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• Montreal's Bixi season to start by April 15, with beefed-up electric fleet in 2022

  Spring is in the air – and that means Bixi season is gearing up. The bike-sharing company plans to launch its 2022 season by April 15 at the latest, or earlier if the weather cooperates.

  

• Opinion: When you stand up for what is right, you do sometimes win, says Sue Montgomery

  If we want to live in a better city, we have to work to clean up an entrenched culture of, at best, carelessness with regard to the democratic process, writes former Cote-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace borough mayor Sue Montgomery

  

• Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante's work vehicle stolen

  Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante’s professional vehicle has been stolen. A spokesperson for the mayor confirmed to CTV News that her vehicle was stolen last week.

  

• Montreal's Chinatown recognized as city's first historic site

  Montreal's Chinatown, as well as the Faubourg Saint-Laurent neighbourhood, is being recognized as the city's first historic site.

  

• Montreal budget keeps property tax below inflation, with money for affordable housing, policing

  Releasing its 2022 budget three days before Christmas, the Plante administration held onto a promise it made during the election campaign to keep property taxes below the cost of inflation, with an eye to diversifying it revenues streams.

• Montreal's first snow removal operation of the season begins tonight

  The City of Montreal announced Monday that its first snow removal operation of the season is set to begin at 7 p.m.

• Montreal forum aims at fighting rising levels of gun violence

  Montreal police say they will hold a forum to try to come up with solutions to the rise in gun violence in recent years. The SPVM-led Montreal Forum on Combating Gun Violence will take place on Jan. 26 and 27, 2022.

• Mayor Plante nominates first Black woman to serve as speaker of Montreal's city council

  Montreal city council is expected to see its first Black woman serve as speaker in yet another move toward more diversity in municipal politics.

• Mayor Plante names social worker to head up public security in Montreal

  Mayor Valerie Plante appointed a social worker to head up public security in Montreal, as she named her executive committee packed with women Wednesday.

• Recount confirms two victories for Projet Montreal in Cote-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace

  A judicial recount confirms Projet Montreal candidate Gracia Kasoki Katahwa has been elected borough mayor of Cote-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace.

• Reconciliation top of mind as Montreal welcomes most diverse city council to date

  Dominique Ollivier is about to become the second most powerful elected official in Montreal.

• Ensemble Montreal requests recounts in two boroughs following municipal election

  Ensemble Montreal is requesting for judicial recounts in two boroughs following the Montreal municipal election.