Outremont

Demand for well-established high-end sectors, such as the city of Westmount and the Montreal borough of Outremont, remains stable, Royal LePage noted.

Then Outremont MP Tom Mulcair, right, accompanies NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, second from right, on a visit to a matzah bakery in 2018.

The second phase of a plan to cut down 4,000 ash trees in Mount Royal Park and Tiohtià:ke Otsira’kéhne, previously known as Outremont Summit Park, got underway in November and continues this week.

But in Outremont — home to a deeply rooted and growing Hasidic Jewish community living cheek by jowl with members of Montreal’s francophone political and intellectual elite — wearing a yellow badge recently took on new meaning.

David’s current riding of Outremont is merging with Mont-Royal in the next election.

Located on Outremont’s tree-lined Lajoie Ave., Alma is in the site that last housed the Thai restaurant Galanga, and before that, for those of us old enough to remember, the restaurants La Terrasse Justine, Delfino and the original Christophe.

While Outremont businesses might see their tax bill going up the most, the worry over what the hikes will mean for the bottom line extend across the city.