{"id":18717,"date":"2018-03-26T22:50:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T02:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=18717"},"modified":"2018-03-26T22:50:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T02:50:42","slug":"last-week-march-2018-verdun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/last-week-march-2018-verdun\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Verdun: land decontamination possible, garbage contract cancelled, another good restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Verdun was in the news many times during the last week of March\u00a02018. Our political representatives made announcements about a program to help decontaminate soil and the cancellation of a garbage collection contract. Le Pigor got its first review and Promenade Wellington’s annual sugar shack festival finished with record\u00a0crowds.<\/p>\n

Gaetan Laberge Social Housing Project now possible<\/h2>\n

Yesterday,\u00a0 Verdun’s MNA Environment Minister Isabelle Melan\u00e7on announced a $75 million grant over four years to decontaminate land. This should allow Verdun to finally build social housing on the Gaetan Laberge site, a municipally-owned contaminated site. For some reason, the grant can also be used for private projects. Not sure why. Perhaps this is to aid in private-public\u00a0partnerships.<\/p>\n

For more information, refer to the official press release in French<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0CTV’s story<\/a> and Annabelle Olivier’s story on Global <\/a>in English.<\/p>\n

Garbage Contract Cancelled<\/h2>\n

On March 19, Verdun Mayor Jean-Francois Parenteau announced the cancellation of a garbage contract on behalf of the City of Montreal. Read the Gazette’s coverage here<\/a>, CTV’s coverage here<\/a> and the Global report with Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante’s explanation about the situation here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Le Devoir Reviewed Le Pigor<\/h2>\n

Le Pigor, a bistro on Wellington Street in Verdun finally got its first review–three and a half stars from\u00a0Le Devoir\u2019s Jean-Phillippe Tastet. Read the original review here,<\/a> and the English Eater brief that brought it my\u00a0attention here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Annual Sugar Shack festival a big success<\/h2>\n

Parenteau also thanked the big crowds for making the annual sugar shack festival<\/a> on Wellington a big success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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