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CTV News
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Here's what's on in Montreal on the weekend
What's On Montreal's Anastasia Dextrene has you covered with all your weekend activities across the Montreal area for the weekend. Want to make the most of this weekend? Choose from both indoor and outdoor activities: Tour de l'Île It's the 40th edition of Tour de l'Île when Montreal transforms into a cyclist heaven. Explore the city by bike on Sunday on a 50 or 100-kilometre course through car-free streets. The circuit begins at Maisonneuve Park on Rosemont Boulevard. Registration and staggered starting times are available here. Tour de l'Ile in Montreal Cyclists set out on the Tour de l'ile, in Montreal, Sunday, June 5, 2022, the key event in the city's weeklong bike festival. Montrealers will line sidewalks and porches, toot horns and shout encouragement as swarms of cyclists wend their way through the iconic urban spaces of a bicycle-mad city. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP) The Big Bounce Canada For some family fun, head to The Big Bounce Canada. The world's largest inflatable bounce house is up at Carrefour Angrignon from Saturday until June 15. You can brave a 900-foot inflatable obstacle course. Tickets ranging from $32-65 are available here. Don Quixote Place des Arts is hosting a ballet classic adapted from one of the most influential works in Spanish literature. Catch a production of Don Quixote. It's on until June 7 and tickets are available starting at $52. Festival Eureka The biggest science festival in Quebec is this weekend. Festival Eureka is full of educational and interactive activities for all ages. More than 1.2 million visitors have attended over the event's 18-year history. Head to Parc Jean-Drapeau from Friday to Sunday. Find all the details you need here. Foodies Festival Food-lovers unite at the two-day Foodies Festival. You can taste and shop for gourmet products alongside live entertainment on Saturday and Sunday. The festivities are at the Old Port of Montreal Grand Quay and tickets are $10, excluding taxes and fees.
CTV News
26-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
What's happening to Montreal's downtown condo market?
Although it may be faring better than Toronto's, the downtown Montreal condo market is facing headwinds. The median price of a condo jumped 3 per cent on the island in the past year, but it's fueled mostly by sales in the suburbs. The downtown market is much slower. 'One developer was telling me as a joke that his biggest competition in the new condo market was not other developers, but it was a condo he built five years ago,' Francis Cortellino, an economist with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, said. Recent numbers from the CMHC show just how tough the downtown condo market is. The CMHC says 25 per cent of recently built condos in downtown and Griffintown would now sell at a loss. If the owner decides to rent it out, the CMHC says the majority of landlords would not cover their expenses. 'If you take into account, monthly mortgage payments, insurance, taxes, condo fees, the rent that you're asking on the market would not be able to cover those losses,' Cortellino said. Real estate broker Amy Assaad says there are a number of reasons for that. One of them is the ban on foreign investors. 'The people who were buying these types of properties were investors, and we don't have these investors anymore, and that's what's affecting the market,' Assaad said. Not to mention oversupply, with a lot of units looking exactly the same. 'You're competing with thousands and thousands of units that are on the market at the same time,' Assaad said. According to the CMHC, Montreal faces many of the same challenges as Toronto, but the impact is different. 'The volume of condos in Toronto is way higher than Montreal,' Cortellino said. 'I would say there's investors in Montreal for the condo market, but that market is way larger in Toronto.' For Montreal, it results in a lot of downtown condos sitting on the market. Assaad says bigger units with more than one bedroom and more than one bathroom that also include parking tend to have higher resale value. 'A condo that was selling ten years ago is selling for less sometimes than what the person paid for it,' Assaad said. 'Whereas a single-family home downtown Montreal has tripled in value.'
CBC
19-05-2025
- Health
- CBC
Public health officials issue warning over possible measles exposure in Montreal
Montreal Public Health is warning people that they may have come into contact with a person who had measles and was visiting the city between May 4 and 7. In a statement issued Friday, the health agency said the person visited various locations on the island while contagious, including a hotel, restaurants and a residence for seniors. Montreal Public Health warns it is possible that further cases of measles might occur among people who were exposed and not adequately protected up to May 28. Below is a list of places and times of possible exposure: Quality Inn Dorval located at 1010 Herron Rd. Overnight from May 4 to May 5 after arriving at around 4:30 p.m. Overnight from May 5 to May 6 after arriving at around 8:30 p.m. RPA Château Pierrefonds located at 15928 Gouin Bd. West. May 4 between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., approximately. May 5 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and again around 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. May 6 between roughly 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. May 7 around 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Boulangerie Non Solo Pane located at 455 Lakeshore Dr. in Dorval. May 4 between 2:45 p.m and 4:45 p.m. May 7 in the afternoon. Tacos Frida located at 4350 Notre-Dame St. West. May 5 around 6 p.m to 10 p.m. Bar Messoreum located at 2230 Pitt St. May 5 around 5 p.m to 8 p.m. Restaurant Subway located at 3772 St-Charles Blvd. in Kirkland. May 5 around 1 p.m to 3 p.m. The incubation period for measles ranges from seven to 14 days, and in some cases can be as long as 21 days between the time of contact and the onset of early symptoms. Some of those symptoms include fever, nasal congestion with runny nose, cough, conjunctivitis and sensitivity to light. Preliminary signs can be followed by the development of a rash on the face and then the body. Health information provided on the Quebec government's website recommends anyone with measles symptoms to contact a health professional, as it is highly contagious.
CTV News
12-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Bidding wars infiltrate Montreal's rental market amid housing shortage
The housing shortage in Montreal is creating a bidding war for rentals across the island.
