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Ex-Montreal mayor Valérie Plante has a new job and we'll be seeing a lot more of her

If you've been following Valérie Plante on social media lately, you've probably noticed she's been living her best life.

Since stepping down as Montreal's mayor after choosing not to seek a third term last November, the former politician has been popping up in tropical destinations — like Costa Rica, Colombia, and various corners of Brazil — looking very much like someone who needed a break after eight years in office.

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Montreal's mayor got 2 flat tires from potholes & locals had a lot to say

No matter who you are or what kind of car you drive, just about everybody in Montreal has to deal with the city's notoriously brutal pothole problem — and that includes the person in charge of fixing it.

Newly elected Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada experienced a quintessentially Montreal moment on Monday evening, February 2, when she hit two potholes on Notre-Dame Street and got two flat tires at once.

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Here's how much Montreal's new mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada will earn per year

Montreal has a new mayor, and with a new job comes a new paycheque.

Soraya Martinez Ferrada was elected on Sunday and will now take over as the head of Quebec's largest city. But how much will the Ensemble Montréal leader actually earn as mayor of Montreal?

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Here's how every Montreal borough voted in the 2025 municipal election

Montreal officially has a new mayor.

On Sunday night, Ensemble Montréal's Soraya Martinez Ferrada defeated Projet Montréal's Luc Rabouin, ending eight years of Projet Montréal leadership at City Hall. Martinez Ferrada secured 174,823 votes (43.3%), while Rabouin finished with 141,511 votes (35.1%).

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Elections Montreal is hiring in October and some jobs pay over $24 an hour

Looking for a short-term gig this fall? Elections Montreal is on the hunt for dozens of workers for the November 2 municipal election, and some roles pay up to $486 for a day or $24.30 per hour.

Whether you're aiming to pad your resume or just want some extra cash, here's what you should know.

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Montreal election 2025: What the 3 main mayoral candidates are actually promising

The battle for Montreal's top job is officially underway.

With Valerie Plante's eight-year tenure as mayor of Montreal coming to an end, the city's 2025 municipal election campaign kicked off on Friday, September 19. Montrealers will head to the polls on November 2 to choose who takes over at city hall, giving candidates just six weeks to make their case.

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Montrealers revealed what they'd do as mayor and some of the ideas are actually genius

What would you do if you were Montreal's mayor for 24 hours (with unlimited power and zero red tape)? That's exactly what we asked MTL Blog readers in a recent Facebook post, and the answers did not disappoint.

From banning orange cones to fixing the STM overnight (somehow), Montrealers had no shortage of bold executive orders they'd pass if given the keys to city hall. Some were funny, some were furious, and others were surprisingly thoughtful.

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Backstreet Boys' AJ McLean Wants To Run For Mayor Of Montreal & Eliminate All Orange Cones

AJ McLean from the Backstreet Boys paid a visit to Montreal this week and even he's had it with the orange cones. With the construction epidemic remaining rampant across Montreal, we don't blame McLean for wanting to eliminate orange construction cones for good and it appears he's already got a plan on exactly how he'll do it.

On Thursday, September 28, McLean was spotted filming on the construction-ridden streets of Downtown Montreal surrounded by orange cones, scaffolding and even a couple of construction workers.

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A Brief History Of The Montreal Metro's Fantastical, Shape-Shifting, Still Nonexistent Pink Line

A new "pink" Montreal metro line was supposed to one day provide new rapid transit between Montréal-Nord, downtown and Lachine. More than six years after Mayor Valérie Plante and her party, Projet Montréal, began campaigning on the proposal to radically expand the metro network, Plante says the project is beginning to take shape — though it hardly resembles the original plan.

Here's the recent history of the proposal, how it has changed and where it could go from here.

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Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante Shared Her Sud-Ouest Date Night Itinerary

Mayor Valérie Plante often uses social media to showcase the Montreal businesses and institutions she visits, both as part of her duties as the city's chief executive and, occasionally, in her personal life, as just another Montrealer seeking a good time in the buzzing metropolis.

On May 21, she took to the city's Sud-Ouest borough for an apparent date night, "playing tourist," in her words, as she zipped between some of the area's trendiest drinkeries — with some time for architecture gazing along the way.

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4 Ways Quebec's New Budget Could Give You More Money

Quebec's CAQ government has released its 2023-2024 budget. It includes headline-grabbing proposals to reduce taxes, increase benefits, and lower service costs.

But critics charge that these and other proposed measures in the budget don't do enough to address systemic problems in housing and the environment. They also say that the new financial aid proposals will actually disadvantage the people who need them most.

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Valérie Plante's Father Has Died & She Shared Sweet Memories Of Her Time With Him (PHOTO)

On Sunday, March 5, Montreal mayor Valérie Plante shared in an Instagram post that her father had died suddenly in his sleep. The mayor left a tribute on her Instagram page, writing that "A father is a daughter's first love. Mine always believed in me. He showed me that you can dream and reach your goals when you put your heart into your work."

Plante shared that her father's health had been suffering in recent months, saying that he "was welcomed everywhere like a friend, a confidant, a ray of sunshine."

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