted at 3:44 p.m. The Urbanation report,…
law enforcement officers were deployed in Rillieux-La-Pape after urban violence, announces the prefecture
“Unacceptable” actions were committed on Friday evening, targeting the police and firefighters, the prefect denounced on Saturday. Published on 03/16/2024 7:35 p.m. Reading time: 1 min A CRS from behind…
Happiness in urban density
In Gatineau, near bike paths and Gatineau Park, a gas station has given way to a seven-story rental complex, which will have 189 housing units once its construction is completed.…
Marine Le Pen tries “to position herself as anti-ecologist and close to rurality, against [l]are urban ecologists”, analyzes a sociologist
Published on 02/28/2024 4:04 p.m. Video length: 3 min Anger of farmers: “What Marine Le Pen is trying to do is to position herself as anti-ecologist and close to rurality,…
“Urban terrorism” on the rise in Peru
In Peru, criminals use violent threats and blackmail to instil fear among informal entrepreneurs and borrowers, as well as their relatives, who are forced to make endless payments. • Read…
The joy of urban ice fishing
(Laval) With poor snow cover in southern Quebec, the choice of winter activities is rather limited this year. However, it was cold enough that rivers could freeze, at least in…
What urban density is acceptable?
At the end of the week, we learned that UTILE, the organization dedicated to the creation of affordable student housing, is facing opposition from local residents living opposite two student…
“The law was not designed for the exercise of responsibilities by women”, points out the president of Urban France Johanna Rolland
“We have a situation of total inequality between men and women,” underlined Johanna Rolland, denouncing an “archaic” situation. According to her, the absence of maternity leave for elected officials constitutes…
Making urban cycling safer, accessible and efficient
From the Ivory Coast to Vietnam, via India and New Zealand, Professor Philippe Apparicio has ridden thousands of kilometers to collect data on the practice of urban cycling. The objective?…
we were at the inauguration of the Adidas Arena, the new Paris Basketball venue dedicated to “urban sports”
This 8,000-seat hall (in sports configuration) will notably host badminton events during the Olympic Games. It is promised to become an “urban” temple, between MMA fights and rap concerts. France…
new urban radars soon activated in Belfort
Welcome Company Road safety Published on 01/13/2024 3:56 p.m. Video length: 2 min Road safety: new urban radars soon to be activated in Belfort New generation radars, smaller and easier…
Just claimed by Banksy, a work by the urban artist disappears in London
Welcome Culture Arts-Expos Banksy A work of art on a street sign in London suddenly disappeared on Friday, taken by a man. It had just been claimed by the artist…
Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness test bench | The urban utility
(Sedona, Arizona) This small SUV was launched in 2012, at a time when few brands believed in the success of these models that we imagined were intended for the city.…